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Name Organisation Address /Email Tel / Fax
Mr Paul Grange A & G Passe Arch 16 Victoria Quays,uays Wharf Street
Sheffield Yorkshire S2 5SY info@sheffieldboats.co.uk
01142786314
  ABC Leisure Group Ltd Scarfield Wharf Alvechurch Worcestershire B48 7SQ
info@abclg.com
01214457480
01214477120
 
Mr Paul Hutley All-Aboard M Greenham Ampere Road Newbury Berkshire RG14 5SN
paul@aamarine.co.uk
01635 37606
Ms J A Hough Andersen Boats 11 Wych House Lane Middlewich Cheshire CW10 9BQ
info@andersenboats.com
01606833668
01606837767
Mr Andy Davey Andy Davey Boat Painting Bittell The Canal Basin Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP21 7QG 01628603764
Mr Justin Hudson Oldroyd Aqua Narrowboat Hire 6 Old Hall Drive Willington Derbyshire DE65 6DT
admin@aquanarrowboathire.com
01283704855
Mr Robert Lawrence Aquatravel Ltd 2 The Hide Market West Street St Philip's Bristol Avon BS2 0BH
robert.lawrence@anglowelsh.co.uk
01173041120
01173041121 
Mr A C Greer Arlen Hire Boats Ashton Basin Tulketh Brow Preston Lancashire PR2 2SD
enquiries@arlen-hireboats.co.uk
01772769183
01772769183
Mr Julian Carlyle Ashby Boat Company Canal Wharf Station Road Stoke Golding Warwickshire CV13 6EY 01455212671
01455213255
Mr Nigel Smith Ashby Narrow Boat Company The Ashby Canal Centre Willow Park Stoke Golding Nuneaton Warwickshire CV13 6EU
nigelsmith@bigfoot.com
01455212636
01455212636
Mr Nicholas Birch Avon Boating Ltd Swan's Nest Boathouse, Swan's Nest Lane, Stratford upon Avon Warwickshire CV37 7LS
boat-hire@avonboating.co.uk
01789267073
01789267073
Mr Clifford Jones Away4awhile 3 Brindley Place Birmingham West Midlands B1 2JB
enquiries@away4awhile.com
08456445144
08456445246
Mr John Macartney-Filgate Bancroft Cruisers Holiday Inn Stratford Bridgefoot Stratford-Upon-Avon Warwickshire CV37 6YR
john.filgate@virgin.net
01789269669
01789204483
Mr Richard Clarke Bath Narrowboats Ltd Sydney Wharf Bathwick Hill Bath Somerset BA2 4EL
enquiries@bath-narrowboats.co.uk
01225447276 01225336029
Mr Alasdair Kirkpatrick Beacon Park Boats Ltd The Boathouse Llanfoist Wharf Abergavenny Gwent NP7 9NG
beaconparkboats@btconnect.com
01873858277
01873858277
Mr S Bidwell Bidford Boats Riverside House 4 The Pleck Bidford upon Avon Warwickshire B50 4BB 01789773205
01789773205
Mr Tim Parker Black Prince Holidays Ltd Hanbury Road Stoke Prior Bromsgrove Hereford & Worcester B60 4LA
BHolidays@aol.com 
01527575115
01527575116
Mr Ronald Abbott Blackwater Boats Bumblebee Cottage Boxted Road Colchester Essex CO4 5HF 01206853282
01206853282
ron.blackwaterboats@btinternet.com
Mr Jeremy Canney Blue Haven Marine Hill Morton Wharf Crick Road Rugby Warwickshire CV21 4PW
bhm@tiscali.co.uk
01788540149
01788553363
Mrs Sharon Pickard Bronte Boats The Marina New Road Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire HX7 8AD
info@bronteboats.co.uk 
01422845557
Mr Roger Preen Calcutt Boats Ltd Tomlow Road Stockton Southam Warwickshire CV47 8HX
boats@calcuttboats.com 
01926813757
01926814091
Mr Martin Balcombe Caledonian Discovery Ltd The Slipway Corpach Fort William Highland PH33 7NN
info@fingal-cruising.co.uk 
01397772167
01397772765
Mr James Hogan Caley Marina Chandlery Canal Road Muirton Inverness IV3 8NF
info@caleymarina.com
01463236539
01463238323
Mr Robert Atkins Cambrian Cruisers Ty Newydd Pencelli Brecon Powys LD3 7LJ
cambrian@talk21.com
01874665315
01874665315
Mr P Griffith Cambrian Marina The Stables Llanfrynach Brecon Powys LD3 7LJ
pjggriffiths@hotmail.com
01874665478
01874665478
Mr Peter Wyatt Canal Cruising Company Ltd Crown Street Stone Staffordshire ST15 8QN
kwyatt5745@aol.com
01785813982
01785819041
Mr Paul Higson Canal Junction Ltd Keepers Cottage Lee Ellesmere Shropshire SY12 9AE
services@canaljunction.com 
01691623126
01691623126
Mr Dennis Cooper Canal Transport Services Ltd Norton Canes Dock Lime Lane Pelsall Walsall Staffordshire WS3 5AP 01543374370
01543374370
  Canal Voyagers Ltd 11 Wardle Way
Kidderminster Worcestershire DY11 FJD  info@canalvoyagers.com
07921214414
  Canterbury Historic River Tours 1 The City Gardens Iron Bar Lane Canterbury Kent CT1 2HR
info@canterburyrivertours.co.uk
01227464660
Mr Hamish Leal Capercaillie Cruisers Ltd 2 Lanark Road West Currie Edinburgh EH14 5ER
info@capercailliecruisers.co.uk
01314493288
01314492919
Mr Arthur Chalmers Carefree Cruising Ltd Moss Bridge Cottage Elton Moss Canal Bridge Elworth Sandbach Cheshire CW11 3PW
boatshare@carefreecruising.com 
01270760770
01270760160

