Harecastle Tunnels

04/06/2026

Let's Fish-Barlaston-SOTAS-06/06/2026

Learn to fish with our team of professionally qualified and licensed angling coaches. All bait, equipment, permits and licence are provided.

30/05/2026

What a fantastic day at the Etruria Canals Festival! Looking forward to doing it all again tomorrow 😀 (Sunday 11am-5pm).
B-Arts Etruria Industrial Museum and Heritage Centre

09/05/2026

🛶🌺Etruria Canals Festival 2026 - World of Gardens 🌎🎉

This year's festival is just THREE WEEKS away!

📆Saturday 30th May and Sunday 31st May 11-5pm daily

This year our theme is World of Gardens - taking inspiration from the 40th anniversary of the 1986 National Garden Festival . Alongside the usual festivities of course!

We'll be sharing what's on at the festival in more detail over the next few days but you can expect:

🛶 Historic canal boats
🎨 Craft demos and Stalls
🎭 Stories and performance
🎸 Live music and entertainment
🍻 Street food and beer
🎲 Childrens games and activites
🛠 Working forge

To stay up to date you can also join the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1255623419773025

Thank you to artist Becki Kremer Illustration for this year's beautiful poster!

📍The Festival takes place on the sites surrounding Etruria Industrial Museum, Kilndown Close (Off Etruria Vale Road), ST1 4RB. Public parking is at a different location see below for details.

Remember:
🅿️Free Public Parking this year is at
Stoke on Trent College (Caldon Campus). The entrance to this is Stoke-on-Trent College Stoke Road Stoke-on-Trent ST4 2DG.

🚌FREE SHUTTLE BUS🚌
There will be a FREE shuttle bus leaving from Stoke College carpark and dropping off/collecting from Etruria Museum Car park (next to the footbridge entrance to the site) every 15 minutes from 10.45am-5.30pm

♿️𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀
If you are a blue badge holder & have a disability where you can use steps, there are places in the main museum car park off Kilndown Close (ST1 4RB) BUT as entry to the site this way is via a staircase footbridge over the canal this only shortens the distance to walk and cannot be used by a wheelchair.
For the disabled parking on the right side of the canal you need to come in by the Castlefield Street and Lower Bedford Street entrance (Sat Nav ST4 7AF)

03/05/2026

Stafford Riverway Link Open Weekend is taking place on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 May, with free entry across both days

The event runs from 10am to 5pm at the Stafford Riverway Link site. Visitors can expect boat trips, trade boats, Titanic Brewery, food stalls and craft stalls, while helping raise funds towards the Stafford Riverway Link project. Volunteers will also be on hand to discuss the project.

Please bring cash if possible, as not all stalls will have card machines.

25/04/2026

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Learn to fish with our team of professionally qualified and licensed angling coaches. All bait, equipment, permits and licence are provided.

24/04/2026

23/04/2026

We will be joining this on Friday to make a difference in Shelton :)

Come and join us Friday, a great community event.

27/01/2026

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/art-trail-walk-tickets-1981328831872

Join us for a walk along the Caldon Canal, and experience our wildlife and folklore themed art trail!

27/01/2026

It's not long until our first IWA Branch social meeting of 2026.

I'm delighted to report that Andy Perkin from the Potteries Heritage Society is our speaker, with a look at the Canal Heritage of The Potteries.

Remember that you don't have to be an IWA member to attend, so please share the details with anyone you know who has an interest in local history, as well as with waterways enthusiasts.

We hope to see plenty of people there!