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Planning for the 2026 Canal Festival and Craft Fair is now well under way. As usual this will be taking place during the third weekend in July, the 18th-19th. There will be trading and historic boats along the canal between…
If you are a regular at any of our sites (Cosgrove or Bourton Meadow), you may have heard of Reed Warblers. They are tiny, evasive birds that enjoy summering where reeds grow, and we seem to have a lot of
Mark your calendars! The Cosgrove Canal Festival & Craft Fair is making its return on the 20th and 21st of July 2024. Get ready to join us for a weekend filled with excitement, entertainment, and plenty of treasures to discover!
Over the Christmas and New Year period BCS volunteers are helping us move Work Boat Louise from Brentford to Cosgrove. The work boat was donated to use by River and Canal Services for use by us and other canal groups.
Hot off the editing software, time-lapse of the steel girders going in on remembrance weekend at Cosgrove. Team effort – thanks to all including Alan for the editing 
Come see a milestone moment On Saturday 10th November we will be putting the steel beams on the bridge at Cosgrove. Visitors welcome but will need to be behind barriers and fencing etc. We anticipate preparation on site during the
In preparation for re-re-watering (yes, that’s correct, re-re-watering), the canal cut between Bridge 1 and the first bund has been dry-dredged and profiled with much help from KESCRG and LWRG.The Kent and East Sussex Canal Restoration Group (KESCRG) provide volunteers
Good progress on the bridge excavation which how’s now reached equilibrium with the canal water level. Tree stumps are out and we have started work to expose the remaining covered foundations for engineering assessment. Work parties this Thursday 9th Feb
On Saturday 12th December, 2015, against very strong competition, the Buckingham Canal Society was was honoured to win the above award which includes a shield which we keep for a year and a certificate in recognition of our outstanding contribution
The Waterway Recovery Group (WRG) has provided an early Christmas present for Buckingham Canal Society in the shape of WRG’s former 3 tonne JCB 803 excavator. Known as ‘Blue’ the machine was purchased for WRG following an appeal to celebrate