We meet at the Red Bull Hotel, Church Lawton, near Kidsgrove. It has a large car park and, as you can see from the photo below, it is alongside lock 43 of our canal. The full address is Congleton Road South, Church Lawton, ST7 3AJ Telephone: (01782) 782600 . See their own website for more details.
See our Diary of Events for meetings and events in the near future. For past events see our archive pages Reports of Talks, Reports of Socials and Reports of AGMs.
2026-27 Season
Talks are usually 7:45 for 8 pm start. but please check our Diary of Events for the start time for all events before attending.
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October 16th GREATER THAN 6 Heritage Assets, Listed Buildings, buildings of special local interest, scheduled monuments and conservations areas which became part of the Potteries when the City of Stoke-on-Trent was established in 1925. ANDY PERKIN Potteries Heritage Society |
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November 20th The History and Restoration of the Derby Canal An outline of the historic Derby Canal, the restoration of the canal line and buildings delivered to date and exciting plans to fund the remaining restoration. It will include progress on using the canal to deliver flood management and water transfer as well as using private sector funding for housebuilding. CHRIS MADGE |
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December 4th Christmas Meal plus the usual fun quizzes and jollity |
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January 15th 2027 Narrowboat SPEY TOM KITCHING |
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February 19th 2027 TBA |
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March 19th 2027 The River Danube Based on a number of visits to the Danube, some by boat, this talk takes us down the Danube for over 700 miles from the Wachau, upstream of Vienna, through Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia and Serbia, ending with passage through the spectacular Iron Gate gorges and locks into Romania and Bulgaria. On the way we see four capital cities, many castles and fortresses and some spectacular scenery, while sharing the river with boats ranging from canoes to river cruise ships and 14000 tonne barge tows. We also take some diversions to look at the Danube’s navigable tributaries and the extensive canal system of Vojvodina in Serbia. JOHN POMFRET |
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May 15th 2027 Annual General Meeting Hold the date! Venue TBA |