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Canal Pubs & Canalside Inns

Canal Pubs are an essential part of the canal experience, sometimes it seems there’s a pub every few miles! The pubs were originally there to cater just for the passing canal trade.

  • Many pubs had stables attached where the boat horse would be stabled overnight and their thirsty boatmen enjoy the company of other boat people after a hard day’s work.
  • A large number have been completely refurbished over the years and now provide comfortable surroundings and meals for those who don’t want to cook on their holidays.
  • Most have convenient moorings outside, often with outdoor seating, gardens, and play areas.
  • Popular moorings can fill up in the early evening so some boaters plan their holidays to ensure that they get a mooring outside a pub every evening!

Navigation Inn on Peak Forest Canal

There are also many traditional canal pubs little changed over centuries, retaining much genuine character. Many were just ordinary houses serving up home-brewed ale in their front rooms and selling a few staples like bread and milk to the boat people 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 Navigation on the Peak Forest 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 and the River Thames has many stunning old pubs and inns.

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Aire and Calder Navigation
The Navigation Inn
47 Chapel Lane, Sowerby Bridge
Canalside, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The Old Coffee Mill
Lock Lane, Castleford
Canalside, Food,


Ashby Canal
The Old Crown Inn
Bosworth Rd, Snarestone
Accomodation, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,


Ashton Canal
Vivid Lounge
Ancoats, Manchester
Canalside, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,


Bridgewater Canal
Mano A Bocca
2A, Waterside Plaza, Sale M33 7BS.
Canalside, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food,


Caldon Canal
For Caldon Canal see the Trant & Mersey page


Chesterfield Canal
The Waterfront Inn
West Stockwith
Canalside, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,


Coventry Canal
Fosters Yard – Indigo Lounge
by Bridge 53, Polesworth
Canalside, Food,
Stag and Pheasant
Hartshill, Nuneaton
Canalside, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The Bulls Head Polesworth and El Toro Steakhouse
Tamworth Rd, Polesworth
Accomodation, Canalside, Food,
The Fazeley Inn
4 Coleshill St, Fazeley, Tamworth B78 3RA.
Accomodation, Canalside, Food,
The Greyhound Inn
Hawkesbury Junction, Coventry
Canalside, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The Market Tavern
21 Market St, Atherstone
Family Friendly, Food,


Droitwich Canal
Gardeners Arms
47 Vines Ln, Droitwich Spa, Droitwich WR9 8LU.
Canalside, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,


Grand Union Canal
For Grand Union see the Grand Union page


Grand Union Leicester Line
For Grand Union Leicester Line see the Grand Union page


Grand Western Canal
The Ducks Ditty
Canal, The wharf, Canal Hill, Tiverton EX16 4HX.
Canalside, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,


Huddersfield Narrow Canal
Wharf Tavern
77-79 Caroline St, Stalybridge SK15 1PD.
Accomodation, Canalside, Family Friendly, Real Ale,


Kennet and Avon Canal
Honey Street Mill Cafe
Honey Street, Village SN9 5PS.
Food,
The Pelican
Froxfield, Marlborough SN8 3JY.
Accomodation, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The Spring Inn
Bath Rd, Sulhamstead, Reading RG7 5HP.
Family Friendly, Food,


Lancaster Canal
Penny Street Bridge Hotel
Penny St, Lancaster LA1 1XT.
Accomodation, Canalside, Family Friendly, Food,
The New Inn
Galgate.
Accomodation, Canalside, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The Plough Inn
Galgate, Lancaster LA2 0LQ.
Canalside, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The Royal Hotel
The Royal Hotel, Main Rd, Bolton-le-Sands, Carnforth LA5 8DQ.
Accomodation, Canalside, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The Tithe Barn
Church St, Garstang, Preston PR3 1PA.
Canalside, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Real Ale,
The Water Witch
Canal Tow Path, Aldcliffe Rd, Lancaster LA1 1SU.
Accomodation, Canalside, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The White Bull
The White Bull at, Garstang Rd, Bilsborrow, Preston PR3 0RE.
Canalside, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,


Leeds and Liverpool Canal
Calypso Caribbean Restaurant
The Wharf Inn, Eanam, Blackburn BB1 5BY.
Canalside, Family Friendly,
Crooke Hall Inn
92 Crooke Rd, Shevington, Wigan WN6 8LR.
Canalside, Family Friendly,
Foulridge Social Club
Towngate, Foulridge, Colne BB8 7PL.
Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food,
Kings Arm
Bolton Rd, Silsden, Keighley BD20 0JY.
Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
Kirkless Hall Inn
Aspull, Wigan WN2 1JW.
Canalside, Family Friendly,
Salts Sports Association
Saltaire, Shipley, Bingley, Shipley BD18 3LA.
Canalside, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Real Ale,
The Albion
The Albion, Whalley Rd, Clayton-le-Moors, Accrington BB5 5HD.
Canalside, Family Friendly, Food,
The Anchor Inn
Salterforth Ln, Barnoldswick, Salterforth, Barnoldswick BB18 5TT.
Canalside, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The Balti House Rishton
1-3 High St, Rishton, Blackburn BB1 4JZ.
Canalside, Family Friendly,
The Orwell
Leeds and Liverpool Canal Tow Path, Wigan WN3 5AA.
Canalside, Family Friendly, Real Ale,
The Robin Hood Inn
19 Kirkgate, Silsden, Keighley BD20 0AJ.
Family Friendly, Food,
The Slipway
48 Crabtree Ln, Burscough, Ormskirk L40 0RN.
Canalside, Family Friendly, Real Ale,


