Alvechurch Boat Centres: Holiday narrowboat hire from 4 bases. Also boat building and brokerage. Andersen Boats: Boat hire based at Middlewich on the Trent & Mersey Canal. Anglo Welsh: A large narrowboat hire company with a good choice of bases and boats. Aqua Narrowboat Hire: Based on the Trent & Mersey Canal near Burton upon Trent. Arlen Hire Boats: Four narrowboats from 3 to 6 berth based on the Lancaster Canal. Ashby Boat Company: Hire boat company on the unspoilt and lock-free Ashby Canal. The Association of Pleasure Craft Operators: The APCO is the main trade body for Inland Waterway Businesses, representing over 140 independent companies offering River and Canal Holidays. Banks Hire Boats: Based in Selby. The Bath & Dundas Canal Co: Marina and boat hire based on the Somerset Coal Canal. Bath & Dundas Canal Company: Boat hire and bed & breakfast at Dundas on the Kennet & Avon and Somerset Coal canals. Bath Narrowboats: Cruises on the Kennet & Avon Canal. Beacon Park Boats: A small family run narrowboat hire company on the Monmouth & Brecon Canal in South Wales. Bidford Boats: Hire boats based on the Warwickshire River Avon between Stratford-upon-Avon and Evesham. Black Prince Holidays: Five bases, covering the canal system of England and Wales, with 80 narrowboats for hire. Blackwater Boats: Canal holidays on the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation, the secret waterway of Essex. Blisworth Tunnel Boats: Narrowboat hire on the Grand Union Canal Boating Days: Canal boating holidays, full weeks, short breaks & day hire based at Acton Bridge on the Trent & Mersey Canal. Bridge Boats: Boat hire based on the Thames at Reading. Bridge Boatyard: Located in Ely, Cambridgeshire, on the River Great Ouse. Calcutt Boats: Boat Hire and marina facilities based on the Grand Union Canal near Napton. Caley Cruisers: Operate 13 different classes of hire cruisers on the Caledonian Canal. Cambrian Cruisers: Boat hire on the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal. Canal Breaks: Holiday hire boats based at Hilmorton Locks, close to Rugby, on the northern section of the Oxford Canal. Canal Cruising: Canal Cruising is one of the oldest hire companies on the canals and after 50 years is still operated by the Wyatt family. Canalboat Holidays Ltd: Narrowboat hire based at Weedon on the Grand Union Canal. Canalbreaks.com: A family owned canal boat hire company offering self-drive narrowboat holidays from their Coventry base. Capercaillie Cruisers: Canal Boat Hire in Scotland Castle Narrowboats: Hire boats, including electric powered boats, based on the Monmouthshire and Brecon Canal. Caversham Boat Services: Cruisers for holiday hire and day boats on the River Thames. Challenger Stealth Canal Hire: Challenger Syndicateships, long established as share boat operators, now offer hire boats. Chas Hardern Boats: Narrowboat hire based at Beeston on the Shropshire Union Canal. Chertsey Meads Marine: Thames boatyard with all the usual services plus boat hire. Cheshire Cat Narrowboat Hire: Based at Venetian Marina Village. Claymoore Navigation: Hire boats based at Preston Brook in Cheshire, where the Bridewater Canal meets the Trent & Mersey. Clifton Cruisers: Narrowboat hire based on the Northern Oxford Canal near Rugby. Also boatyard services and boatfitting. College Cruisers: Narrowboat hire based in the centre of Oxford on the Oxford Canal. Copt Heath Wharf: Barston Lane near Catherine de Barnes, Solihull, West Midlands. Cotswold Boat Hire: A small family company operating from the Trout Inn at Letchlade 0n the River Thames. Country Craft Narrowboat Holidays: Holiday boat hire. Countryside Cruising Holidays: Cruising on the 70 foot, 8 -10 berth narrowboat Lazy Days. Countrywide Cruisers: A family run canal boat holiday operator based at Brewood in Staffordshire. Cygnus narrowboat holidays: Boat hire on Scotland's Forth & Clyde and Union canals. Empress Holidays: Narrowboat hire based at Nantwich, Cheshire. Evesham Marina: Boat hire on the River Avon and the Stratford Canal. Farncombe Boat House: Boat hire, day boats boat sales, etc on the River Wey Fox's Marina: Boat building, marina and hire boats based at March in the Middle Levels. Foxhangers Canal Holidays: A family run business who have been providing holidays on the Kennet & Avon Canal since 1974. Galleon Marine: Narrowboat hire on the Basingstoke Canal. Goods-Hire Boat Company: Boat hire and charter Grand Waterway Voyages: Narrowboat hire located at Swan Lane Wharf on the Coventry Canal. Guildford Boat House: Narrowboat hire on the Wey and Godalming Navigation. Hireboats2go: Hundreds of late booking canal holidays, selected from over 40 top quality family canal holiday firms across England, Wales