RCTA Milton Keynes August BH Floating Market
Winter Floating Fayre
IWA Canalway Cavalcade 2025 - Dates/Times TBC
The Batchworth Rally
2025 Waterways Festival Foxton & Market Harborough
Middlewich Folk & Boat 2025
Linslade Canal Festival 2025
Brownhills Canal Festival 2025
Black Country Boating Festival 2025
The Roving Canal Traders Association traditionally starts off the year with Easter Markets, and 2023 is no exception! As usual, we have two markets – this year in Linslade and Great Haywood.
There will be several traders at each event and plenty of wonderful items to buy! Take a look at the details below:
2023 Easter Markets, 7-10 April
Linslade
Aylesbury Canal Society
My name is Lesley. I have been trading along our beautiful canals from my narrowboat, Widgeon, for many years.
It all started out as a hobby but, of course, I ran out of storage space! So I decided to sell my hand painted and hand knitted items. I have kept it very small and I only sell items I have crafted myself. My little stall is well worth a visit as I have many unique items on offer. Hope you like them.
Crooked House Crafts
Daisy’s Bakin Butty
We sell home-made cakes, hot drinks, ice cream and bacon rolls, alongside giftware, from our historic narrowboat Norah.
Frocks and Prints
Home and Moor
Handmade and Eco lifestyle and gift items, from needle-felt characters to natural handmade body care and ceramics.
We can be found on Facebook and Instagram.
Inspired Home Crafts
Janul Publications
I sell my own books, CDs, hats and small crotcheted items and also imported jewellery.
Promoting my musical tour this year called Iron to Irony, which I’m performing around the canal.
Little Pen’s Trading Company
I trade from NB Aragon under the name Little Pen’s Trading Company, selling handmade crafts & jewellery. I specialise in children’s colour changing nightlights (various characters). I also recycle wine bottles into incense burners.
Little Pen can be found on Facebook.
Lowry Leatherworks
Nancy May Crochet
Nancy May Crochet is my crochet and craft business, named after my Nan. I make a wide variety of quality crocheted items for babies, children and adults. From Dragon Tears Fingerless Gloves through stylish Slouchy Hats to gorgeous Baby Bootees there is something for everyone. I also produce bespoke items to order.Skinny Boat Photos is my photography business. I capture scenic, nature and wildlife images as I travel around the country on my narrowboat. My husband uses those images to produce greetings cards and mounted pictures that you can frame yourself to suit your own style.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Nomadic Crafts – The Narrowboat Project
Nomadic crafts specialize in handcrafted pieces that are not only beautiful, but also functional. From macramé guitar hangers to crochet blankets, our products are made with care and attention to detail.
In addition to our crafts, we also promote the lifestyle of tiny living, where minimalism and sustainability go hand in hand. Our products are perfect for those looking to declutter and simplify their lives.
Northern Lights
Wobbly Ltd
Great Haywood
Artful Crafter Afloat
This will be our second floating market. We do chainsaw carvings, oil paintings, needle felting, dog leads, knitting and more.
Look forward to seeing you at Great Hayward!
Find us on Facebook.
Baked on Board
Barge-Inn Booze
Birdbox and Jenny Wren
Books ‘n’ Stuff
Canal Art by Julie
Cheese Aboard
We are Sue & Colin and are Roving Traders known as Cheese Aboard the Cheese Boat. We travel the canals trading along the way as well as at Floating Markets & Festivals.
We are the only traders dedicated to everything Cheesy, we work with small batch suppliers for our cheese & chutneys, we have a new Cheesessory shop this year selling cheesy gifts like socks, earrings, utensils for your cheeseboard etc, plus our famous hand-burnt Pyrography decorated boards, made from sustainable bamboo.
This will be our 7th year trading at Great Haywood Floating Market.
Find us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
Coddiwomple Cake Boat
My name’s Emily and I bake and sell hand-made cakes, fudge & dog biscuits from my 1970s ex Swanline Hire Boat.
Hot & cold drinks, and Coddiwomple mugs also available.
Croc’s The Vinyl Cut
Unique artwork, hand cut into old vinyl records with a tiny saw. The perfect gift idea for the music fans in your life.
Find us on Facebook.
Cruising Crafts
Deck O Crafts
Floating Dolly Lady and Dolly Donuts
We specialise in recycled metal wildlife commonly found along canals and rivers; ducks, Kingfishers, Blue Tits. We also stock an extensive line in tea-light holders, ranging from the very popular beehive, to a red Welsh dragon.
New for this year we now also offer fresh cooked donuts, either sugared or with a chocolate topping, to mention just two options available. Or why not try an ice cream float?
Find us on Facebook and Instagram.
