Day Hire self drive canal boats
Self drive day hire canal boats are a great way to get some fresh air with friends or family and to sample what a longer canal holiday would be like. Lots of people get hooked this way! They are available from boatyards up and down the canals and rivers and usually must be booked in advance.
Day hire boats can usually be booked for self drive canal trips for a day, part of a day or evening. You don't need any boating experience or
qualifications to take one out. They usually have toilet and simple cooking facilities (many people take picnics) but no sleeping accommodation.
Most day hire canal boats have outside seating and room inside for passengers if it rains! Day hire narrowboats usually take between 6 and a
maximum of 12 passengers. Hirers will suggest suitable routes for your hire time.
Inland Navigators 10 passenger day boat from our wharf near Weedon. Cruise this idyllic stretch of tranquil waterway without canal locks to negotiate. Self drive or skipper. Evening skippered cruises.
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.
Beacon Park Day Boats at Brecon Canal Basin. Boats by the day, half day or hour. Explore the wonders of the beautiful Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal in a luxury electric day boat or canoe.
Rose Narrowboats on the Oxford Canal near Rugby have Rosette, a tug style narrowboat with galley and toilet, available for self-drive day trips for up to 12 people.
Enjoy a relaxing holiday with
Lee Valley Boat Centre based on the Rivers Lee & Stort in Broxbourne, Hertfordshire, offer rowing boats, canoes, pedalos and electric boats for hourly hire.
CanalAbility Have a great day out on one of our accessible canal boats, fully adapted for disabled people. Sit back and relax as you cruise the River Stort through the idyllic Hertfordshire countryside.
Norbury Wharf. Enjoy the heart of the beautiful Shropshire Union Canal aboard a ten seater day boat, situated just 15 minutes from junction 14 M6, or junction 3 M54, a day to remember!
Birmingam & Midland offer a Royal Yachting Association ‘Inland Waterways Helmsman’s Course’, combined with a short up-market narrowboat holiday to help you feel confident on the waterways.
Boating Days have a well equipped 8 person day hire boat. Based near Northwich in Cheshire with Anderton Boat Lift just a few hours pleasant cruise away.
| Northern canals day boat hire firms | ||||
| Ellerbeck Narrowboats | Day and evening canal boat hire | Chorley, Leeds and Liverpool Canal | 01257 480 825 | info@boatstohire.co.uk |
| Karen's Day Boat Hire | Day Boat Hire | Preston on the Hill, Bridgewater canal | 07887 298221 | info@karensdayboathire.co.uk |
| Pennine Boat Trips | Day Boat Hire | Skipton | 01756 790829 | info@canaltrips.co.uk |
| Pennine Cruisers - SEE TOP | Day Boat Hire | Skipton, Leeds & Liverpool Canal | 01756 795478 |
info@penninecruisers.com www.penninecruisers.com |
| Thorn Martine | Dayboat Hire | Warrington, Cheshire | 01925 265129 | sales@thornmarine.co.uk |
| North West canals day boat hire firms | ||||
| Boating Days - SEE TOP | Day Boat Hire | Acton Bridge, Trent & Mersey Canal | 01606 852945 |
enquiries@boatingdays.co.uk www.boatingdays.co.uk |
| Cheshire Cat Narrowboats Ltd | Day Boat Hire | Nantwich, Shropshire Union Canal | 07867 790195 | info@cheshirecatnarrowboats.co.uk |
| Chester Day Boat Hire | Day boat hire | Chester | 01244 336484 | chesterdayboathire@tiscali.co.uk |
| Freedom Boats Limited | Trip boat, day & week hire | Macclesfield, Cheshire | 01625 420042 | mal@freedomboats.co.uk |
| Heritage Narrow Boats | Day Boat Hire | Scholar Green, Cheshire | 01782 785700 | email@heritagenarrowboats.co.uk |
| Liberty Cruising | Day boat, restaurant boat hire | Macclesfield | 01625 420042 | nick@freedomboats.co.uk |
| M&I Marine Ltd | Day Boat Hire | Wincham Wharf, Northwich, Cheshire | 07813906633 | mimarine.ltd@ntlworld.com |
