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Canal narrow boat & barge holiday hire

Canal narrow boat and barge holiday hire companies listed by area and canal

Narrow boat holiday hire

Narrow boat hire (or 'barge' hire) is the most popular form of canal holiday. Canal Junction has everything you need to plan your canal narrow boat hire holiday. If you are new to the canals, check our narrowboat holiday hire FAQs first!

 

We have direct links to the websites of over 60 family run canal narrow boat holiday hire firms, and contact details for over 50 more canal holiday hire firms. We've organised the narrow boat holiday firms by area and by the canal they are based on because that is usually the best way to plan your narrow boat hire holiday. Click on one of the area maps or the canal in the listings below. When you find a firm that interests you just click on the firm's logo button to go directly to their individual web site. You can also find narrow boat holiday hire firms from our Canal Guides and Maps.

 

Our links will take you to the complete independent web sites belonging to those narrow boat & barge holiday hire firms. We recommend family owned and run narrow boat & barge holiday hire firms. Their on-line brochures make fascinating reading with full details of boats, recommended cruising routes, hints and prices - everything that is in the printed versions.

Northern Canals- Narrow boat holiday hire

Northern Canals

Click for canal narrow boat holiday hire firms on the:

  • Lancaster Canal
  • Leeds & Liverpool Canal
  • Rochdale Canal
  • Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation
  • Scottish Lowland Canals
North West Canals - Narrow boat holiday hire

North West Canals

Click for canal narrow boat holiday hire firms on the:

  • Bridgewater Canal
  • Llangollen Canal
  • Macclesfield Canal
  • Shropshire Union Canal
  • Trent & Mersey Canal
Midlands Canals - narrow boat holiday hire

Midlands Canals

Click for canal narrow boat holiday hire firms on the:

  • Ashby Canal
  • East Anglia
  • Coventry Canal
  • Monmouth & Brecon
  • River Avon
  • River Nene
  • River Severn
  • River Soar
  • Staffs & Worcester Canal
  • Stratford-upon-Avon
  • Worcester & Birmingham
Southern Canals - narrow boat holiday hire

Southern Canals

Click for canal narrow boat holiday hire firms on the:

  • Basingstoke Canal
  • East Coast Rivers
  • Grand Union Canal
  • Kennet & Avon
  • Oxford Canal
  • Rivers Lee & Stort
  • River Thames
Hireboat Info - narrow boat holiday hire

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