Canal holiday hire firms – Southern & South Eastern England

East Anglia

Try hiring a boat on the East Anglian Waterways, explore the Fens, Middle Levels and Rivers Great Ouse, Cam and Nene, a unique, peaceful and beautiful area scattered with interesting villages and market towns.

Grand Union Canal

Hire a boat on the Grand Union Canal and you have a lot of choice of boats, places to go and things to see - as you would expect from the longest canal in the UK! There are lots of locks too, 166 in total, mostly wide.

Kennet and Avon Canal

Take a Hire a boat trip on the Kennet and Avon Navigation and you can cross some of the finest scenery in Southern England as this long canal strides from Bristol through Bath to the River Thames.

Norfolk Broads

The Norfolk Broads' network of quiet backwaters and open reaches is as popular as ever with over 20 hire firms and boatyards offering cruisers, yachts or day-boats for hire.

Oxford Canal

Cruising on a hire boat on the Oxford Canal can be like a journey along 2 different waterways, the southern Oxford meandering through Oxfordshire villages , the northern Oxford straighter with fine architecture.

River Thames & Lee Navigation

Take a hire boat on the River Thames or Lee Navigation. The lower Thames bustling with famous riverside views, the upper Thames meandering and tranquil, much more like the peaceful River Lee & River Stort.

Wey Navigation & Basingstoke Canal

The Wey and Godalming Navigations and the Basingstoke Canal can both be cruised by leaving the River Thames near Weybridge. They are both tranquil waterways running through beautiful and peaceful countryside, despite their closeness to London.