Gangplank Spirits and Preserves
We produce foraged, community swapped and ethically sourced fruit spirits and preserves. They are made on our narrowboat that travels around the UK canal network. We also make a selection of sweet & savoury crepes, & hot & cold drinks from the boat.
We pride ourselves on the quality of our produce and our environmental ethics.
We attend land events, sell our products from our website and have a number of stockists where you can buy our products.
We can be found on Facebook and Instagram.
Gordanneus Crafts
We are Gordanneus Crafts and we travel the Inland Waterways of the UK, selling our wooden products. All hand cut on our narrowboat Gordanneus.We sell free-hand routed wooden signs, house signs, shed and door signs, fun street signs, house numbers, kitchen roll holders, bottle openers, personalised signs and much more. Any products can be posted out to you.
We can be found on Facebook.
Julissimo Jewellery
Julissimo Jewellery makes beautiful solid silver handmade jewellery from re-used & recycled antique solid silver cutlery, giving new life to old. Creating individual: Spoon rings, Spoon handle rings, Peapod pendants, Spoon pendants, earrings made from one end of the spoon or the other, fork and spoon bracelets.
We can be found on Facebook and Instagram.
LDK Print and Embroidery
We print and embroider T-shirts, polo shirts, hoodies and teddy bears. Our printed range includes, mugs, mousemats, keyrings, coasters, table mats, and a whole lot more.
Magic Hands Massage
Scottish seaweed, beeswax wraps, hay fever remedy, skin balms, massage oils, herbal teas, all at affordable prices.
Treatments available by appointment starting at £15.
March Hare Emporium
March Hare Emporium is a very small business run by Pam, who operates from a narrowboat called March Hare. Her passion is for traditional crafts and upcycled crafted items. She likes to produce traditional items with a modern twist to them.
All the goods pictured below Pam has produced on board the boat. And, while she might be good at making things, she’s a bit rubbish at taking photographs! So apologies for that.
The March Hare travels the canal and river network where we attend boating festivals and Floating Markets. We make a lot of items, but we also source and sell fair trade and imported goods. We really hope you will like and share our Facebook page and follow our progress around the network.
Or visit our online shop march-hare-emporium.sumupstore.com.
NB Wakamatandoto
We pride our business on our unique selection of handmade crafts, eco-friendly refillable cleaning products and consumables, all sourced with sustainability in mind. Our decorated bottles and canal art are truly one-of-a-kind, crafted with care and creativity to add a touch of charm to any space.
Our refillable cleaning products and consumables are the perfect choice for conscious consumers looking to reduce waste and make a positive impact on the environment.
By upcycling items sourced from charity shops, we strive to create a business that is both sustainable and socially responsible. Come visit us on our boat and find something special to brighten up your day!
www.etsy.com/uk/shop/DrmctchrByNatasha
The Oatcake Boat
Olly’s Carved Creations
The Quirky Cutlery Store
We are designers and makers of artefacts and jewellery made from recycled antique cutlery and pre decimal coinage. Our total ethos is to re-purpose and upcycle. We also have a great love of India… hence the boat being named Bindi Queen and any our colourful textiles on sale have all been hand sourced by ourselves from the Rajasthan district of India.
Snoot Loot
Tilden
Tilden was born during lockdown after losing my job. Whilst all alone on my Narrowboat (apart from crazy FinnDog), I started carving hiking staffs from branches found out & about on hikes. I found it very therapeutic and built up a nice little collection. Tilden was named using both of my children’s names joined together.
I gave a few away as gifts to friends and sold a few resulting in some great feedback. From that point onwards, Tilden was born.
Tilden Walking Staffs are hand carved from recycled fallen branches found on walks & adventures. We plant a new tree for every staff that is made. Every staff has a story why not make it part of yours.
You can find us on Instagram @tilden_uk
Tinkers Hands
We sell antiques, collectibles, vintage clothing and cookware for stove top and outdoor cooking.
We can be found on Instagram and Facebook.
Vintage and Modern
Run by Joyce & Mike Matthews combining all our loves of boating, antiques and collectibles and sewing, Vintage and Modern came into creation in 2021.
We carry a stock of many items of Antique and Vintage Collectable items covering canal ware, brassware, copperware, silverware along with a wide range of ceramic collectables and glassware, vintage and antique costume jewellery along with a new line of collectable printed and signed Artwork. The Modern side is mainly sewn and embroidered items by Joyce, including dog bandanas, embroidered cushions, mooring pin covers, tote bags, scrunches and small purses.
Starting our third full year of trading at organised events and pop ups, we are very excited to be involved in this year’s RCTA markets, starting with Great Haywood at Easter.
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