FANS of the great outdoors will be in their element this week when the Inland Waterways exhibition hits a city near Bromsgrove.

Thousands of visitors can enjoy the spectacular indoor exhibition in Birmingham's National Indoor Arena and colourful narrowboat festival on the adjoining canal network this coming weekend.

There will be an exhibition of boats, equipment and accessories while interested folk can find out information about the inland waterways sector.

The event, set to take place this Friday, Saturday and Sunday, will include a display of over 30 historic and working boats, exhibitor boats and hundreds of visitor boats.