Throughout the sailing season Waverley operates several special events and sailings. Advanced booking is recommended for special sailings to be sure of your ticket.
2025 SPECIAL EVENTS & SAILINGS
- First public sailing of 2025 – Friday 16th May
Oban & Inner Hebrides
- Annual Glasgow to Oban sailing – Monday 19th May
- 50th Anniversary of Waverley’s First Sailing in Preservation – Thursday 22nd May
- Waverley’s First Ever visit to Carbost – Friday 23rd May
- Waverley’s First Ever visit to Salen Pier – Tuesday 27th May
North Wales & The Mersey
- Captain’s Choice Evening Cruise of the North Anglesey Coast – Sunday 1st June
Bristol Channel & South West Wales
- Pembrokeshire Islands Explorer Cruise from Milford Haven – Monday 2nd June
- Clevedon Pier Fundraising Cruise Round the Holm Islands – Friday 6th June
- Bideford Summer Fair – Saturday 7th June
- Penarth Pier 130th Anniversary Cruise – Monday 9th June
- PSPS Bristol Channel Branch Nominated Excursion – Thursday 12th June
- Captain’s Choice Cruise from Porthcawl, Minehead and Ilfracombe to Lundy Island – Wednesday 18th June
- Motor Vessel Balmoral Evening Fundraising Cruise – Friday 20th June
- Waverley’s first public sailing from Fishguard since the early 1990s – Wednesday 25th June
Glasgow & Clyde Coast
- Cunard’s Queen Anne visits the Clyde – View & Escort Queen Anne – Wednesday 2nd July
- Pirates, Princesses & Superheroes for Children
- Friday 18th July from Glasgow & Dunoon
- Sunday 20th July from Greenock, Rothesay & Largs
- Blairmore Pier 170th Anniversary – Wednesday 30th July
- PSPS Scottish Branch 2025 Fundraising Evening Cruises
- Tuesday 22nd July – sailing from Tighnabruaich, Largs and Keppel
- Wednesday 20th August – sailing from Dunoon, Greenock and Kilcreggan (with Coach Connection from Helensburgh)
- Tighnabruaich Pier Association Fundraising Cruise – Saturday 2nd August – buy tickets on the day
- Captain’s Choice Cruise to Campbeltown & the Kintyre Coast – Wednesday 6th August
- Clyde River Steamer Club Nominated Excursion – Sunday 17th August
South West (South Devon & South Cornwall)
- Waverley’s first public sailing from Torquay since the 1980s – Saturday 30th August
- Meet up and steam with PS Kingswear Castle, Britain’s only other operational paddle steamer – Saturday 30th August
- South Devon to Dorset Coastal Explorer Cruise – Monday September 1st
South Coast & Isle of Wight
- Waverley’s first public sailing from Torquay since the 1980s – Saturday 30th August
- Isle of Wight Steam Railway Cider & Cheese Event – Saturday 6th September
- PSPS Wessex & Dart Branch Nominated Excursion – Thursday 11th September
- 70th Anniversary of SS Shieldhall – Celebration Steam Together in the Solent – Saturday 13th September
London & Thames Estuary
- Special events will be announced when the timetable is released at the end of April
RAILWAY 200 – CELEBRATING 200 YEARS OF THE MODERN RAILWAY
Railway 200 is a year-long nationwide partnership-led campaign to celebrate 200 years of the modern railway and inspire a new generation of young pioneering talent to choose a career in rail. It invites community, rail and other groups to get involved.
Paddle Steamer Waverley was built for the London & North Eastern Railway which was one of Britain’s ‘big four’ railway companies, created by the 1923 grouping of smaller companies on a geographical basis. Waverley was the last railway steamer to be built before nationalisation came in 1948. During Waverley’s pre-preservation career from 1947 to 1972 she was based at Craigendoran Pier where trains would bring passengers from Glasgow to join the steamers.
In 2025 Waverley will offer the opportunity to connect with several heritage railways around the UK. Look out for special cruises which connect with the
- West Somerset Railway
- Brecon Mountain Railway
- Lynton & Barnstaple Railway
- Dartmouth Steam Railway
- Swanage Railway
- Isle of Wight Steam Railway
Look out for the special Railway 200 display boards on Waverley this season to mark the ships and sea routes operated by Railway Companies.
