Crick Boat Show 2013
The 2013 Crick Boat Show & Waterways Festival takes place over the May Bank Holiday weekend – 25th to 27th May. The festivities will be held at Crick Marina, with the main hub of activity occuring south of the famous Foxton Locks on the Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal. The Crick Boat Show, located in the heart of England, offers holiday goers the chance to combine a narrowboat holiday with a host of canal boating festivities!
Tickets can be purchased in advance online on Crick Boat Show’s offical website, saving up to 29 per cent on gate prices. Family tickets (two adults and two children aged 5-16) are £24 if bought in advance or £32 on the gate. Entry is free for under 5’s on all three show days and all children (16 or under) go free on the Monday (27 May).
Enjoy half price moorings at the Crick Boat Show when you book your boating holiday with Waterways Holidays! The moorings are online just outside Crick Marina with a bridge across the canal directly into the Show Site. The normal mooring price is £1.86 per foot.
Attractions and exhibitions include:
- Special guest Julia Bradbury will be opening the ceremony on the 25th May
- Traditional fun fair for the children including rides such as the carousel, lighthouse slip and swing boats
- Punch and Judy show
- Live bands throughout the day and evening
- Food and drink stalls, including real ale bars
- Boating marquees & exhibitions
- Selection of historic boats, and ‘best boat in show’
- Campsite entertainment
To visit the Crick Boat Show over a weekend, you can hire a narrowboat from North Kilworth or Braunston. Alternatively over a seven night break, you can give yourself a longer cruise to Crick, starting from Stockton, Napton, Hillmorton, Rugby, Gayton, Clifton on Dunsmore, Stretton under Fosse or Market Harborough.
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Picture above by David Merrett from Daventry, England (Crick Boat Show Uploaded by Oxyman) [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
