Archive of Events in 2024
An archive of Swallows and Amazons events for 2024, the 50th Anniversary year of the original Swallows and Amazons film. 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 (2016 film) / Windermere Jetty Museum
- Boats / All year / Hire Amazon from the 1974 film / Hunter’s Yard, Norfolk
- Exhibits / All year / Rattletrap and Pigeon Post / Lakeland Motor Museum
- Boats / Until Mid-October / Sailing trips on Nancy Blackett (Goblin in the books) by booking (membership required) / Woolverstone, Suffolk
- Activities / Until September / Swallows and Amazons cruises / Coniston Launch
One-off Events in 2024
January
- Reading / January 7th / Arthur Ransome Society reading of Secret Water (membership required) / Online (Zoom)
- Reading / January 14th / Arthur Ransome Society reading of Secret Water (membership required) / Online (Zoom)
- Meeting / January 20th / Arthur Ransome Society: SW AGM (membership required) / Online (Zoom)
- Meeting / January 20th / Arthur Ransome Society: Midland AGM & Junior Parley (membership required) / Selly Oak
- Event / January 27th / Arthur Ransome Society: Northern Region Birthday Party (membership required) / TBC
- Event / January 28th / Arthur Ransome Society: SW Celebration Lunch for Arthur Ransome’s Birthday (membership required) / Okehampton, Devon
- Talk / January 31st / Swallows and Amazons and the Russian Revolution / Romsey
February
- Talk / February 10th / Arthur Ransome Society: SW Region Zoom Talk (membership required) / Online (Zoom)
- Walks / February 24th / Arthur Ransome Society: Rattletraps-on-the-Water (membership required) / Bourton-on-the-Water
March
- Activities / March 16th / Arthur Ransome Society: Archery (membership required) / Derbyshire
- Activities / March 23rd / Arthur Ransome Society: SW Trek (membership required) / Castle Cary, Somerset
April
- 50th Anniversary: Films, Talks / April 6th / Swallows and Amazons (1974) screenings and Q&A with Sophie Neville and David Wood / The Cinema Museum, Kennington, London
- Activities / April 13th / Arthur Ransome Society: Another Author – Roald Dahl (membership required) / Great Missenden
May
- Activities / May 11th / Arthur Ransome Society: Black Country Museum (membership required) / Dudley
- Activities / May 11th / Arthur Ransome Society: Visit to Morwellham Quay (membership required) / Morwellham
- Boats / May 25th / Nancy Blackett at the OGA Deben Classics Rally / Woodbridge
June
- Activities / June 8th / Arthur Ransome Society: Paint and Swim (membership required) / Droitwich Spa
- Activities / June 15th / Arthur Ransome Society: Canal Trip (membership required) / Bradford on Avon
- 50th Anniversary: Talk / June 15th / A podcast celebrating 50th Anniversary of making the classic movie Swallows and Amazons with award-winning writer David Wood, Sophie Neville and make up artist Peter Robb-King / Online, 7pm
- 50th Anniversary: Film, Q&A / June 27th / Swallows and Amazons followed by Q&A with Sophie Neville / Zefferelli’s Cinema, Ambleside
- 50th Anniversary: Talks & Films / June 29-30th / Celebrating 50th Anniversary of filming Swallows and Amazons (1974) with Sophie Neville / Windermere Jetty Museum
- Boats / June 29th / Nancy Blackett at the Pin Mill Barge Match / Pin Mill
July
- Boats / July 6th / Nancy Blackett at the Heybridge Basin Regatta / Heybridge
- Activities / July 13th / Arthur Ransome Society: Sparkinson Interviews (membership required) / Online via Zoom
- 50th Anniversary: Film / July 13th / Swallows and Amazons at the Riverside Cinema, with Amazon from the film / Woodbridge
- Boats / July 20th-21st / Nancy Blackett at Seafest / Scarborough
August
- Activities / August 15-18th / Arthur Ransome Society: High Tops in the High Peaks (membership required) / Great Huckley
September
- Activities / September 1st / Arthur Ransome Society: Ivy Walk (membership required) / Bishopsteignton and Teignmouth
- Boats / September 7-8th / Nancy Blackett at the Classic Boat Festival, St Katherine Docks / London
- Activities / September 21st / Arthur Ransome Society: Exploring Sherwood Forest (membership required) / Edwinstowe
October
- Activities / October 12th / Arthur Ransome Society: Mappa Mundi (membership required) / Hereford
- Event / October 12th / Arthur Ransome Society: Bring & Scoff Literary Day (membership required) / Creech St Michael
- Talk / October 21st & 22nd / Sophie Neville on the making of Swallows and Amazons / Online via Schoolreaders Zoom
November
- Reading / November 3rd, 17th, 24th / Arthur Ransome Society reading of The Big Six (membership required) / Online (Zoom)
- Activities / November 16th / Arthur Ransome Society: Crafts on the Farm (membership required) / Wellingborough
- Talk / November 23rd / Arthur Ransome Society: Talk on Heraldry (membership required) / Online via Zoom
December
- Readings / December 1st, 8th, 15th / Arthur Ransome Society reading of The Big Six (membership required) / Online (Zoom)
- Activities / December 7th / Arthur Ransome Society: Festive Zoom (membership required) / Online via Zoom