Events

Events

Regular events for Braidbar Boats include attending the Crick Boat Show and the Braidbar Open Day. Please find further details below.

Crick Boat Show 2024

Visit Braidbar Boats at Crick Boat show 2024

Following our huge success at Crick Boat Show 2023 on our 40th anniversary we are heading to the show again and are proud to be presenting Est Tempus No. 207


If you would like to reserve a slot to view this incredible narrowboat please either phone 01625 873 471 or email general@braidbarboats.co.uk for an appointment.


Please note we are now taking bookings to view Est Tempus for the Trade & Preview Day, if you already have your show tickets. 


Crick Boat Show 2023 Winner!

 Reginald No. 200 - Braidbar's 200th and most unique boat to date...  Voted Favorite Boat in Show at the Crick Boat Show 2023.

Braidbar exhibited at the Crick Boat Show 2023, and can announce that we won the prestigious award of the most admired narrow boat for our 200th boat Reginald!


Reginald No. 200 is Braidbar's most unique boat built to date. To tie in with this momentous milestone, its our birthday too! So we delighted Braidbar Boats was awarded the most admired narrow boat a the show with Reginald No. 200.


The Favourite Boat in Show Award 2023 was poignant since we celebrate 40 years of building luxury bespoke narrowboats at the historic Lord Vernons Wharf in Cheshire.

 

If you visited Braidbar at the show and voted for your favourite boat - thank you very much!

Narrow Boat Reginald Favourite Boat in Show Award Winner

Braidbar Boats are regulars at the Crick Boat Show and are often placed in the top three for the coveted “Favourite Boat in Show” award. So the 2023 award of Favourite Boat in in Show for Reginald is very much appreciated!


Recent placements for this award include favourite boat runner up at the 2022 Crick Boat Show with Desiderata, favourite boat runner up in the 2021 virtual show with Eh Up!, runner up position with Jolly Good in the 2019 show and first place winner with Elizabeth Anne in 2018.

 

Awards in previous years also include first place for Braidbar 100 (2007) and Rhiannon (2000). Second place for Mei Long (2017), Integrity (2015), Eleventh Heaven (2012) and Sanity Again (2010) as well as third place for Once Bittern (2016) and Bunnies Warren (2011).

Braidbar Open Day 2024

The Braidbar Open Day gives you a unique opportunity to look around the boatyard and see where and how Braidbar boats are made.


There will be a number of boats on show to the public, with staff and Braidbar narrowboat owners on hand to talk to. 


This year's Braidbar Open Day will be held on Saturday 31st August 2024 at Lord Vernon's Wharf, Higher Poynton, Cheshire.


We very much look forward to seeing you here on Saturday  31st August 2024.


Braidbar Open Day 2024
Braidbar Boats Open Day 2022
Visitors to Braidbar Open Day 2022

Above images credited to: quayle.social

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