Canal Boat Day Hire & Holiday Guides In England & Wales

Best canal boat holiday routes for Winter 2022

We have a range of narrowboats to choose from this winter, including cosy two-berths and twelve-berths fit for a party on the canal. Whilst all of our canal boats have...

Stan Cullimore reviews his widebeam boat holiday on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal

Stan Cullimore Narrow Boat Holiday on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal Earlier this year, Stan Cullimore - journalist, children’s author and member of the 80’s band The Housemartins - took...

Top 9 Autumn 2022 canal boat holiday destinations

This Autumn set sail on an adventure afloat, enjoying the beautiful colours in the trees and hedgerows that line Britain’s canals and rivers. You’ll be self-contained on board your very...

Top 9 August Canal Boat Holiday Destinations

We are offering discounts of up to 20% on our holidays departing in August 2022. To celebrate, reservations manager Emma Lovell, has put together a guide to our top family...

Top 12 Tips for First-Time Narrowboat Holiday Makers

You don’t need to be an expert to enjoy a canal boat holiday, in fact, each year around one fifth of narrowboat hirers are new to the waterways! It’s easier...

Top 8 Summer Circuits for 2022

Ring routes offer varied journeys along different waterways and take in a wide range of landscapes and attractions. What’s more, they bring you back to your canal boat hire base...

Moor up at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

The city of Birmingham has more canals than Venice, so it’s not surprising that eight of the 13 venues for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games are on or very close...

Try narrowboating for free at an Anglo Welsh Open Day

On Thursday 2 June 2022, the first day of the bank holiday weekend celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we are hosting open days at four of our narrowboat hire bases,...

Best pet friendly short break canal boat holidays

To celebrate National Pet Month, here at Anglo Welsh we are waiving our second pet price of £25 - £35, on canal boat holidays booked to depart throughout April. To...

Anglo Welsh win Bronze award for ‘Self Catering Accommodation of the Year’

Bronze award for ‘Self Catering Accommodation of the Year’ at the 2022 West Midlands Tourism Awards. Our marketing and bookings team attended the event at the stunning Coombe Abbey in...

The Bald Hiker’s Unforgettable Experience on the Llangollen Canal

Paul Steele AKA The Bald Hiker on the Llangollen Canal Last October, Paul Steele AKA The Bald Hiker, took a press trip on the Llangollen Canal, setting off from our...

Anglo Welsh has been shortlisted for a West Midlands Tourism Award

We are delighted to announce that we have been shortlisted for a 2022 West Midlands Tourism Award, in the Self-Catering Accommodation of the Year category. The winners of these Awards,...

Three new luxury canal boats are joining our fleet in 2022

Emma Lovell, reservations manager for Anglo Welsh, explains more about our luxury canal boats available to hire in 2022. This winter we're building three new luxury 65ft Admiral Class narrow...

A multi-generation narrowboat holiday on the River Avon

Bridget Harrison reviews her family canal boat holiday cruising through Shakespeare country When I was a teenager we once went on a family holiday to San Tropez and I remember...

Admiral Class cruise from Great Haywood to Wootton Wawen

Narrowboat Cruise from Great Haywood to Wootton Wawen As the Operations Director of Anglo Welsh, it’s always great to take one of our boats out on a family break, looking...

We are taking steps to make our holidays more sustainable

By Matt Lucas Stern, our Operations Manager More and more people and companies are taking steps to reduce their carbon footprint and change their consumption patterns. Here at Anglo Welsh,...

Stan Cullimore’s canal boat holiday on the River Thames

One of my happiest places is when I’m standing on the back of a narrowboat, chugging along, drinking in the scenery, smiling as the world slides on by. All done...

Our Top 10 narrowboat holidays for 2022

Britain’s peaceful 3,000 mile network of inland waterways provides the perfect staycation destination for 2022. Emma Lovell, reservations manager for Anglo Welsh, says: “Pottering slowly through the countryside at just...

A short break on the Shropshire Union Canal

We spoke to Stan Cullimore about his latest Anglo Welsh narrowboat holiday Where did you go this time Stan? We set off from Bunbury on the Shropshire Union Canal in...

We’ve launched a new trip boat at Trevor!

Carl Cowlishaw, Anglo Welsh’s operations manager, announces the arrival of Anglo Welsh’s new trip boat service on the Llangollen Canal from Trevor Basin, in North Wales, offering visitors the chance...

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