Events & Special Cruises

Throughout the sailing season Waverley operates several special events and sailings. Advanced booking is recommended for special sailings to be sure of your ticket. Special events will be added as the timetable is released. Tickets can be purchased on board subject to available space.

You can book online or by calling our Booking Office on 0141 243 2224. Unless stated as “One-Way” all trips on Waverley are sold as Return journeys.

2026 SPECIAL EVENTS & SAILINGS

Glasgow & Clyde Coast

  • First Sailing of 2026 – Friday 8th May
  • Pirates, Princesses and Superheroes Day! – Sunday 5th July & Friday 17th July
  • Steam Round Ailsa Craig – Mondays 6th July, 20th July, 3rd August, 10th August, 17th August & Tuesday 25th August
  • Evening Cruise from Ayr to Pladda and Holy Isle – Monday 20th July
  • PSPS (Scottish Branch) Evening Cruises – Tuesday 28th July & Wednesday 19th August
  • Cash for Kids Fundraising Cruise – Friday 31st July
  • Cruise Round the Isle of Arran – Sunday 2nd August
  • Lighthouse Fundraising Cruise with entertainment from Dignity The Deacon Blue Experience – Friday 14th August
  • Tighnabruaich Pier Association Fundraising Cruise – Saturday 15th August
  • Clyde River Steamer Club Nominated Excursion – Sunday 16th August

Oban & Inner Hebrides

  • Annual Glasgow to Oban sailing – Tuesday 12th May
  • Cuillin Mountains Evening Cruise from Kyle of Lochalsh – Wednesday 13th May
  • Captain’s Choice Cruise & First Ever Circumnavigation of Skye by Paddle Steamer – Thursday 14th May
  • TS King George V Centenary Cruise to Iona – Monday 18th May

South West England (South Cornwall & South Devon)

  • Evening Cruise of the Rame Heritage Coast from Plymouth – Friday 22nd May
  • Combine a sail on Waverley with a trip on the Dartmouth Steam Railway – Saturday 23rd May
  • First Visit to Mevagissey since the 1990s – Sunday 24th May
  • Spring Bank Holiday sailing to Land’s End – Monday 25th May

Bristol Channel & South West Wales

  • First Sailing from Padstow this century – Tuesday 26th May
  • Visit Lundy Island – Wednesday 3rd June, Friday 5th June & Sunday 7th June
  • Clevedon Pier Evening Fundraising Cruise – Wednesday 10th June
  • Captain’s Choice Cruise & MV Balmoral Evening Fundraising Cruise on the River Usk – Friday 12th June
  • Pembrokeshire Islands Explorer Cruise from Milford Haven – Tuesday 16th June

Combine a sail on Waverley with a trip on a heritage railway on the following dates;

Northern Ireland (Warrenpoint)

  • Waverley’s only sailings of the year from Northern Ireland depart from Warrenpoint on Tuesday 23rd June & Wednesday 24th June