Along the Creasewater every gable, footbridge and lantern has been creased from cream paper, and three worlds open off its towpath: a folded-boat race on the canal, a painters' alcove in the brick passage behind the warehouses and the potters' kiln shed where the path runs out. Bowfold Regatta is already afloat on this very page, and Ottoline has slipped a sheaf of free coins from her satchel onto the wharf steps for your first race.

Every coin on the canal is play money: the wharf sells nothing, pays nothing out and is open only to adults aged 18 or over.
Paper coins for play · 18+ · no cashier on the wharf, nothing of value to win · a free mooring tag opens the alcove and the kiln

Tintcard Alcove and Firemouth Kiln open once Ottoline has creased your nickname onto a mooring tag, jotted down an email and a password you pick yourself and seen the 18+ box ticked. She starts the tag on 100,000 coins, then tucks in everything the regatta has already paid you.
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Behind the warehouses a striped awning shades a fan of colour cards pinned to the bricks, brush jars on an upturned crate and a spattered smock on its hook. The calmest world on the wharf, and a blank paid spin with a wild showing keeps it for a free second go.
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Where the towpath runs out, an arched brick kiln stands open, firelight spilling over stacked saggar boxes while a glazed urn comes out on long tongs. The fiercest world here: winning pictures melt away and each extra win in the same spin pays a bigger multiple.
Unlock with a free accountBowfold Regatta runs right here with its purse already filled, and Ottoline never stops a racer at the steps to hand over a form.
Write a nickname on the tag, give Ottoline an email and a password, confirm with the box that you have turned 18, and she creases 100,000 coins into it.
Your regatta winnings come ashore as well, and Ottoline ties your coins, level and missions into one bundle labelled with your nickname.

A morning on the Creasewater is for fun, and Ottoline's coins buy nothing once you leave the towpath. Step off at any footbridge you like, or ask for a reminder that taps you on the wing after a while. The National Gambling Helpline is free and confidential on 0808 8020 133, any time of day.
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Open to allFolded boats jostle down the sunlit Creasewater between creased houses, a gold-edged steamer nosing ahead under the arched footbridge. Anyone can race it with no account, and its free round climbs from x2 to x4.
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Free accountBehind the warehouses a striped awning shades a fan of colour cards pinned to the bricks, brush jars on an upturned crate and a spattered smock on its hook. The calmest world on the wharf, and a blank paid spin with a wild showing keeps it for a free second go.
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Free accountWhere the towpath runs out, an arched brick kiln stands open, firelight spilling over stacked saggar boxes while a glazed urn comes out on long tongs. The fiercest world here: winning pictures melt away and each extra win in the same spin pays a bigger multiple.
Unlock freeYes. Bowfold Regatta is afloat the moment you arrive, here at the top of the wharf and again on its own page, with no register to sign before you race. Tintcard Alcove and Firemouth Kiln need a free account.
Nothing at all. There is no coin stall, no till and no box for card numbers anywhere on the Creasewater, and Creasewater Wharf never asks for payment details.
No. Ottoline's coins exist for spinning alone. There is no stall that sells them and no counter that buys them back, and once you step off the towpath they are worth as much as a scrap of blank paper.
Every one. A new mooring tag starts on 100,000 coins, and Ottoline folds your Bowfold Regatta winnings in on top.
No. The wharf opens out like a folded map in the browser you use already, on a canal-side phone, a kitchen tablet or the computer in the study.
Only UK adults with their 18th birthday behind them. Even the open regatta keeps to that, and every account form includes an 18+ tick.
On Creasewater Wharf the towpath is for those aged 18 or over. Each regatta, alcove and kiln runs on virtual coins with no monetary value, which nobody can buy, sell, withdraw or exchange. You will not find a cashier’s hatch, a payment page or a prize of real-world value anywhere along the canal, and a fine afternoon at the regatta does not imply future success at real-money gambling.
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One purse serves all three workshops. A free mooring tag unlocks each of them and keeps your coins, favourites, level and daily missions safely stowed from one visit to the next.
Not ready? Spin the open world, Bowfold Regatta — no email needed.