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Narrowboat & Canal Boat Hire Llangollen Canal

Book your Llangollen Canal boat hire today with a top independent or family firm for an unforgettable holiday in the heart of North Wales. These firms have some of the best hire boats. They are comfortable, well-equipped and in all sizes and styles. So, whether you opt for a quick round-trip weekend break, a midweek break, a full week or even longer, you’ll surely have a great time!

Chirk Aqueduct & Tunnel

Chirk Aqueduct & Tunnel

No matter your interests or preferences, this canal has something for everyone! It has lift bridges, the impressive Chirk Tunnel, the World Heritage Site of Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, and picturesque Horseshoe Falls on the River Dee. The Montgomery Canal is well worth exploring if you have the time.

The scenery varies from dairy farms to isolated sheep pastures. And from ancient peat mosses to tree-lined meres or lakes. The canal runs 41 miles from rural Cheshire to the Dee Valley in the foothills of Snowdonia.

Whether planning a romantic getaway or a family adventure, a boat hire holiday on the Llangollen Canal boat promises a unique and memorable experience.

 

Llangollen Canal Map

Llangollen Canal Map

Chirk Marina Crest Narrowboats Lyneal Trust Lyneal Trust Canal Trips Marine Cruises Pontcysyllte Aqueduct & Trevor Basin Visitor Centre Whittington Wharf Narrowboats

ON THIS CANAL…


How to Find the Best Hire Boats

See our listings below for details of top boat hire companies. Compare companies and book directly for the best deals. These firms are a great alternative to the ‘corporate big boys’!


Key facts about this Canal

  • Enjoy the stunning scenery as you climb from the Cheshire Plain to the River Dee in the foothills of Snowdonia at Llangollen.
  • Cross magnificent aqueducts at Chirk and Pontcysyllte and rock-hewn tunnels, impressive early civil engineering carrying the canal on one level into the hills, now a World Heritage Site.
  • Explore market towns such as Ellesmere with its short town arm and Whitchurch. There is also the fortified border town of Chirk and picturesque Llangollen. Here is an ancient castle high on the hill overlooking the town and famous horse-drawn boat trips. Handy short-term visitor moorings are available just above the town.
  • Look out for the fascinating meres and mosses, leftovers from the last ice age. Meres are tree-lined lakes fed by groundwater. Mosses were dug for peat.
  • The canal can be busy in peak season, sometimes with queues at Grindley Brook and New Marton locks. The basin at Chirk Aqueduct can be busy with canal boats waiting to go through the tunnel when other canal boats are returning from Llangollen. However, many boaters still enjoy a return trip in a week, often helped by a few early starts!

See our Full Guide and Map of the Llangollen Canal.

Canal Boat Hire from top family firms on or around the Llangollen Canal

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Shropshire Union Canal

Chas Hardern Boats

Chas Hardern Boats, family run for over 40 years offering a fleet of excellent value, well equipped 2 to 6 berth boats for all year cruising. Ideal for the Shropshire Union Canal, the Llangollen Canal & adjoining canals.

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Shropshire Union Canal

Cheshire Cat Narrowboats

Cheshire Cat Narrowboats, perfect for the Llangollen Canal & Four Counties Ring. Clean, comfortable, well-equipped boats, individual attention, sensible prices, no hidden extras. A warm, friendly welcome guaranteed.

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Llangollen Canal

Crest Narrowboats

Crest Narrowboats - Prestigious new fleet of high quality 2-10 berth boats, operated by friendly, well established and experienced staff at our Chirk and Festival Park bases - ensuring a comfortable and enjoyable holiday.

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Trent and Mersey Canal

Floating Holidays

Located on the Trent and Mersey Canal, Floating Holidays have lovely traditional and modern boats, large and small for all parties. For couples breaks through to a boat that will comfortably accommodate 10 people.

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Llangollen Canal

Lyneal Trust

Lyneal Trust's two specially designed boats, with accessible ramps, lifts and bathrooms, enable people with disabilities, vulnerabilities, or limited mobility, and their families, to enjoy a holiday on the Llangollen Canal.

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Llangollen Canal

Marine Cruises

Marine Cruises on the magnificent award winning Llangollen canal have well equipped 2 to 10 berth boats.

All boats have bathroom with shower & galley with full size cooker.

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Llangollen Canal

Whittington Wharf Narrowboats

Whittington Wharf Narrowboats Enjoy beautiful countryside by canal in one of our luxury narrowboats. Cruise the breathtaking World Heritage Llangollen Canal with magnificent aqueducts and tunnels from our base near Ellesmere.

More Information

Cruising Guide and map for the Llangollen Canal.

More North West hire firms or narrowboat hire firms in other canal areas.

Day hire boats to cruise with a few friends for a few hours.

Help to choose the right canal boat for your holiday.

Plus lots more advice and tips in our Canal Holiday Advice.

Our Listings

We provide contact telephone and email details free of charge for canal based companies, click for details.
Please note: We provide all contact details as an information service. We rely on traders to keep us informed about these listings so we can't guarantee that details are accurate or up to date. Please see our Terms of Use.

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Llangollen Canal
Anglo Welsh Waterways Holidays LLangollen
Station Rd, Trevor, Llangollen LL20 7TT.
0117 3041122
admin@cruisewaynarrowboats.com
Crest Narrowboats
Chirk Marina, Chirk, Wrexham LL14 5AD.
01691 774558
info@crestnarrowboats.co.uk
crestnarrowboats.co.uk
Drifting Wood Canal Breaks
Llangollen Canal
07821 313093
acorn@driftingwood.co.uk
www.driftingwood.co.uk
Lyneal Trust
Lyneal Wharf, Ellesmere SY12 0LQ
01948 710708
www.lyneal-trust.org.uk
Marine Cruises
Swanley Bridge Marina, Nantwich CW5 8NR.
01244 373911
info@marinecruises.co.uk
marinecruises.co.uk
Pea Green Boats
Whixall Marina, Alders Ln, Whitchurch SY13 2QS.
01948 880420
Trevor holidays
Station Rd, Trevor, Llangollen LL20 7TT.
0117 3041122
Whittington Wharf Narrowboats
Ellesmere Road, Welsh Frankton, Oswestry SY11 4NU
01691 662424
info@whittington-wharf.com
www.whittington-wharf.com


Shropshire Union Canal
Chas Hardern Boats
Beeston Castle Wharf,, Beeston,, Tiverton, Tarporley CW6 9NH.
01829 732595
chasboats@aol.com
www.chashardern.co.uk
Cheshire Cat Narrowboats
Overwater Marina, Coole Ln, Nantwich CW5 8AY.
07867 790195
linda@cheshirecatnarrowboats.co.uk
www.cheshirecatnarrowboats.co.uk


Trent and Mersey Canal
Floating Holidays
Middlewich Wharf, 1 Canal Terrace, Middlewich CW10 9BD
03300 430547
www.floating-holidays.co.uk


Day Hire
Whittington Wharf Narrowboats
Ellesmere Road, Welsh Frankton, Oswestry SY11 4NU.
info@whittington-wharf.com

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