Canal boat holidays

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How slow can you go? If you are Chris Anderson, 4mph is about right, as he takes his wife and daughters on a calm-paced narrowboat holiday through pristine Welsh scenery.

Canal holiday routes cruising rings with Drifters canal boating holidays in the UK. Holiday canal boats and narrowboats for hire in the UK.

UK Canal Map. Interactive map of all the UK canals and boating holidays

Waterside pubs are popular destinations for canal boat holiday-makers, and there are hundreds to choose from. We've published a guide to some of the best

Want to explore some of the UK’s most beautiful waterways? We’ve pulled together four narrowboat itineraries to help you make the most of the country’s incredible canals.

Set your own schedule and captain your own vessel on a self drive narrowboat holiday with Chiltern Canal Boat Holidays. No experience necessary!

Each year around a fifth of hirers are new canal boat holidays and Drifters has listed 10 top tips for narrowboat holiday beginners

Watching the world go by from a narrowboat is a wonderful way to discover some of the UK's most beautiful places. Read on for 21 of the best canal boat trips.

Explore Brecon Beacons National Park in South Wales by renting a canal boat.

Did you know there are more than 3,000 miles of canals and rivers to explore across Britain? Here are six of the best of them.

A helpful list of things to take on a canal boat holiday, with hints on what you might need to take on your hire boat.

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Alex Smith outlines the key considerations for a happy narrowboat holiday on the British canal network.

Things to think about before you change your lifestyle and live afloat on a canal narrowboat.

If you're heading out on the UK canals this summer, check out our handy guide and checklist on what to pack for your canal holiday

How to keep children happy and safe on a narrowboat trip To our children's great excitement, we recently took them on a narrowboat holiday - the prospect of our own barge for a few days really captured their imagination. Home for the break was a 67-foot boat along the Llangollen Canal between Shropshire and Wales

The perfect vacation for relaxation, scenery and excellent wine and food is cruising the French canals with Le Boat #travel #totraveltoo #leboat #france #frenchcanals

A review of a recent canal boat trip on the River Thames from Eynsham, just north of Oxford and travelling through Godstow, Oxford and Abingdon. Arranged through Drifters.co.uk and provided by Anglo Welsh, our 65 ft narrowboat 'Cunningham' made the perfect home for our short break. #thames #narrowboat #travel #holiday #boating

What better way to ease out of lockdown than ever-so-gently, on a canal holiday on one of these fascinating routes