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.
Recurring Events in 2023
- Boats / All year / View Mavis (the inspiration for Amazon) / Ruskin Museum, Coniston
- Boats / Mid-January – December / View Swallow and Amazon (2016 film) / Windermere Jetty Museum
- Boats / April – Mid-October / Sailing trips on Nancy Blackett (Goblin in the books) by booking (membership required) / Woolverstone, Suffolk
- Activities / April 10th – September 27th / Swallows and Amazons cruises / Coniston Launch
One-off Events in 2023
- Theatre / February 16-18th / Winter Holiday / Theatre Severn, Shrewsbury
- Theatre / February 16-18th / Winter Holiday / Old Laundry Theatre, Bowness-on-Windermere
- Talk / April 4th / “Arthur Ransome and the Lake District as PlaySpace” / University of Cumbria, Ambleside
- Activities / April 13th / Arthur Ransome Society Visit (membership required) / Coldharbour Mill, Devon
- Activities / April 22nd / Arthur Ransome Society Visit (membership required) / Rugby School
- Activities / May 20th / Arthur Ransome Society Visit (membership required) / National Museum of Bicycles, Llandrindod Wells
- Activities / May 20th / Arthur Ransome Society Visit (membership required) / Charmouth
- Theatre / June 3rd / The Homing Stone – Hugh Lupton / Bowland Bridge
- Sailing / June 3rd-4th / OGA East Coast Swallows and Amazons Race / Walton & Frinton Yacht Club
- Activities / June 23rd / Arthur Ransome Society Visit (membership required) / Thames cruise and Kelmscott Manor
- Reading / June 24-25th / Marathon reading of Swallowdale / Windermere Jetty Museum
- Activities / July 15th / Arthur Ransome Society Reading (membership required) / Online (Zoom)
- Event / July 22nd-23rd / Nancy Blackett at the Waterfront Festival / Littlehampton
- Sailing / August 3rd-6th / Nancy Blackett at the OGA East Coast 60th Jubilee Party / River Orwell, Suffolk
- Activities / August 7-14th / Arthur Ransome Society Camping (membership required) / Coniston
- Activities / August 13th / Swallows and Amazons Adventure Day / Glenridding Sailing Club
- Sailing / August 19-20th / Nancy Blackett at the RHYC Regatta Weekend / Royal Harwich Yacht Club, Suffolk
- Event / September 9-10th / Nancy Blackett at the Classic Boat Festival / St Katherine Dock, London
- Event / September 15-24th / Amazon from the 1974 film at the Southampton International Boat Show / Southampton
- Talk / September 15-24th / Sophie Neville’s 50th Anniversary talks about Swallows and Amazons at the Southampton International Boat Show / Southampton
- Event / September 30th / Arthur Ransome Society Literary Day (membership required) / Taunton
- Activities / October 21st / Arthur Ransome Society Archery (membership required) / Derbyshire
- Talk/ October 22nd/ Arthur Ransome Society Talk (membership required) / Online (Zoom)
- Activities/ November 21st/ Arthur Ransome Society Swimming and Skating (membership required) / Tamworth
- Activities/ November 25th/ Arthur Ransome Society Quiz (membership required) / Online (Zoom)