and Scotland. Holiday Narrowboats at Barton Turns: This site has been set up to offer unused Narrowboat holidays at Barton Turns Marina for rent, by owners not wishing to use their weeks. Jannel Cruisers: Marina services and boat hire based at Burton upon Trent. JD Boat Services: Produce narrowboats to all stages of completion and have hire boats and share boats. Kate Boats: Well established firm of boatbuilders and hire boat operators. Kennet Cruises: Self-drive day hire for up to 12 passengers and 4-berth narrowboat for holidays and period hire plus party charter hire for parties of up to 44 passengers. Kris Cruisers: Twenty cruisers for hire at Datchet on the River Thames. Lady Antonia of Pangbourne: A hire boat that has a double bedsit, galley with gas hob, fridge and oven, large walk-in shower room and flush toilet and sleeps two adults comfortably. latelink.com: Live availability on Last minute boating holidays and short breaks in the UK, France & Ireland
Lee Valley Boat Centre: Offer short breaks or weekly holidays aboard 2 - 12 berth narrow and wide beam self-drive and day boats from their base in North East London. Luxury Afloat: Blithe Spirit is a beautiful 58' semi traditional narrowboat for self drive river and canal holidays. Based on the River Soar between Loughborough and Kegworth at Zouch marina. Maestermyn Cruisers: Together with Welsh Lady Cruisers hire boats from their base on the Llangollen Canal Marine Cruises and Chirk Marina: Hire fleet run from Chirk Marina with a range of boats from 2 berth to 10 berth. Available from March to October. Messing About on The River: Trip boat and day hire boats on the Bristol Avon. Mid Devon Hire Boats & Moorings: A 55 foot narrowboat for hire on the Grand Western Canal. Middlewich Narrowboats: Hire boats based on the Trent & Mersey Canal. MK Afloat: Narrow Boat Day Hire on The "Mary Jane" Moonraker Narrowboat Company: Medusa is a luxury canal boat on the Kennet and Avon near Bath. Napton Narrowboats: Hire boats based at Napton Marina on the South Oxford Canal. Narrowboat Zinfandel: Zinfandel is a 46-foot Sea Otter aluminium narrowboat, launched in 2003. Her home mooring is in Chesterton on the River Cam. She is available for hire by experienced boaters who will promise to treat her nicely. Norfolk Broads Crewed Cruising: Holidays on a crewed boat on the Broads. Oxfordshire Narrowboats: Two to twelve berth narrowboat holidays on the South Oxford Canal. Pennine Cruisers: Boat hire based at Skipton on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal. Reading Marine Company: Boat builders and boat hire. Red Line Boats: Boat hire on the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal. Road House Narrowboats: Boat hire based at Gilwern on the Mon & Brec. Rose Narrowboats: A fleet of 23 boats based at Stretton-under-Fosse, near Rugby, on the North Oxford Canal. Saisons: Boat hire business that is run as part of the Canal Shop at Whilton Locks on the Grand Union Canal. Sally Boats Ltd: Sally Boats, based in of Bradford on Avon on the Kennet and Avon Canal, has a fleet of 16 narrow boats Santel - River Thames Holiday Boat Hire: Santel is a spacious 43ft Dutch steel river cruiser moored near Windsor. She can comfortably sleep 4 adults and a child. Savanna Canal Boat Hire: Enjoy a family boating holiday aboard an eight berth holiday canal boat based on the River Wey & Godalming Navigations in Surrey. Starting from Guildford. Shepley Bridge Marina: Run a fleet of five luxury holiday craft from their base on the Calder and Hebble Navigation. Sherborne Wharf: Based in Birmingham city centre Heritage Narrow Boats offer hire boats from here and from Scholar Green on the Maccelesfield Canal. Shire Cruisers: Hire boats based at Sowerby Bridge where the Calder & Hebble meets the Rochdale Canal. Sileby Mill Boatyard: Holiday narrowboat hire and day boats. Situated on the rural River Soar, part of the Grand Union Canal. Silsden Boats: Canal boat holidays on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. Snaygill Boats: Hire boats based on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal at Skipton. Starline Narrowboats: Since 1980 they have provided narrowboat holidays from their base at Upton upon Severn on the River Severn. Swan Lane Wharf: Narrowboat hire based on the Coventry Canal. Teddesley Boat Co: Narrowboat hire on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal. Thistle Hire Boats: Thistle-Down is the only holiday hire boat operating on the Union Canal in Scotland. She is a four berth, steel narrow boat. Thorn Marine: Boat Hire and boating services on the Bridgewater Canal. Tradcraft: Have two brand new fully fitted traditional tug-style narrow boats named Thomas and Brunel.
