Horse Drawn Canal Boat on Rochdale Canal

Horse Drawn Canal Boat

Horse Drawn Canal Boat

A HORSE-DRAWN narrowboat will be one of the attractions at this year’s Rochdale Canal Festival.
People living in Calderdale, Rochdale, Oldham and Manchester will have the chance to see history come to life at the festival. And as part of this year’s celebrations, a horse-drawn boat will travel from Guidebridge, on the Ashton Canal, along the length of the Rochdale Canal.
Towing Maria, Britain’s oldest surviving wooden narrowboat built in 1854, the horse will stop off at various points along the route so visitors to the canal and festival can see how boats used to travel along the waterways.
The festival, which will be launched with an open day in Littleborough on Saturday, July 11, will include a bumper week of
free activities for all the family

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