The Waterfront podcast: dive back in
Unravel the relationship between water and British folk music, discover a forest of figs beside the River Don and hear tales of life on the water in the 1950s.
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Waterfront Podcast: heroines of the canals
Join us as we journey to Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union to hear stories about the Idle Women in this suffrage centenary special
Waterfront podcast: water, creativity and wellbeing
Join us as we take a leisurely walk and boat trip along the Grand Union Canal with poet Will Burns and festival director Joanna Cherry, exploring the benefits of regular ‘canal time’
Waterfront Podcast: in search of a quiet life
Waterfront spends the day with angler, author and squeaky-gate appreciator Chris Yates, to talk about our very natural connection with water.
Podcast: Words on Water with Ian Mcmillan
Amble beside the Calder & Hebble with the ‘Bard of Barnsley’ as he shares a poem or two and talks of his love of Britain’s waterways
Podcast: Green pathways
Take a walk with Trust ecologist Mark Robinson and author Hugh Warwick as they explore how canals provide safe passage for our most-loved creatures
Podcast: Folk songs of the waterways
Sit by the fire with traditional music specialist Sam Lee, as he unravels the relationship between water and Britain’s folk heritage
Podcast: St Pancras Lock Open Weekend
Join Waterfront podcast presenter David Bramwell as he heads to the St Pancras Lock Open Weekend for the grand unveiling of a new pair of 2.5-tonne lock gates.
Podcast: Last of the Bargees
Alice Lapworth shares tales of her time on the canals in the 1950s, sharing space with a family of 11, sleeping under her parents’ bed and jiving to gramophone music on the towpath.
Podcast: The Return of the Don
A forest of figs and a flurry of salmon: all manner of unexpected wonders await on our trip to the River Don