St Richards Canal Festival
RCTA Startops May Day BH Floating Market at Marsworth
RCTA Burton on Trent May Day BH Floating Market
Nottingham Yacht Club Boat Festival
RCTA Willington Floating Market
RCTA Berkhamsted Floating Market
RCTA Stone Floating Market
The Batchworth Rally
RCTA Trentham Floating Market
Moira Canal Festival 2026
Canal & River Trust Annual Public Meeting 2018 You may have seen Andy Tidy’s (Boating Business representative on the CRT Council) bullet point exposition of this year’s Canal & River Trust Annual Public Meeting in Birmingham (captainahabswaterytales.bogspot.com). As there is no hope that I could improve on this and rather than waste time simply repeating . . . read more
We have announced 5, yes 5! seasonal floating markets in the events page on this website. You can also find events for all of them on Facebook, please share far & wide, in the appropriate local areas. Lets get the word out there! The venues are: Autumn market at Stoke Bruerne. Christmas markets at Birmingham . . . read more
Calling all members! Don’t forget the upcoming AGM to be held on the 28th September 2018, 12.00 to 15.00 pm at The Galleon, Old Wolverton Road, Milton Keynes, MK12 5NL. Everybody should have received the paperwork in an email or via the members Facebook page. If you haven’t please let me know.
It is sadly quickly coming towards the end of the season but we have two fabulous summer markets still to go. August Bank Holiday weekend opposite Campbell Park in Milton Keynes, this will be our first ever Floating Market in Milton Keynes & we are excited! In September we will be putting on a Floating . . . read more
The 2018 AGM is steadily creeping towards us and here’s a heads up that we will be wanting nominations for the committee this year. Justina Evans is retiring as Secretary and we are seeking nominations for this role. If you are an active trader and have committee experience this is the role for you. Here . . . read more
Great Haywood was my first experience in the role as volunteer market leader. What did I learn? The Facebook Messenger group set up for the market made me feel I already knew most of those attending and any slight apprehension gave way to a more relaxed feeling the closer the market came. Being on the . . . read more
If you think we have been quiet that is only because we have been working hard arranging RCTA markets & markets in conjunction with other festivals like Boxmoor Canal Festival which was a massive success for our attending traders. RCTA markets this year at Cassio Park, Berkhamsted, Gt Haywood & Market Drayton have all been . . . read more
As you may be aware the Data Protection Act is changing in May and as an Association we are working to comply with it. The new Act is called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and it is to protect the personal data we hold on our members. The Association has a new Privacy Policy and is available for . . . read more
RCTA Introduces New Discount Benefits for Members Roving Canal Traders Association are pleased to announce two new discount deals that we are now able to offer our members. The Discounts Midland Chandlers have offered our members 5% discount in any of their branches on sight of your Membership card. (This is not available for online purchases . . . read more
RCTA have received the following request for traders at Leamington Canal Festival Hi, Leamington Old Town Ltd are reviving the Canal Festival this year on June 23rd&24th. Boaters will be invited to moor up along our stretch of the Grand Union on Sat 23rd and the road from canal bridge will be closed on Sun . . . read more
