Events Calendar
Our next event:
All-Day Walk from Hertford to Enfield on Sunday 19 April 2015
Walk led by John Polley of the New River Action Group. Free. Details are in Walks.
400 years of the New River in 2013 Celebration Record
The events that were part of the New River 400 year have been moved to a 'Celebration Record'. We would like to include descriptions, photos or items (programmes, art etc), and would welcome contributions from those who were there or who helped organise the events. Contact us to discuss how we can best do this for your event, or just send images and/or details to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Events in date order
(click for geographical order)
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| Date | Event | Info |
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LONG-RUNNING EXHIBITIONS |
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| Till 5 Jan 2014 | Water, Water Everywhere – 400 years of the New River exhibition (from 26 Apr 2013). At the Enfield Museum, The Dugdale Centre, 39 London Road, Enfield, EN2 6DS. | |
| Till 15 Jan 2014 | New River 400. Exhibition at Ware Museum, The Priory Lodge, 89 High Street, Ware, Herts, SG12 9AL. Open Tue, Wed, Sat 11am - 4pm, Sun 2pm - 4pm, Bank Hol Mons 2pm - 4pm. Among the artefacts on display at the museum are tools walkmen – those charged maintaining the route – used, including equipment to kill water voles. Now a protected species, water voles threatened the aqueduct's integrity. Also on show is an elm pipe, one of thousands used to transport water from the New River to people's homes. The logs were bored out using a horse-powered borer, with Ware pump maker John Bartholomew tasked with choosing the trees to bore. | www.waremuseum.org.uk Tel: 01920 487848 |
OCTOBER |
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| Sun 20 Oct 10.00 am |
All-Day New River walk from Enfield to Hertford led by John Polley (New River Action Group). | www.newriver.org.uk |
| Sat 26 Oct 1pm - 4pm |
The Big Draw at Hoddesdon Town Centre (or Lowewood Museum if wet). Our theme is "Water", based on the 400th Anniversary of the opening of the New River that runs through Broxbourne. Come along and join in with this national initiative to encourage everyone to draw! One of two fun family workshops (the other is at Waltham Cross on Sat 12 Oct) organised by Ware Art Shed where children and young people can make, design and decorate their own model houses and place them along a 3D map of the New River. | |
| Mon 28 to Wed 30 Oct | Creatures of the New River - Half-term activities. At Enfield Museum, The Dugdale Centre, 39 London Road, Enfield, EN2 6DS. Organised by Broxbourne Council. | See here for details |
NOVEMBER 2013 ONWARDS |
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| Wed 13 Nov | Talk (by New River Action Group) at Grange Park (details to follow) | |
| Wed 27 Nov | Talk (by New River Action Group) to Transport for London History Group (details to follow) | |
| Wed 5 Feb | Talk (by New River Action Group) to London Westminster & Middlesex Family History Society (details to follow) | |
| Wed 12 Feb | Talk (by New River Action Group) to Hornsey Historical Society (details to follow) | |
| Wed 23 Apr | Talk (by New River Action Group) to Friern Barnet and District Local History Society (details to follow) | |
| Thu 15 May | Talk (by New River Action Group) to Edmonton Hundred Historical Society (details to follow) | |
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