Llangollen Canal
For Llangollen Canal see the Llangollen Canal page


Macclesfield Canal
Bailey’s Trading Post
Lord Vernon's Wharf, Lyme Rd, Higher Poynton, Poynton, Stockport SK12 1TH.
Food,
Church House Inn
Church St, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5PY.
Accomodation, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
Ring o’ Bells
130 Church Ln, Marple, Cheshire, Stockport SK6 7AY.
Canalside, Family Friendly, Real Ale,
The Poachers Inn
95 Ingersley Rd, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5RE.
Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Real Ale,
The Puss in Boots
Buxton Road, Macclesfield.
Canalside, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly,
The Queens Head Hotel
Queens Head Hotel, 96B Park Ln, Congleton CW12 3DE.
Accomodation, Canalside, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The Rising Sun Country Pub and Restaurant
Station Rd, Scholar Green, Stoke-on-Trent ST7 3JT.
Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
Vale Inn
29-31 Adlington Rd, Bollington, Macclesfield SK10 5JT.
Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
Windmill Inn
Holehouse Ln, Whiteley Green, Macclesfield SK10 5SJ.
Canalside, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
Ye Olde Kings Head
Byrons Ln, Macclesfield SK11 0HD.
Canalside, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Real Ale,


Mon & Brec Canal
Ty Croeso Hotel & Restaurant
Dardy, Crickhowell NP8 1PU.
Family Friendly,


Montgomery Canal
Cross Guns
Rockwell Ln, Pant, Oswestry SY10 9QR.
Family Friendly, Real Ale,
Horseshoe
Brithdir Ln, Berriew, Welshpool SY21 8AW.
Canalside, Family Friendly, Real Ale,
The Navigation Inn
Maesbury Marsh, Oswestry, SY10 8JB
Canalside, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Real Ale,


Oxford Canal
Barley Mow
64 Main St, Newbold on Avon, Rugby CV21 1HW.
Accomodation, Canalside, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
Great Western Arms
Station Rd, Aynho, Banbury OX17 3BP.
Canalside, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The Barley Mow
Upper Heyford.
Real Ale,
The Boat
Canal Rd, Thrupp, Kidlington OX5 1JY.
Canalside, Food, Real Ale,
The Bridge
Tomlow Rd, Napton on the Hill, Southam CV47 8HX.
Canalside, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The Butchers Arms
Priors Harwick.
Food,
The Coach and Horses
4 Butchers Row, Banbury OX16 5JH.
Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The Greyhound Inn
The Greyhound, Sutton Stop, Coventry CV6 6DF.
Canalside, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The Old Crown
466 Aldermans Green Rd, Alderman's Green, Coventry CV2 1NP.
Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The Rose Inn
Main St, Willoughby, Rugby CV23 8BH.
Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The Waterside – Pub & Carvery
Crick Rd, Rugby CV21 4PW
Canalside, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food,
The Wheatsheaf
10 The Grn, Braunston, Daventry NN11 7HW.
Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The White Hart
126 Godstow Rd, Wolvercote, Oxford OX2 8PQ.
Food, Real Ale,


Peak Forest Canal
Spread Eagle
Romiley.
Canalside, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,
The Cheshire Ring
Cheshire Ring, 72 Manchester Rd, Hyde SK14 2BJ.
Canalside, Dog Friendly, Real Ale,


River Lea
Millers House Cafe
Centre, St Leonard's St, London E3 3BT.
Canalside, Family Friendly, Food,
Pisces Fish & Chip Takeaway and Restaurant
21 High St, Thrapston, Kettering NN14 4JJ.
Family Friendly, Food,
Royal Exchange Tea Parlour
1 Market Pl, March PE15 9JF.
Canalside, Family Friendly, Food,


River Nene
Perch & Pike
The St, South Stoke, Reading RG8 0JS.
Accomodation, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,


River Severn
Black Star
The Black Star, 1 Mitton St, Stourport-on-Severn DY13 8YP.
Canalside, Dog Friendly, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,


River Thames & Lee Navigation
The Sun Inn
1 Wharf St, Godalming GU7 1NN.
Accomodation, Family Friendly, Food, Real Ale,


Shropshire Union Canal
For Shropshire Union Canal see the Shropshire Union page


Staffs and Worcs Canal
For Staffs & Worcs Canal see the Staffs & Worcs page


Trent and Mersey Canal
For Trant & Mersey Canal see the Trant & Mersey page

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