We will be running trips every day in the Easter school holidays – so grab the kids and come for a ride on our boat. Lots of things to do at Standedge with the café, boat trips into the tunnel (they need booking with Canal & River Trust) & play areas. The music centre has lots of events including an Easter Egg hunt on Easter Sunday and Dixon’s Ice Cream available every day.
Enjoy the holidays and hopefully the sunshine too!
Come aboard our little blue boat on Good Friday through to Easter Monday 2025 and join the pirates for a trip on the canal!
Good news – we are back running this weekend after a battery re-fit over the winter. Join us for a boat ride at either the lock by Marsden train station or at the Standedge tunnel end near the Watersedge café. We’ll be running every weekend, and school holidays, from now on, from 11am to 4pm each day.
Dr Bob Gough 14th Feb 1956 to 4th July 2024
It is with great sadness we report the death of our friend and colleague, Bob Gough.
Over the 33 or so years he was employed by the Huddersfield Canal Society and its subsiduaries, Bob became the public face of the Society. Working from the office in Mossley Road, Ashton-under-Lyne and later the Transhipment Warehouse, Dobcross, he was the ever willing and knowledgeable representative of Huddersfield Canal Society.
He wrote his own story in our final printed Pennine Link no. 212, the last before his retirement in February 2022 at the link here. pl212.pdf (huddersfieldcanal.com)
After his well-earned break from paid employment he continued to help the Society in a voluntary capacity whenever publishing tasks arose. No longer can we ‘just ask Bob’ if we need to know anything about the Society, Narrow Canal and their histories.
Relatives and friends joined together at Chadderton Crematorium on 24th July to celebrate Bob’s life and considerable achievements. We wish his widow, Lyubimka and her family well as they come to terms with Bob’s sudden passing.
Alan Stopher, Chair, Huddersfield Canal Society
31st October and 1st & 2nd November from 11 to 4 each day.
Come and take a trip on our scary boat if you dare!
No fares just pay with donations.
We now run round trips from outside the Saddleworth Museum & Gallery going up the canal past the park & turning just before the first lock. The trip lasts around 15 minutes so there is never long to wait for the next one.
We plan to run each day over Easter (Friday to Monday) and then every weekend up to the end of October. If we manage to recruit & train sufficient local crew, we will run the boat on more days. Please click here to make sure the boat is running.
Please click here to see where the trip starts.
This is a new venture which relies on volunteers so, if anyone local to Uppermill would like to volunteer to help us run the boat, please contact Mike by email on boating@huddersfieldcanal.org.uk. No previous boating experience is required as we will provide all necessary training.