 
Mr Nicholas Mills Castle Narrowboats Ltd Church Road Wharf Gilwern Monmouthshire NP7 0EP
info@castlenarrowboats.co.uk
01783830001
01783832341
Mr C J Hardern Chas Hardern Boats Ltd Beeston Castle Wharf Beeston Tarporley Cheshire CW6 9NH
chasboats@aol.com
01829732595
 
Mr B J Shields Chertsey Meads Marine The Meads Chertsey Surrey KT16 8LN
meads.marine@btconnect.com
01932564699
Mrs Christine Kenyon Cheshire Cat Narrowboat Hire New Barn, Newchurch, Gladestry, Kington, Herefordshire HR5 3PL
chris@cheshirecatnarrowboats.co.uk
01544370315
Mr John Wells Claymoore Narrowboats Ltd The Wharf Preston Brook Warrington Cheshire WA4 4BA
mail@claymoore.co.uk
01928717273
01928718888
Mr Paul Garfield Clifton Cruisers Ltd Clifton Wharf Vicarage Hill Clifton-upon-Dunsmore Rugby Warwickshire CV23 0DG
paul@cliftoncruisers.com
01788543570
01788579799
Mr I Bryceland Constellation Cruises Ltd Lord Vernons Wharf Lyme Road Higher Poynton Cheshire SK12 1TH
iainbryceland@btconnect.com
01625873471
01625873471
Mr Geoff Ashton Copt Heath Wharf Waterside Cottage 309 Barston Lane Solihull West Midlands B91 2SX
info@coptheathwharf.co.uk
01217044464
Mr Ken Oliver Cotswold River Cruises PO Box 45 Lechlade on Thames Gloucestershire GL7 3WT
enquiries@cotswoldrivercruises.co.uk
01367250013
08707621343
Mr T P Ware Country Craft Narrowboat Holidays Cwm Crawnon Warehouse, Llangynidr Crickhowel Powys NP8 1ND
craft730@aol.com
01874730850
Mr W B Abbey Countrywide Cruisers (Brewood) Ltd The Wharf Brewood Stafford Staffordshire ST19 9BG 01902850166
01902851662
Mr David Wain David Wain OBE 19 Robinsons Court Chester CH3 5YB 01244323076
01244323076
Mr Tom Hayes Debbies Day Boats Ltd Canal Wharf Coleshill Road Fazeley Tamworth Staffordshire B78 3RY
alantingey@btinternet.com
01827262042
Mrs June Hodgetts Dudley Canal Trust (Trips) Ltd Blowers Green Pumphouse Peartree Lane Dudley West Midlands DY2 0XP
enquiries@dudleycanaltrust.org.uk
01384236275 01384456615
Mr David Owen Duke & Duchess Cruising Co Ltd 9 Lyndale Close Coventry Warwickshire CV5 8AE
info@hotelboat-holidays.co.uk 
07711836441
Mr Richard Clements English Holiday Cruises Ltd 3rd floor Alexandra Warehouse West Quay The Docks Gloucester Gloucestershire GL1 2LG
sales@englishholidaycruises.co.uk 
01452410411
01452410422
David & Elaine Smith Excellence Afloat at Valley Cruises Springwood Haven Mancetter Road Nuneaton Warwickshire CV10 0RZ
enquiries@valleycruises.co.uk
02476393333
02476393333
 
