Events

A selection of Swallows and Amazons events for the current year. Please click on the event links for further details and contact the relevant organisers directly for any enquiries.

Ongoing Events

• Boats / All year / View Mavis (the inspiration for Amazon) / Ruskin Museum, Coniston
• Boats / All year / View Swallow and Amazon (from the 2016 film) / Windermere Jetty Museum
• Exhibits / All year / Rattletrap and Pigeon Post / Lakeland Motor Museum
• Boats / From late March / Hire Amazon from the 1974 film / Hunter’s Yard, Norfolk
• Boats / May – October / Sailing trips on Nancy Blackett (Goblin in the books) by booking (membership required) / Woolverstone, Suffolk
• Activities / April 21st – September 29th / Swallows and Amazons cruises / Coniston Launch
• Boats / July 23rd – August 29th / Swallows and Amazons Cruises / Steam Yacht Gondola (NT), Coniston

One-off Events

• Events / May 2nd / Arthur Ransome Society: IAGM Walks and Talks (members only) / Surrey
• Events / May 5th / Arthur Ransome Society: Bohemian London Walk (members only) / London
• Talks / May 16th / Arthur Ransome: Author, Adventurer and Yorkshireman – A talk for Christian Aid by Dr. John Ridley / Richmond, Yorkshire
• Events / May 17th / Arthur Ransome Society: Exploring Exmoor (members only) / Exmoor
• Events / May 17th / Arthur Ransome Society: Malvern Hills Walk (members only) / Malvern Hills
• Events / June 3rd / Arthur Ransome Society: Arthur Ransome’s grave visit (members only) / Rusland, Cumbria
• Events / June 14th / Arthur Ransome Society: Heritage Engines visit (members only) / Worcestershire
• Theatre / June 20th-21st / Swallows and Armenians by Karen Babayan / London
• Events / June 21st / Nancy Blackett Trust Summer Social / Woolverstone, Suffolk
• Theatre / June 27th / Swallows and Armenians by Karen Babayan / Leeds
• Activities / July 4th / Arthur Ransome Society: Offshore Expedition (members only) / Scotland
• Activities / July 5th / Arthur Ransome Society: Time Travellers (members only) / East Anglia
• Activities / July 6th / Arthur Ransome Society: Book Club (members only) / Online
• Activities / July 12-13th / Arthur Ransome Society: Peak District Camping and Sailing (members only) / Derbyshire
• Activities / July 16th / Arthur Ransome Society: RNLI Throwline Training (members only) / Devon
• Theatre / July 18-26th / Swallows and Amazons (the musical) / West Acre Theatre, Norfolk
• Activities / August 9-16th / Arthur Ransome Society: Roaring Donkey Camp / Norfolk Broads
• Activities / August 22nd / Arthur Ransome Society: Coastal Camping and Sailing (members only) / West Sussex
• Boats / September 8th / Nancy Blackett Day
• Activities / September 12-14th / Arthur Ransome Society: Lakeside Camping, Boating and Swimming (members only) / Gwynedd
• Boats / September 13-14th / Nancy Blackett Trust exhibit at the IMT Heritage Open Days / Ipswich Docks, Suffolk
• Events / 19th September / Arthur Ransome Society: The Picts and the Vikings (members only) / Scotland
• Events / 11th October / Arthur Ransome Society: Literary Day (members only) / Somerset
• Events / 18th October / Arthur Ransome Society: An Arthur Ransome Day (members only) / Lancashire
• Events / 18th October / Arthur Ransome Society: Literary Day (members only) / Scotland
• Activities / 18th October / Arthur Ransome Society: Amazon Archery (members only) / Derbyshire
• Talk / 25th October / Arthur Ransome Society: Autumn gathering and illustrated talk “No Way Back – The Ross Sea Party”  (members only) / Surrey
• Activities / 26th October / Arthur Ransome Society: Online Book Group (members only) / Online TBC
• Activities / November 15th / Arthur Ransome Society: Making and Eating Mrs Dixon’s Pies (members only) / Gloucestershire
• Activities / November 22nd / Arthur Ransome Society: Online Quiz (members only) / Online
• Activities / December 14th / Arthur Ransome Society: Seasonal quiz and games / Online

Archive

• View our archive of events for 2024, the 50th Anniversary year of the original Swallows and Amazons film.