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Canal Pubs & Canalside Inns
Canal Pubs are an essential part of the canal experience. Some canals and river navigations seem to have a pub every few miles, often in locations where there can have been little local trade.
The pubs were, in fact, there specially to cater for the canal trade, shown by the number called the Navigation or the Boat. Boatmen must have been thirsty people, although working a boat, as well as being tiring, must have been quite a lonely job and the company of drinking companions was probably important. Many pubs, such as the Big Lock on the Trent and Mersey Canal in Middlewich shown on the right, had stables attached where the boat horse would be stabled overnight, that's the low building on the left of the main building.
A large number of the old pubs have been completely refurbished over the years and now provide comfortable surroundings and meals for those who don't want to have to cook on their holidays. Most have convenient moorings outside, some even providing facilities like water taps, but moorings can fill up in the early evening at popular pubs. Many boaters plan their holidays to ensure that they stop outside a pub every evening! Often they also have outdoor seating and gardens, and children's play areas.
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There are also many traditional canal pubs which have been little changed over centuries, retaining much genuine character. Many pubs used to be ordinary houses serving home-brewed ale in their front rooms for a little extra income. Some still feel that way, for instance, the Anchor on the Shropshire Union Canal. Other traditional pubs include the isolated Black Lion at Froghall on the Caldon branch of the Trent and Mersey Canal, the Swan which overlooks the Coventry Canal junction with the Trent and Mersey Canal and the Boat opposite the canal museum at Stoke Bruerne on the Grand Union Canal. On the River Severn the Camp House Inn just north of Worcester has peacocks roaming the garden. The River Thames has many stunning old pubs and inns.
Please note: This information is provided as a guide only and we cannot guarantee its complete accuracy. Please let us know if you spot any problems.
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| Aire & Calder | |||||||||||||
| The Old Mill, Lock Lane, Castleford |
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01977 556451 | office@yourpub.org.uk | |||||||||
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| The Millrace, Milton, Stoke on Trent |
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01782 570628 | themillrace@hotmail.co.uk | |||||||
| Chesterfield Canal | |||||||||||||
| The Waterfront Inn, West Stockwith |
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01427 891223 | nikkiescreet@gmail.com | |||||||
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| Stag and Pheasant, Hartshill, Nuneaton |
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024 76393173 | enquiries@stagandpheasant.net | |||||||
| Bulls Head/India Garden Restaurant, Tamworth Road, Polesworth |
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01827894112 | helal_uddin@hotmail.co.uk | |||||||||
| The Greyhound Inn, Hawkesbury Junction, Coventry |
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02476 363046 | leigh_watts@hotmail.com | |||||||
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| Rosemary Branch, 2 Shepperton Rd, London |
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0207 7042730 | cecilia@rosemarybranch.co.uk | ||||||||
| The Lock Tavern, Chalk Farm Road, Regent's Park |
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0207 4827163 | locktavern@hotmail.co.uk | |||||||||
| Grand Union Arms, Acton Lane NW10 |
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020 89655670 | grandjunctionarms@youngs.co.uk | |||||||||
| The Falcon Inn, Denham |
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01895 832125 | falcon.inn@btconnect.com | ||||||||
| The Swan Inn, Denham |
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01895 832085 | info@swaninndenham.co.uk | |||||||||
| The Navigation Inn, Thrupp Wharf, Cosgrove |
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01908 543156 | info@navigationinn.net | |||||||
| The White Lion. Marsworth |
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01442822325 | PPayne36@aol.com | ||||||
| The Anglers Retreat, Marsworth |
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| The Three Horseshoes, Winkwell |
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01442 862585 | the3horseshoes@btconnect.com | |||||||
| The Wheatsheaf, Crick | 01788 823824 | wheatsheafcrick@hotmail.co.uk | |||||||||||
| The Royal Oak, Blisworth |
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01604 858372 | onlytheroyaloak@aol.com | ||||||||
| Walnut Tree Inn, Near Bridge 49, Blisworth |
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01604 859551 | info@walnut-tree.co.uk | |||||||
| The New Inn, Top Flight Northampton |
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01327844747 | george@gillies-inns.com | |||||||
| The Cuttle Inn, Long Itchington |
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01926 812314 | chris@thecuttleinn.co.uk | |||||||
| The Two Boats Inn, Long Itchington |
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01926 812640 | inn@2boats.co.uk | |||||||
| The Grand Union Bar & Restaurant, Bridge 40, Leamington Spa |
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01926 888278 | hjwild@hotmail.com | ||||||||
| The Waterman, Hatton, Warwick |
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01926 492427 | info@thewatermanpub.co.uk | |||||||
