🌊 Celebrate 150 Years of Captain Webb’s Channel Swim!
150 years ago, Captain Matthew Webb became the first person to swim the English Channel – a 21-hour feat that put Dover on the map for open water swimming. This Bank Holiday Monday, join us to mark the anniversary with a giant Captain Webb puppet, open water swim competition, children’s workshops, live music, storytelling, and a spectacular People’s Procession along the seafront.
📅 Monday 25th August 10am-6.30pm
📍 Dover Esplanade & Marina Curve CT17 9FS
✨ Free, family-friendly, and open to all!
🏊 Children’s Workshops & Storytelling (10am–2pm, Marina Curve)
Create your own Jellyfish Twirler, hear amazing Channel tales, and meet real swimmers.
🏊 Open Water Swim Competition (Registration 11am, Dover Sea Sports Centre)
12pm – Junior & Novice Swim (660m)
1pm – Senior Swim (1.9km)
Advance booking with Dover Lifeguard Club required.
🏊 Captain Webb People’s Procession (2.30–3pm, Esplanade → Marina Curve)
Walk with our 6m Giant Captain Webb puppet, the Fat Brass Band, Channel swimmers & a shoal of jellyfish creations! (Collect jellyfish 1.30–2.15pm.)
🏊 Prize Giving & Speeches (3pm)
🏊 Live Music & Entertainment
12–2.30pm – DJ Dolly Doowop (Hell’s Belles Club)
3.30–4.30pm – Fat Brass Band
5–6.30pm – The Ratzkins
✨ A free, family-friendly celebration bringing Dover’s maritime heritage to life. Come swim, march, dance, and celebrate 150 years of Captain Webb’s legendary Channel crossing!
🏊 Before the Big Day
🎨 Children’s Workshops – Create your jellyfish twirler
Sat 23rd & Sun 24th August, 12–4pm @ Marina Curve
🏛️ Dover Museum Exhibition – “Nothing Great is Easy”
All August @ Dover Museum, Market Square
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Organised by
Port of Dover
Dover Life Guard Club
Future Foundry
Channel Swimming Association
Channel Swimming & Piloting Federation
Dover District Council
Dover Town Council
Funded in partnership by
Port of Dover
Dover District Council
Dover Town Council
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