| Norbury Wharf - SEE TOP | Day Boat Hire | Norbury Junction, Shropshire Union Canal | 01785 284292 |
info@norburywharfltd.co.uk www.norburywharfltd.co.uk/day-boat-hire/ |
| Phoenix Day Boat Hire | Day Boat Hire | Whaley Bridge, Peak Forest Canal | 0793 4750787 | merick38@hotmail.com |
| South Wales canals day boat hire firms | ||||
| Beacon Park Day Boats - SEE TOP | Day Boat Hire | Brecon Canal Basin, Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal | 0800 612 2890 |
info@beaconparkdayboats.co.uk www.beaconparkdayboats.co.uk |
| Country Craft Narrowboats | Day boat hire | Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal | 01874 730850 | info@countrycraftnarrowboats.co.uk |
| Dragonfly Cruises | Day boat hire | Brecon | 07831 685222 | Info@dragonfly-cruises.co.uk |
| Pontymoile Marina | Small Day Boat Hire | Mon & Brecon Canal | 07981846184 | susan@pontymoilebasin.orangehome.co.uk |
| Midland canals day boat hire firms | ||||
| Bosworth Marina | Day boat Hire | Ashby Canal, Leicestershire | 01455 291111 | helen@bosworth-marina.co.uk |
| Clifton Day Boat | Day Boat Hire | Rugby, North Oxford Canal | 01788 543570 | info@cliftoncruisers.com |
| Free Spirit Cruising | Day hire | Tewkesbury | 08456 525054 | catherine@cruisefreespirit.com |
| Gunthorpe Leisure Boats Ltd | Day Boat Hire | Gunthorpe Marina, River Trent, Notts | 07854 004333 | gunthorpeleisureboats@aol.com |
| Lazy Days Day Boat Hire | Day Boat Hire | Northamptonshire/ Warwickshire Grand Union Canal | 07884 022259 | angies1422@googlemail.com |
| Lyons Boat Yard | Day Boat Hire | Northern Stratford Canal | 0121 474 4977 | sales@lyonsboats.co.uk |
| Union Wharf Narrowboats Ltd | Dayboat Hire | Market Harborough | 01858 432123 | unionwharfboats@gmail.com |
| Warwick Wanderer Dayboats | Dayboat Hire | Warwickshire | 07807 911 132 | ww@dayboat.net |
| Southern canals day boat hire firms | ||||
| CanalAbility - SEE TOP | Specially adapted Day Hire boats with steerer provided | River Stort, Harlow | 01279 424444 |
hello@canalability.org.uk www.canalability.org.uk |
| Cosgrove Narrowboat Company | Trips, Charter and Day Boat Hire | Milton Keynes, Grand Union Canal | 07973 915652 | info@cosgrovenarrowboats.co.uk |
| Farncombe Boat House | Day Boat Hire | Godalming, River Wey | 01483 421306 | info@farncombeboats.co.uk |
| Fish & Duck Marina | Day Boat Hire | Ely, Rivers Great Ouse & Cam | 01353 648081 | john@fishandduck.co.uk |
| Grebe Canal Cruises | Day Boat Hire, Charter & Public Trip Boats | Pitstone, Grand Union Canal | 01296 661920 | enquiries@grebecanalcruises.co.uk |
| Inland Navigators - SEE TOP | Day Boat Hire | Weedon, Northants | 07774 711817 |
boat@inlandnavigators.co.uk www.inlandnavigators.co.uk |
| Lee Valley Boat Centre - SEE TOP | Day Boat Hire | Broxbourne, River Lee | 01992 462085 |
leevalleyboats@btconnect.com www.leevalleyboats.co.uk |
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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 | 01908 672672 | office@mkmarina.co.uk |
| Portland Basin Boat Hire | Day Boat Hire | Dukinfield, Cheshire | 01613 303133 | sandra.holding@portlandbasinmarina.co.uk |
| Rose Narrowboats - SEE TOP | Day Boat Hire | Nr Rugby, North Oxford Canal | 01788 832449 |
enquiries@rose-narrowboats.co.uk www.rose-narrowboats.co.uk/day_boat.htm |
| Saltisford Canal Centre | Self steer day hire & trip boat | Warwick | 01926 490006 | info@saltisfordcanal.co.uk |
| The Boatyard | Dayboat Hire & short breaks | Hilperton Kennet and Avon Canal | 01225 710017 | info@ukboatyard.com |
| Tiverton Canal Co | Day Boat Hire and Horse-Drawn Barge Trips | Grand Western Canal, Tiverton | 01884 253345 | info@tivertoncanal.co.uk |
| Union Canal Carriers Ltd | Day Boat Hire | Braunston, Grand Union Canal | 01788 89078 | bo@unioncanalcarriers.co.uk |
| Wessex Narrowboats | Day Boat Hire | Kennet & Avon Canal, Staverton | 01225 765243 | abclg@hilpertonmarina.com |