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Lock Centre Refurbished! 28 February 2024
We have spent the darker winter months totally refurbishing our shop and information centre at Batchworth Lock. A huge than you to everyone who rolled up their sleeves to transform Batchworth Lock Canal Centre, especially: Pete Plestead & Andy Holmes for the carpentry, Ashton Miles for painting and decorating, Ian Mulholland for plumbing and Mark Waldock from Croxley Electrical...
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Important news about the Rickmansworth Festival 2 January 2024
Representatives from the Rickmansworth Festival Team attended a meeting hosted by Three Rivers District Council just before Christmas regarding the recent implementation of an Asbestos Management Plan for the Aquadrome...
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Spirit returns! 21 November 2023
Spirit of Batchworth has returned from being painted and is now a very smart Oxford Blue. The plan is to also repaint Pride of Batchworth in April 2024 so both boats will be identical in colour!
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Warwick Gainsborough joins RWT as General Manager! 8 August 2023
Rickmansworth Waterways Trust has a new General Manager - Warwick Gainsborough! Mark Saxon who has been with us for 10 years has completed several weeks handover to Warwick and he has now departed for waters new! We thank Mark for all his dedication to the Trust and welcome Warwick and we hope you will make him feel very welcome.
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Rickmansworth Festival 20th and 21st May 2023 26 May 2023
We hope you had a wonderful weekend at the 2023 Festival! If you want to see what you missed the listings for all the wide variety of entertainment that took place over the Festival weekend are still available on this website...
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Festival
The festival takes place on the third weekend of May each year, and celebrates our canals, our community, and the environment.
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Learning at the lock
Our education programme for primary school children
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Around Batchworth
The Canal Centre is the hub of our education work and our information centre.
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The Roger
A truly historic boat, and our main heritage and educational asset.
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Document Library