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Day Hire Boats - self drive.
Away4aday Self drive day hire for up to 10 people in an easy to handle 32 ft purpose built boat. Travel out of Birmingham city centre towards the easily accessible green pastures on The Worcester or Stratford canal.
Beacon Park Day Boats at Brecon Canal Basin. Boats by the day, half day or by the hour. Explore the wonders of the beautiful Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal in a luxury electric day boat or canoe.
Why not cruise the beautiful River Avon in one of Bidford Day Hire narrowboats Kingfisher and Swan, head towards picturesque Stratford upon Avon or down stream to reach the historic town of Evesham
Enjoy a relaxing holiday with Boating Days have well equipped 10 person and 4 person day hire boats. Based near Northwich in Cheshire with Anderton Boat Lift just a few hours pleasant cruise away.
John Cale Canal Cruises on the beautiful Basingstoke canal, Party cruises March to December, Self drive day hire for up to 12 people, Public trips, canoes and pedalos for hire.
Claymoore Navigation close to the junction of the Bridgewater and Trent & Mersey Canals in Cheshire have the stylish and luxurious Mock Turtle for up to 12 passengers.
Copt Heath Wharf on a delightful stretch of the Grand Union Canal in the West Midlands near Solihull have an 8 person boat for full or part day hire.
Galleon Marine have a self-drive day boat which can carry up to 12 passengers on the clear waters of the Basingstoke Canal. Also available are rowboats, punts & canoes.
Enjoy a relaxing holiday with Lee Valley Boat Centre based on the Rivers Lee & Stort in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, offer rowing boats, canoes, pedlos and electric boats for hourly hire.
Maestermyn Cruisers on the Llangollen Canal is ideally placed for a lock free cruise through Shropshire’s lake district. Our 6 person day boat is an ideal way to get a taste for canal cruising.
Norbury Wharf. Enjoy the heart of the beautiful Shropshire Union Canal (seven pubs in seventeen lock free miles) aboard one of our two day hire boats, maximum 10 people including steerer.
Pennine Cruisers at on the Leeds & Liverpool at Skipton in the beautiful Yorkshire Pennines have day hire boats which can take up to 10 passengers.
Rose Narrowboats on the Oxford Canal near Rugby have Rosette and Astra, two tug style narrowboats which are available for self-drive day trips for up to 12 people.
Enjoy fantastic scenery while cruising the beautiful Leeds & Liverpool canal in one of Snaygill Boats new purpose built 32ft narrowboats. Full or part day hire for up to 10 people.
| Other canal boat day hire firms | |||
| Firm | Attraction | Location | Contact |
|
Days Afloat |
Day Boat Hire | Braunston |
07733010790 |
| Canal Boat Project |
Canal boat day hire, for community groups and people with disabilities |
Essex, Hertfordshire |
01279 424444 admin@canalboat.org.uk |
| Clifton Day Boat | Day Boat Hire | Rugby, North Oxford Canal |
01788 543570 info@cliftoncruisers.com |
| Cosgrove Narrowboat Company | Trips, Charter and Day Boat Hire | Milton Keynes, Grand Union Canal |
01525 372853 enquires@cosgrovenarrowboats.co.uk |
| Farncombe Boat House | Day Boat Hire | Godalming, River Wey |
01483
421306 enquiries@farncombeboats.co.uk |
| Freedom Boats Limited | trip boat ,day & week hire | Macclesfield, Cheshire |
01625 420042 mal@freedomboats.co.uk |
| Free Spirit Cruising | Day hire | Tewkesbury |
08456 525054 catherine@cruisefreespirit.com |
| Grebe Canal Cruises | Day Boat Hire, Charter & Public Trip Boats | Pitstone, Grand Union Canal |
01296 661920 enquiries@grebecanalcruises.co.uk |
| Karen's Day Boat Hire | Day Boat Hire | Boothstown, Manchester |
07519 275 016 karen.starkey@tiscali.co.uk |
| Liberty Cruising | Day boat, restaurant boat hire | Macclesfield |
01625 420042 nick@freedomboats.co.uk |
| Lime Farm Marina | Day boat hire | Rugby |
01788 570131 info@limefarmmarina.co.uk |
| M&I Marine Ltd | Day Boat Hire | Wincham Wharf, Northwich, Cheshire |
07813906633 mimarine.ltd@ntlworld.com |
|
Messing
About On The River Ltd |
Disabled access charter boat, day boat hire, tea gardens | Hanham, Bristol |
0117 9475500 info@messingaboutontheriver.co.uk |
| MK Afloat | Day Boat Hire | Milton Keynes |
07721 025325 mkafloat@hotmail.com |
| Pennine Boat Trips | Day Boat Hire | Skipton |
01756 790829 info@canaltrips.co.uk |
| Pontymoile Marina | Small Day Boat Hire | Mon & Brecon Canal | 07981846184 susan@pontymoilebasin.orangehome.co.uk |
| Portland Basin Boat Hire | Day Boat Hire | Dukinfield, Cheshire |
Tel: 01613303133 sandra.holding@portlandbasinmarina.co.uk |
| Saltisford Canal Centre | Self steer day hire & trip boat | Warwick |
01926490006 info@saltisfordcanal.co.uk |
| Thorn Martine | Dayboat Hire | Warrington, Cheshire |
01925 265129 sales@thornmarine.co.uk |
| Tiverton Canal Co | Day Boat Hire and Horse-Drawn Barge Trips | Grand Western Canal, Tiverton |
01884 253345 info@tivertoncanal.co.uk |
| Warwick Wanderer Dayboats | Dayboat Hire | Warwickshire |
07807 911 132 ww@dayboat.net |
| Wessex Narrowboats | Day Boat Hire | Kennet & Avon Canal, Staverton |
01225 765243 abclg@hilpertonmarina.com |
