After extensive renovations the Droitwich Canals will be officially opened on 1st July and to celebrate Vines Park will be playing host to a water festival.

The highlight of the celebrations will be the huge display of canal and working boats on the canals.

The festivities start with the opening ceremony with the arrival of the VIP guests by boat.

The fun will continue over the weekend with craft, trade and information stalls in the park and a peal of bells will be rung by St.

Augustines Church.

You can cruise the newly restored Droitwich Canals and visit Vines Park on a Canal Boat Holiday from Worcester Marina.

Explore the lovely town of Droitwich famous for its brine baths and salt industry.

On a Canal Boat Holiday on the Droitwich Canals visit Hanbury Hall which was built in 1701 by Thomas Vernon this beautiful William and Mary style house is now owned by The National Trust.

Visit the Chateau Impney for afternoon tea now a hotel it was originally built by John Corbett a local Salt Barron in 1875 as a present for his French wife who was homesick.

Enchanted by Versailles and the French Chateau in the Loire Valley he decided to build ta copy of a palace in the heart of England.

If it looks familiar it is because for many years the nightly Soap Opera Crossroads used the entrance area as a set.