| Wharf Inn, End of the Welford Arm | 01858 575075 | thewharfinn@hotmail.com | |||||||||||
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| The Ducks Ditty, Tiverton, Devon |
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01884 253345 | info@tivertoncanal.co.uk | |||||||
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| Penny Street Bridge Hotel, Lancaster |
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01524 599900 | info@pennystreetbridge.co.uk | |||||||
| The White Bull, Bilsborrow, Lancashire |
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01995 640324 | andrea@the-whitebull.co.uk | |||||||
| The New Inn, Galgate |
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| The Plough Inn, Galgate, Lancaster |
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01524 751337 | info@bowlandvillageinns.co.uk | |||||||
| Llangollen Canal | |||||||||||||
| WE HAVE A FULL PAGE OF PUBS ON THE LLANGOLLEN CANAL -CLICK TO SEE | |||||||||||||
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| The Commercial Inn, Top Lock, New Springs, Wigan |
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07979 631723 | n.fearn@blueyonder.co.uk | ||||||||
| Crooke Hall Inn, Crooke Village Nr Wigan |
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| The Orwell, Wigan Pier |
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01942242456 | paddy@theorwell.com | |||||||
| Kings Arm, Silsden |
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01535 653216 | francis_huggins@hotmail.com | ||||||||
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| The Queens Head Hotel, Congleton |
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01260 272546 | queensheadcongleton@yahoo.co.uk | ||||||
| The Puss in Boots, Buxton Road, Macclesfield |
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01625 260021 | clashouses@hotmail.co.uk | |||||||
| Ring o' Bells, Bridge 2, Marple |
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0161 427 2300 | peter@marple-uk.com | |||||||
| Windmill Inn, Bridge 26a, Whitley Green, Macclesfield |
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01625 574222 | mail@thewindmill.info | |||||||
| Vale Inn, Bridge 26, Bollington, Macclesfield |
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01625 575147 | lee@valeinn.co.uk | ||||||||
| Church House Inn, Bridge 27, Bollington, Macclesfield |
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01625 574014 | info@the-church-house-inn.co.uk | |||||||
| The Poachers Inn, Bollington, Macclesfield |
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01625 572086 | rob@thepoachers.org | ||||||||
| The Trading Post, Higher Poynton, Stockport |
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| The Navigation Inn, Maesbury Marsh, Oswestry |
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| Horseshoe, Berriew |
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01686640198 | libertyinns@btconnect.com | |||||||
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| Ty Croeso Hotel & Restaurant, Bridge 118 |
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01873 810573 | info@ty-croeso.co.uk | ||||||||
| The Navigation, Gilwern, Abergavenny |
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01873 832015 | driscoll.jess@googlemail.com | |||||||
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| The White Hart, Wolvercote |
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01865 244372 | enquiries@thewhitehartoxford.co.uk | |||||||||
| Great Western Arms, Aynho Wharf |
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| The Boat, Thrupp |
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01865 374279 | theboatinn1@tiscali.co.uk | ||||||||
| The Barley Mow, Upper Heyford |
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01869 232300 | soniabatts53@tiscali.co.uk | |||||||||
| The Butchers Arms, Priors Harwick |
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01327 260504 | info@thebutchersarms.com | ||||||||||
| The Bridge, Bridge 111 Napton |
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01926 812466 | enquiries@thebridgeatnapton.co.uk | |||||||
| The Wheatsheaf, The Green, Braunston |
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01788 890748 | david.staffo@btconnect.com | ||||||||
| The Rose Inn, Willoughby |
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01788 891464 | philippa10@tiscali.co.uk | ||||||||
| The Greyhound Inn, Hawkesbury Junction, Coventry |
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02476 363046 | leigh_watts@hotmail.com | |||||||
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| The Cheshire Ring, Hyde | 0161 367 1840 | ||||||||||||
| The Navigation Inn, Whaley Bridge Canal Basin |
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| DeMontfort Country Dining |
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01386 41277 | chris@avonpubco.co.uk | ||||||||
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| Perch & Pike, South Stoke |
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01491 872415 | info@perchandpike.co.uk | |||||||
| Shropshire Union Canal | |||||||||||||
| WE HAVE A FULL PAGE OF PUBS ON THE SHROPSHIRE UNION CANAL -CLICK TO SEE | |||||||||||||
| Staffs & Worcs Canal | |||||||||||||
| WE HAVE A FULL PAGE OF PUBS ON THE STAFFS & WORCS CANAL -CLICK TO SEE | |||||||||||||
| Trent & Mersey Canal | |||||||||||||
| WE HAVE A FULL PAGE OF PUBS ON THE TRENT & MERSEY CANAL -CLICK TO SEE | |||||||||||||
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| Navigation Inn, Stoke Prior, Hanbury |
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| Cavalier Tavern, Bridge 12, Worcester | 01905 25006 | cathy@ellisonave.plus.com | |||||||||||