Upcoming events

Full details are in our members’ magazine, Signals, and in the Regions & Events section of the members’ area of this website.

Some events are free to members, others involve payment for materials, entry fees and so on.

20th June 2026 Woodland crafts (building a camp fire, whittling, foraging etc) and historic house visit, West Midlands

13-14th June 2026 Museum of the Broads Celebrating Ransome weekend, Norfolk

27th June 2026 We will be at Lakeland Arts’ Festival of the Lake, Windermere Jetty. Come and say hello!

11th July 2026 Treasure Island theatre performance, East Midlands

25th to 30th July 2026 Secret Water Camp and Sail, Essex

14th August to 17th August 2026 International AGM weekend (with invited speakers, sailing, hiking etc), Cumbria

21st-23rd August 2026 Camp and sail weekend, West Sussex

3rd September 2026 Voyage on a paddle steamer, Dorset

4-6th September 2026 Camp and sail weekend, Staffordshire

12th September 2026 Visit a lightship on the East coast

16th September 2026 Take the high road… or the low road to Loch Lomond

10th October 2026 Bring and Scoff Literary day, Somerset

16th to 18th October 2026 Biennial Literary Weekend, Hampshire

24th October 2026 Join in our shanty workshop in Northamptonshire

14th November 2026 All About Knots workshop, East Midlands or be a polar explorer, Cambridgeshire

Winter, teatime on Sundays…read-along from one of “the twelve” online

Non-members may come to one day-event but must register their details with the regional organiser for insurance and safeguarding purposes. There is a non-member charge of £2 (in addition to the event charge if there is one). Under 16’s must be accompanied by a parent, or adult in loco parentis. If you wish to come to more events, please take up our good value membership.

Membership includes details of, and joining instructions for, our forthcoming events, subscription to our triannual members’ magazine Signals and junior members’ magazine The Outlaw, and our annual publication Mixed Moss which has many interesting articles about all things Ransome. You will also have access to our merchandise stall, library and Amazon Publications.