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.
Year-round Events
- Boats / All year / View Mavis (the inspiration for Amazon), Ruskin Museum, Coniston, Lake District
- Boats / All year / View Swallow and Amazon (from the 2016 film), Windermere Jetty Museum, Lake District
- Exhibits / All year / Rattletrap and Pigeon Post, Lakeland Motor Museum, Lake District
Seasonal Events
- Boats / March – October / Hire Swallow and Amazon from the 1974 film, Hunter’s Yard, Norfolk
- Boats / April – October / Sailing trips on Nancy Blackett (Goblin in the books) (membership required), Woolverstone, Suffolk
- Activities / April – September / Swallows and Amazons cruises, Coniston Launch, Lake District
- Boats / July – August / Swallows and Amazons Cruises, Steam Yacht Gondola (NT), Coniston, Lake District
Ad-hoc Events – 2025
- Activities / December 14th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Online Quiz, via Zoom
Ad-hoc Events – 2026
- Events / January 17th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Birthday Lunches in Surrey and Norfolk; South West Region’s AGM
- Events / January 24th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Midland and Wales Region’s AGM and Junior Parley, Shropshire
- Events / February 21st / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): An Antarctic Adventure, Gloucestershire
- Events / March 28th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): An Aviation Adventure, Somerset
- Activities / April 25th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Steam train expedition, Devon
- Activities / July 27th – August 1st / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Secret Water Camp, Essex
- Events / August 14-17th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): International AGM, Cumbria
- Events / October 16-18th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Biennial Literary Weekend, Hampshire
Archive
- View our archive of events for 2024, the 50th Anniversary year of the original Swallows and Amazons film.