Ms Helen Farmer Fibratrim Ltd Mount Road Burntwood Staffordshire WS7 0AJ
helen.farmer@fibratrim.com
01543687642
01543676222
Mrs Paula Syred Fox Narrowboats Ltd 10 Marina Drive March Cambridgeshire PE15 0AU
paula@foxboats.co.uk
01354652770
01354650369
Mr Russell Fletcher Foxhangers (Marine) Foxhanger Wharf Lower Foxhangers Farm Rowde Devizes Wiltshire SN10 1SS
marineservices@foxhangers.co.uk
01380828795
01380828254
Mr A W Matts Foxton Boat Services Ltd Bottom Lock Foxton Market Harborough Leicestershire LE16 7RA
foxtonboats@btinternet.com
01162792285 01162793847
Mr J W Peile Galleon Marine Colt Hill Odiham Hampshire RG29 1AL
galleonmarine@canalia.com
01256703937
Mr Peter Taylor Greenham Canal Services Greenham Island Mill Lane Newbury Berkshire RG14 5SG
enquiries@canal-services.com
01635 31672
Mr Bob Chase Guildford Boat House Ltd Guildford Boat House Millbrook Guildford Surrey GU1 3XJ
info@guildfordboats.co.uk 
01483504494
/36186
01483506318
Mr Nigel Hamilton H & H Narrowboat Hotels 6 Hampton Street Warwick Warwickshire CV34 6HS
info@hindandhart.co.uk
01926408377
01926408377
Mr Mick Dowse Heritage Narrow Boats Ltd The Marina Kent Green Scholar Green Cheshire ST7 3JZ
heritage@sherbornewharf.co.uk
01782785700
01782777526
Mr David Dare Heyford Wharf Ltd Oxfordshire Narrowboats Canal Wharf Station Road Lower Heyford Bicester Oxfordshire OX25 5PD
enquiries@oxfordshire-narrowboats.co.uk
01869340348
01869347934
Mr J Bolsom High Line Yachting Ltd The Boatyard Mansion Lane Iver Buckinghamshire SL0 9RG
djb@high-line.co.uk
01753651496
01753653151
01753630095
 
Mr Iain MacKay Highland Cruising Ltd 7 Distillery Cottages Brackla Nairnshire IV12 5QY
lochness.barge@virgin.net
01667404441
01667404441
Mr Iain MacKay Highland Voyages 7 Brackla Distillery Cottages Brackla Nairnshire IV12 5QY
highland.voyages@virgin.net
01667404441
  Holiday Cottages Group Ltd Spring Mill Earby Barnoldswick Lancashire BB94 0AA
blakesnorfolk@holidaycottagesgroup.com
 
