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

• Activities / February – November / Wild Cat Island cruises, Coniston Launch, Lake District
• 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
• Boats / July – August / Swallows and Amazons Cruises, Steam Yacht Gondola (NT), Coniston, Lake District

Ad-hoc Events – 2026

January

• Theatre / January 14-18th / “Swallows and Amazons“, Rose Theatre, Kingston, London
• 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

February

• Events / February 18th / Family Fun Day: Swallows and Amazons, Watermill Theatre, Newbury
• Events / February 21st / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): An Antarctic Adventure, Gloucestershire
• Talks / February 21st / The Making of Swallows and Amazons – with Sophie Neville, Museum of Carpet, Kidderminster

March

• Talks / March 1st / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): “Carved Stones of Dartmoor”, Online
• Events / March 7th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Northern Region AGM
• Activities / March 14th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Daffodils and Poets walk, Gloucestershire
• Theatre / March 19th-21st / Swallows and Amazons, Watermill Theatre, Newbury
• Events / March 21st / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): An Aviation Adventure, Somerset

April

• Activities / April 11th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Dick’s birdwatching day, Suffolk
• Activities / April 18th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Sailing on a classic ship, and a boatyard visit, North Wales
• Activities / April 25th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Steam train expedition, Devon

May

• Activities / May 1st-5th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Great Northern? expedition to the Outer Hebrides
• Activities / May 16th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Explore an Arts and Crafts house, Leicestershire; celebrate Harry Bangate the eelman, Norfolk
• Activities / May 17th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Geocaching, Surrey
• Activities / May 21st / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Seaside adventures, Dorset

June-July

• Activities / June 3rd / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Paying our respects at AR’s graveside, Cumbria
• Events / June 13-14th / The Coot Club Returns!, Museum of the Broads, Norfolk – Come and relive Coot Club and The Big Six with John Sergeant and Sophie Neville, along with Teasel , Titmouse, Swallow and a Sir Garnett lookalike. Parking is at nearby Richardson’s Boatyard. Presented by the Arthur Ransome Society.
• Events / June 20th / Nancy Blackett Trust AGM and Summer Social (members only), Woolverstone, Suffolk
• Theatre / June 20th- July 4th / Swallows and Amazons, Hamilton Playbox, Hamilton, New Zealand
• Events / June 27th / Arthur Ransome Society at Lakeland Arts’ Festival of the Lake, Windermere Jetty, Cumbria
• Activities / July 25-30th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Secret Water Camp, Essex

August-October

• Events / August 14-17th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): International AGM, Cumbria
• Activities / August 16th / Swallows and Amazons day, Glenridding Sailing Centre, Cumbria
• Activities / September 12th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Visit a lightship on the East coast
• Activities / October 4th / Arthur Ransome Society (members only): Shanty workshop, Northamptonshire
• 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.