Anderton Boat Lift & Visitor Centre

31/05/2026

Look at the turn out for Anderton Boat Lift's first ever car show! They are on display until the afternoon, there is a car to suit everyone's taste. We're free to visit, some come and see this excellent selection of engineering and design, with a boat lift back drop

30/05/2026

Pure American muscle, on site at Anderton Boat Lift. There's a wonderful selection of these iconic cars on display until 3pm. Come and visit! It's a beautiful day.. free entry, tea, coffee, ice cream, walking the lift tours, what's not to love?

29/05/2026

Good Morning followers! Exciting news - we have the car club visiting Anderton tomorrow Saturday 30 May. Eighteen wonderful Mustangs will be in our grounds 10am - 3pm, please come and visit to see these remarkable vehicles. The site is free to visit. Please note, photo of the lift is from an earlier visit, and the Mustang pictures are representative of the cars visiting.

27/05/2026

One of our favourite double acts, our wonderful volunteers Simon and Dave 😍
Thank you both for your passion, knowledge and time spent taking the Boat Lift on the road 😀 Your enthusiasm is infectious, and we’re so grateful for everything you do 💚

Residents at a Northwich care home relived memories during a talk on the River Weaver and Anderton Boat Lift by Canal & River Trust volunteers.

26/05/2026

This Sunday 31 May, we're hoping to fill all the arrows in yellow, with loads of interesting cars making our first Anderton Lift Show , we're expecting around 35 cars, and they'll be on display from 9:30 onwards. Confirmed cars so far:
MGBs
Suzuki Cappuccino
Aston Martin Vantage
Ford Capri
Honda Integra

And these are just 5 examples! There'll be a car for everyone.. remember.. the site is free to visit!

24/05/2026

Sean and the Sunbeams are here on this very sunny Sunday! We dont have Boat trips today, but we do have Walking tours with volunteer Mike and more importantly Ice Cream 🍨

23/05/2026

The Fiskers are here 🚗⚡
These rare American electric luxury SUVs are a few of around 250 on UK roads — and they’ve certainly turned a few heads already 👀

22/05/2026

Happy Bank Holiday Weekend! We've got some cars visiting this weekend that are as rare as hen's teeth. Tomorrow, Saturday 23 May, we have a Fisker car club joining us from 9:30am, later on Saturday from 1pm a group of Fiat X1/9's visiting. And then, if that wasn't enough, we have the Sunbeam Alpine and Tiger Club on site from 10am. Remember we're FREE to visit.. River Weaver trips available, Walking the Lift tours, and a cracking coffee shop

19/05/2026

Unfortunately we don't have any boat trips tomorrow🙁but we do have cooked breakfasts 🥓 Hot chocolate ☕️ and cake 🍰 Hurraah! Pop in and see us for warming treat if you decide to brave the soggy Cheshire weather 🌦️

17/05/2026

Due to the British weather ⛈ we all know so well.. the Westfield car club isn't visiting today. But! We do have 2 historic steam ships on site, Kerne is leaving tomorrow so today is the last day you can visit it at Anderton for a while. Daniel Adamson is also here and open to public viewing day. Come and see these remarkable vessels!
Tug Kerne The Danny - Daniel Adamson a 1903 steamship with a unique story