08703368198
08702389995
 
Mr Ken Gaylard Hoseasons Holidays Ltd Sunway House Lowestoft Suffolk NR32 2LW
mail@hoseasons.co.uk
01502500505
01502514298
 
Ms Gillian Cookson Hotel Periwinkle c/o 1 Isabella Street Longridge Preston Lancashire PR3 3WL
hotelperiwinkle@aol.com
07747017263
 
Mr A Woodward Indian Chief Cruises The Boat Inn Stoke Bruerne Nr Towcester Northamptonshire NN12 7SB
enquiries@boatinn.co.uk
01604862428
01604864314
Mr D Fearnley Inland Waterways Holiday Cruises Greenham Lock Cottage Ampere Road Newbury Berkshire RG14 5SN
info@bargeholidayuk.com
07831110811
 
Mr H C Mayor James Mayor & Company Boat Yard Tarleton Preston Lancashire PR4 6HD 01722812250
Mr Jim Matthias JD Boat Services Gailey Ltd The Wharf Watling Street Gailey Staffordshire ST19 5PR
Jim@jdboats.co.uk
01902790612
01902791446
Mrs Cheryl Howes Kate Boats Warwick The Boatyard Nelson Lane Warwick Warwickshire CV34 5JB
cheryl@kateboats.co.uk 
01926492968
01926419314
  Ladyline Hotel Boats Ltd 101 Pershore Road Basingstoke Hampshire RG24 9BG
enquiries@ladylinehotelboats.co.uk
01256417435
07986133122
Mr Robin Black Loch Ness & Great Glen Cruise Co 1 Menteith Crescent Kippen Stirlingshire FK8 3EG
 robin@kippen.sol.co.uk
01786870510
01786870669
Ms M French London Waterbus Company Ltd 58 Camden Lock Place London NW1 8AF
canaltrips@londonwaterbus.com
02077482550
02074822660
Mr Gerald Layfield Macclesfield Canal Centre Ltd Macclesfield Canal Centre Brook Street Macclesfield Cheshire SK1 7AW
sales@maccmarina.com
01625420042
01625420042
Mr Colin Hill Maestermyn Marine Ltd Ellesmere Road Whittington Oswestry Shropshire SY11 4NU
enquiries@maestermyn.co.uk
01691662424
01691662424
Ms Dorothy Davies Marine Services Chirk Marina Whitehurst Chirk Wrexham Clwyd Flintshire LL14 5AD
info@chirkmarina.co.uk
01691774558
01691772255
Mr Michael Carter Marine Surveys Ltd PO Box 389 Northwich Cheshire CW8 3WY
mail@michaelcarter.co.uk
07831184495
08701351423
 
Mr K Bull Middlesex & Herts Boat Services Winkwell Dock Winkwell Bourne End Hemel Hempstead Hertfordshire HP1 2RZ 01442872985
01442863394
Mr Howard Davies Napton Narrowboats Napton Marina Stockton Southam Warwickshire CV47 8HX
enquiries@napton-marina.co.uk
01926813644
01926815471
 
Mr W R Babb Narrowboat Hotel Company Dorking Business Centre 51 South Street Dorking Surrey RH4 2JX
billandmarge@hotelboatsuk.com
07836600029
01277220139
 
Mr W C Fisher Newbury Boat Company Greenham Lock Cottage Ampere Road Newbury Berkshire RG14 5SN
newburyboatco@dial.pipex.com
0163542884
 
Mr Richard Edwards Reading Marine Company Aldermaston Wharf Padworth Reading Berkshire RG7 4JS
enquiries@readingmarine.co.uk
01189713666
01189714271
 
Mr Martin Reed Reed Boats  2 Lyons Lodge Colesbourne Road Withington Cheltenham Gloucestershire GL54 4BH 07977229103
 