Union Canal Carriers Ltd.: The Adventures fleet of 2-12 berth boats for everyone from a small family to a large school party. Valley Cruises: A small family operated business based at Nuneaton on the Coventry Canal. Viking Afloat: Four bases (Worcester, Whitchurch on the Llangollen Canal, Rugby and Gailey) hiring narrowboats. Water Travel: Boathire based in Wolverhampton. Waterways Holidays.com: Searches a database of self-drive hire boats to check availability instantly for preferred holiday dates. Wessex Narrowboats: Hire fleet on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Trowbridge. West Highland Sailing: A large hire fleet of both yachts and cruisers based on the Caledonian Canal and the lochs it connects. Wharf House Narrowboats: A builder of distinctive and bespoke narrowboats situated in an historic canalside building at the Bottom Lock in Braunston.
White Horse Boats: Boat hire operating from Devizes Wharf on the Kennet & Avon Canal. Willow Wren Cruising Holidays: Group hire of 10 or 12 berth narrowboats. Based on the North Oxford Canal at Rugby. Wyvern Shipping Co Ltd: Narrowboat hire based at Leighton Buzzard on the Grand Union Canal. York Marine Services: Boating services on the River Ouse including holiday hire cruisers and day-hire boats.
Alibi Owners Web Site: Alibi is a 57ft 6ins narrow boat built in 1999 and is owned by a group of boating enthusiasts and run on a private multi ownership basis. The Boatshare Company: Shared ownership narrowboats. boatshare.co.uk: This boatshare web site is not affiliated to any shared ownership company and is totally independent. Canaltime: Timeshare narrowboats. Carefree Cruising: A new and different narrowboat shared ownership scheme Challenger Syndicateships: Share boat scheme covering the UK canals, France, Holland, River Thames and the Norfolk Broads. Dream Weaver: A private narrowboat syndicate. JD Boat Services: Produce narrowboats to all stages of completion and have hire boats and share boats. Jemima D Narrowboat Co-operative: A 37 foot narrowboat owned, operated and used by a co-operative group of twelve shareholders. Ownerships: A leading share boat scheme operating on UK rivers and canals. Now expanding into mainland Europe. The Scruffy Fox Owners Club: A private (non-commercial), shared ownership scheme that operates the vessel on behalf of its owners Shakespeare Classic Line Limited: Offering a fleet of timeshare narrowboats based at Barton Turns Marina (Staffordshire).
Yours2share Ltd: Matching like-minded people who want to share valuable assets such as property, cars, boat share, aircraft, mobile homes, jewellery, fine art, business equipment, staff, and more.
