Cropredy

[mark99]

What dates would you suggest avoiding Cropredy area if you wanted to avoid the crowds for this years festive?

Edited July 18, 2019 by mark99

[Athy]

The actual festival runs from Thursday August 8th to Saturday August 10th. During those days, and the following day, the village is to all intents and purpose simpassible by road. But they don't let the campers and caravanners in until the day before the event, so the flood of humanity is really there for only about four days.

 

If you mean by canal, you're quite possibly too late already - available mooring spaces normally start filling up about now, and if you want to moor you may have to stop before the village, or of course go through it and take the first available space. There is, however, an element of "Who dares wins" about mooring spaces, and you may find a fairly central one only days before the festival. After it, the boats disperse gradually: I'd leave it until the following weekend if I were you.

 

[john6767]

We have been through during the festival, it’s no real problems as the boats there don’t move then, just don’t expect to be able to get near a lock landing.