Mr Robin Smithett Waterways Photography Hilltop Aconbury Close Kingsthorne Hereford & Worcester HR2 8AL
robin@smithett.co.uk
01981540334
01981540334
Mr Bryan Ambrose Rose Narrowboats Ltd Fosse Way Stretton under Fosse Rugby Warwickshire CV23 0PU
enquiries@rose-narrowboats.co.uk
01788832449
01788832545
  Rosewood Narrowboats
 
1 Beardwood Meadow Blackburn Lancashire BB2 7BH
nfeeney@rosewoodengineering.co.uk
01254680492 01254279559
 
Mr Chris Yalland Sally Boats Ltd Bradford-on-Avon Marina Bradford-on-Avon Wiltshire BA15 1UD
enquiries@sallyboats.ltd.uk
01225864923
01225865264
Mr Peter Gale Saltisford Canal Trading Ltd Saltisford Canal Centre Budbrooke Road Warwick Warwickshire CV34 5RJ
saltisfordcanal@aol.com
01225864923
 
Mr Derek Banks Scottish Highland Cruising Co Ltd 35 Wharf Road Wraysbury Middlesex TW19 5JQ
marketing@gobarging.com
01784482439
01784483072
Mr J Brace Second City Canal Cruises The Canal Shop 2 Kingston Row Birmingham Warwickshire BA1 2JU
joe.brace@virgin.net.com
01212369811
Mr Simon Banks Selby Boat Centre Ltd c/o Selby Boat Centre Bawtry Road Selby Yorkshire YO8 8NB
enquiries@selbyboatcentre.co.uk
08707490061
08707490064

 
Mr B Best Shepley Bridge Marina Ltd Huddersfield Road Mirfield Yorkshire WF14 9HR
shepleybridge@aol.com
01924491872
01924491687
 
Mr Earle Wightman Sherborne Wharf Ltd Sherborne Street Birmingham West Midlands B16 8DE
email@sherbornewharf.co.uk
01214556163
01214556262
Mr Nigel Stevens Shire Cruisers The Wharf Sowerby Bridge Yorkshire HX6 2AG
info@shirecruisers.co.uk
01422832712
01422839565
Mr R Quinlan Shroppie Flyboat Company Ltd Dunhampstead Wharf Droitwich Hereford & Worcester WR9 7JX 01905773889
01905778672
Mr J R Evans Sileby Marine Highfields Farm Woodhouse Road Quorn Leicestershire LE12 8AL
info@silebymarine.co.uk
01509416647
Mr A R Ramsey Sileby Mill Boatyard Mill Lane Sileby Loughborough Leicestershire LE12 7NF 01509813583
01509812834
 
Mr Richard Bradburn Silsden Boats (Holidays) Ltd Canal Wharf Elliott Street Silsden Keighley Yorkshire BD20 0DE
info@silsdenboats.co.uk
01535653675
01535670101
 
Mr John Gregory Snaygill Boats Ltd Skipton Road Bradley Skipton Yorkshire BD20 9HA
hire@snaygillboats.co.uk 
01756795150
01756799077
 
  Springwood Haven Leisure Ltd Springwood Haven Mancetter Road Nuneaton Warwickshire CV10 0RZ
enquiries@onboardenergy.com
08454566572
08454566573
  Stewart Marine & Trading Co Harts Boatyard, Portsmouth Road, Surbition, Surrey, KT6 4HJ 02083990297
 Mr T Morley Stoke Bruerne Boat Company Ltd 29 Main Road Shutlanger Northamptonshire NN12 7RU
Morleytugs@aol.com
01604862107
01604864098
Mrs K Artus Stone Boat Building Company Ltd Newcastle Road Stone Staffordshire ST15 8JZ
sales@stoneboatbuilding.co.uk 
01785812688
01785811317
Mr K Staiger Stroudwater Cruisers Engine Lane Stourport On Severn Hereford & Worcester DY13 9EP
Keith@stroudwater-cruisers.co.uk
01299877222
01299824021
 
