Welcome to Rickmansworth Waterways Trust
We're a Heritage Education Charity bringing together people from across our community with a love for the canals around Rickmansworth. We present education programmes, maintain a historic canal boat, organise the Rickmansworth Festival, run a shop and informtion centre, run short boat rides and longer charters, and provide a pleasant visit to Batchworth Lock.
Update 22nd July 2022 - Boat Rides
We are pleased to announce that the repairs to our trip boats engine have been completed. We will be running our regular short return trips between Batchworth and Stockers Locks from Saturday 23rd July. Our charter operation will resume from Saturday 30th July. Please call 01923 778382 to book a short trip or to enquire about a charter booking please contact canalcentre@rwt.org.uk.
Rickmansworth Waterways Trust is delighted to announce that the Batchworth Lock Canal Centre is now open each day from about 10.00am until about 3pm. Our band of happy volunteers are all ready to sell you ice creams, maps, books, floating bird food etc as well as book you onto one of our wonderful short canal trips on the 'Pride of Batchworth'.
The Café@Lock81 is also open Wednesdays to Sundays.
From the 1st March 2022 the following guidelines will apply for visitors to the Trust.
1. In the Shop
We ask all our customers to consider wearing a face covering whilst in the shop.
We ask customers to use the hand sanitiser when opening the drinks fridge and ice cream freezer.
2. Ferry Trips (Phone 01923 778382 to Book)
We will allow mixed groups (up to a maximum of 12 persons) onto the boat.
We will retain the enhanced cleaning regime between ferry trips.
3) Private Hire Charters (e-mail canalcentre@rwt.org.uk to book
There are no current restrictions.
4) Education Centre Bookings.(e-mail enquiries@rwt.org.uk to make an enquiry.
There are no current restrictions.
The 2022 Learning at the Lock programme is open for bookings
We fully understand the difficult time schools are having at the moment but we are delighted to announce that bookings for our award winning 'Learning at the Lock' are now available for 2022. This is a fantastic educational and fun day trip to Batchworth Lock where you will learn about the roles canals had in our history, take a boat ride on the Grand Union Canal and understand the engineering behind this 250 year old wonder of the industrial age. If you have any enquiries about the programme or future bookings please email our Education Programme Manager, Rob Moore here. We look forward to seeing you all back with us in 2022