Accessible Boating Association: Operate 2 boats, Dawn (available for self steering by experienced Helmsmen but usually hired with a skipper) and Madam Butterfly (self-steer only). Both craft have facilities for disabled passengers. The Beatrice Charity: Aims to give children with special needs a pleasant, interesting and memorable outing. The Bruce Charitable Trust: A registered charity which provides four wide-beamed canal boats on the Kennet and Avon Canal. Camden Canals and Narrowboat Association: A registered charity, who operate Tarporley, Camden's community narrowboat. CCNA is run by volunteers, who work with this traditional antique narrowboat. The Canal Boat Project: Operate Stort Challenger, a specially designed and fitted to meet the needs of people with a wide range of disabilities. The Coventry Rainbow Canal Trust: Provides days out and short break holidays for anyone, but particularly for adults and children with disabilities, on the narrowboat "Lady Godiva". Docklands Canal Boat Trust: The M.V.CHALLENGE is a steel narrowboat 70 foot long and11' 6" wide, built in 1985 to cater for persons with special needs in mind.
The London Narrow Boat Project: A registered charity, voluntary organisation based at Braunston, the project offers inexpensive holidays to schools and youth groups throughout the country. The Lyneal Trust: A registered charity that provides canal holidays for people with disabilities with their families, friends from Lyneal Wharf near Ellesmere, which is on the Llangollen Canal. The National Community Boats Association: Non profit organisations providing boating to the community. Next Generation Boat Project: A non profit making organisation operating boat trips on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal for children and young adults
Peter Le Marchant Trust: A registered Charity that since 1977 has provided day-trips and longer holidays for disabled and seriously ill people on specially-designed canal boats from their base at Loughborough.
Re-Union Canal Boats: Re-Union operates a canal boat on the Union Canal. We provide a unique space for a range of activities. From training sessions to youth groups, staff meetings to relaxing retreats.
Seagull Trust: The Seagull Trust was formed in 1978 to provide free canal cruising for disabled people and to help revitalise the Scottish Lowland Waterways. Selby & District Surewaters Project: A Community Narrowboat Project established in 2004 by The Sobriety Project based at the Yorkshire providing a range of experiences, learning and training, using the local waterways. South Staffordshire Narrowboat Company Ltd: A registered charity operating a 70ft long narrowboat on the historic waterways of the West Midlands.
The Stockport Canalboat Trust: Day trips and holidays for the disabled on the Trusts own narrowboat. Swansea Community Boat Trust: A registered charity set up to operate a community boat on the River Tawe Navigation in Swansea.
The Association of Pleasure Craft Operators: The APCO is the main trade body for Inland Waterway Businesses, representing over 140 independent companies offering River and Canal Holidays. Away 4 awhile: Hotel boat 3 or 4 day breaks from Warwick to Stratford upon Avon and Warwick to Birmingham, then to Stratford upon Avon and back to Warwick. Bywater Holiday Cruises: Hotel based accommodation and travel on horse boat Sian on the Montgomery Canal or live-aboard narrow boat hotel, Rose. Canal Tours: Promote canal cruises in England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland and France. Charter Hotel Narrowboat Willow: 'Willow' is over 70ft of quality 'Stowe Hill' narrowboat. We are a fully licensed hotelboat, providing a private charter service cruising the English canal system. The Exceedingly Good Cruising Company: They offer on-board accommodation and hospitality - with private suites and pretty good food too. The Exclusively Gay Cruising Company: Offering 3-night short breaks and 6 night holiday cruises.
EZEThames: Cruising the Historic River Thames with the Hotel Barge Dudley Thomas. Fingal of Caledonia: Fingal is a large crewed barge that cruises Loch Ness and the Caledonian Canal Flagships Holiday Cruises: A collection of small family run businesses that have come together to offer a choice of hotel boat holidays H & H Narrowboat Hotels: As well as details of the holidays they offer these pages carry a lot of details about shopping and features of interest along the routes they cover. Hotelboat Periwinkle: A 60 feet long hotel narrowboat new for 2003. Inland Waterways Holiday Cruises: An Hotel boat cruise with Derek and Emma who in 2006 have a new barge called Gallinago. Many will remember their previous narrowboats Taurus and Snipe. LadyLine Hotel Boats: Hotel Boats Lady Selena and Lady Margaret brand new for 2007.
Narrowboat Hotel Company: Hotel narrowboats Dawn and Dusk. Reed Boats: Hotel narrow boats, Oak and Ash, on the canals and rivers of the UK. New for 2004.