Mrs D Murrell T & D Murrell 112 Lincoln Avenue Twickenham Middlesex TW2 6NP 02076813966
Mr William Webb T W Marine Ltd The Marina Station Road Furness Vale High Peak Cheshire SK23 7QA
info@twmarine.co.uk
01633741891
01663745757
Ms Linda Millward Teddesley Boat Company Park Gate Lock Teddesley Road Penkridge Staffordshire ST19 5RH
teddesley.boat@eclipse.co.uk
01785714692
01785714894
 
Mr Stephen Furniss Thames & Chilterns Holiday Cruises Pine Cottage Canalside Abbey Road Llangollen Denbighshire LL20 8SW
info@tranquilrose.co.uk
07966248079
  The Boatel Experience Sanoa Sawley Marina Sawley Nottingham Nottinghamshire NG10 3AE
boatelexperience@yahoo.co.uk
01159732343
 
Mr Robert Shackleford The Floating Boater Waterside Little Venice Warwick Crescent London W2 6NE
floatboat1@hotmail.com
02072661066
Mr James Griffin The Wyvern Shipping Co Ltd Rothschild Road Linslade Leighton Buzzard Bedfordshire LU7 2TF
james@canalholidays.co.uk
01525372355
01525852308
 
Mr Malcolm Allcard Top Lock Marine 5 Lime Kiln Lane Marple Stockport Cheshire SK6 6BX
info@toplocktraining.co.uk
01614275712
01614497062
 
Mr Chris Fox Topaz Marine Services Ltd Welford Boat Station Synder Meadow Lane Welford on Avon Stratford Upon Avon Warwickshire CV37 8PP 01789750878
Mr J A Thompson Torbay Seaways & Stevedores Ltd Torre Station Yard Newton Road Torquay Devon TQ2 5DD
sales@torbayseaways.co.uk
01803296570
01803320008
 
Mr A Boswell Uxbridge Boat Centre Uxbridge Wharf Waterloo Road Uxbridge Middlesex UB8 2QX
ubc@uxbridge99.fsnet.co.uk
01895252019
01895811035
Mr Stephen Goldsbrough Warings Green Wharf 2 Stutte Close Louth Lincolnshire LN11 8YN
sands@waringsgreen.co.uk
01507608576
Mrs Sarah Jane Page Weltonfield Narrowboats Ltd Welton Hythe Daventry Northamptonshire NN11 2LG
enquiries@weltonfield.co.uk 
01327842282
01327843754
Stella Eccles Water Babies Narrowboat Hire 14 Scholars Rise, Eagley, Bolton, Lancashire, BL7 9BH
www.water-babies.co.uk
01204304339
Mr I G F Sharp White Horse Boats 8 Southgate Close Pans Lane Devizes Wiltshire SN10 5AQ
enquiries@whitehorseboats.co.uk
01380728504
01380728504
Mr Alan Brown Willow Wren Cruising Holidays Ltd Rugby Wharf Consul Road Rugby Warwickshire CV21 1PB
narrowboats@willowwren.co.uk
01788569153
01788540540
 

Boating Holidays
What to expect on a UK boating holiday, different types of holiday and much more.
About APCO
Explaining the purpose and background of the Association of Pleasure Craft Operators.
Handover Scheme
When hiring a boat you need to be sure you will be given suitable tuition.
Boat Grading Scheme
Explaining the Boat Grading Scheme from VisitBritain for Hire Boats and Hotelboats.
Boaters Code
British Waterways guide to how all canal users should behave. PDF download.
Boaters Handbook
The BW handbook, available here as a PDF to download, covers everything from Boat Handling, Safety and Rules of the Road.
Kid's pages
Things for the children to do, including a waterways game courtesy of British Waterways.
Useful Links
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