Shadow Cruisers: Me and My is a 57' cruiser style narrow boat, towing Shadow, a 30' engineless butty with two guest bedrooms aboard. Both boats were built for the 2003 season. Taylors Waterways Tours Ltd: A hotel boat taking a single booking of up to four people at a time, so clients are not sharing the boat with another party. Thames & Chilterns Holiday Cruises: Tranquil Rose offers a choice of cruises, on the River Thames and adjoining waterways, including the Kennet & Avon canal. Unrivalled Holidays: Dutch barge travel on the River Thames. Wood Owl: Hotel Narrowboat cruising holidays on the canals and rivers.
Annie's Launch: A narrowboat available for private charter to cruise the River Stort. In the galley Annie displays her skills as a chef specialising in Far Eastern cuisine. The Ashby Trip: Operators of 2 boats and from Sutton Cheney Wharf on the Ashby Canal. The Association of Pleasure Craft Operators: The APCO is the main trade body for Inland Waterway Businesses, representing over 140 independent companies offering River and Canal Holidays. The Bridge Inn Ratho - Edinburgh Canal Centre: The Bridge Inn, incorporating The Edinburgh Canal Centre is an inn that also runs cruises and provides services to boaters. The Bristol Packet: Public & Charter Boat Trips on the river Avon between Bath and the Bristol Channel and in Bristol's Floating Harbour
Busy Boats: offering cruises along the Grand Union Canal, from their base at Bugbrook, Northamptonshire. Canal Explorer: Canal narrow boat trips on the Trent and Mersey Canal starting near the Anderton boat lift. Chris Cruises: Chris Cruises is a family run company with many years experience . City Centre Cruises: The L.S. Lowry provides restaurant and hospitality facilities on a wide-beamed boat operating from Manchester city centre. Cosgrove Narrowboat Company: Cruising the Grand Union on a trip boat based at Cosgrove. Dudley Tunnel Trips: Offering a range of trips through and around Dudley Tunnel. French Brothers: River Thames Passenger Boat Operators Goods-Hire Boat Company: Boat hire and charter Grand Western Horseboat Co: Explore the Grand Western Canal aboard a traditionally painted Horse-drawn barge. Guildford Boat House: Narrowboat hire on the Wey and Godalming Navigation. Jason's Wharf: The oldest trip boat operator in London, running daily cruises between Little Venice and Camden, are celebrating their 50th Anniversary in 2001. The John Pinkerton trip boat: The Surrey & Hampshire Canal Society's trip boat on the Basingstoke Canal. Kennet Cruises: Self-drive day hire for up to 12 passengers and 4-berth narrowboat for holidays and period hire plus party charter hire for parties of up to 44 passengers. The Kennet Horse Boat Company: Appreciate the beauty of the countryside and the slower pace of yesteryear. The Lady of Arden Narrowboat Cruises: Traditional narrow boat cruises down the Stratford-upon-Avon canal. Llangollen Wharf - Canal Boat Trips: From the Wharf you can embark on a horse drawn or motorised canal boat trip along the beautiful Llangollen Canal London Canal Cruises
: Exclusive private charter daytrips on London's Regents Canal aboard narrowboat 'Helix'.
Mersey Ferries: Various cruises on Mersey Ferries including trips on the Manchester Ship Canal. Messing About on The River: Trip boat and day hire boats on the Bristol Avon. Pennine Boat Trips of Skipton: Public trips, charters, catering afloat and educational voyages. Pride of Bath: Providing cruises and parties on board their two boats, Pride of Bath and The Antoinette, for corporate and private functions. River Lee Cruises: Lady of Lee Valley operates Charter Cruises on the River Lee. River Wey Trips: Guildford Boat House and Farncombe Boat House can offer a wide variety of trip options to suit everyone. Saddleworth Canal Cruises: The home of the Pennine Moonraker - the first narrowboat operating on the Uppermill section of the Huddersfield Narrow Canal. Salter's Steamers: A family firm with over a century's experience of boating on the River Thames Thames Rivercruise: All cruises start and finish in the Reading area, where the company is based TripBoats: A list of canal, river, coastal trip and charters boats operating in and around the UK. Weaver Valley Cruises: Boat trips on the River Weaver in Cheshire. White Horse Boats: Boat hire operating from Devizes Wharf on the Kennet & Avon Canal. York Boat River Cruises: Tours on the Yorkshire Ouse from York city centre
