Canal Boat Holiday Guides In England & Wales

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...

The perfect getaway for the whole family

Fancy doing something different for your family holiday this summer? A holiday on board a narrowboat is a wonderful way to bring the family together as it offers a varied...

Admiral Class 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 at it from a customer’s point of view. ...

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...

Experience Christmas on the canals

Anglo Welsh’s reservations manager Emma Lovell offers a guide to the best winter cruising destinations this Christmas. This winter, we are offering winter cruising* from eight of our narrowboat hire...

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...

How narrowboat holidays have changed

As part of our 55 year anniversary celebrations, we’ve been speaking to long term narrowboat holiday-maker Howard Fisher. How many canal boat holidays have you been on? At least one...

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...

We’ve launched our own Youtube channel!

Last November, Youtube celebrated its 15th birthday, and it’s now the ‘go to’ for practical advice videos for millions of people every day. We’ve been working with Robin Media to...

Share your holiday memories with Anglo Welsh

We are launching a photography competition to celebrate 55 Years of Anglo Welsh holidays This year Anglo Welsh celebrates 55 years of providing canal boat holidays. During this time, we’ve...

Anglo Welsh Celebrates 55 years afloat

Anglo Welsh Celebrates 55 years afloat Carl Cowlishaw, Operations Director for Anglo Welsh, reflects on 55 years of providing great value narrowboat holidays This year we are delighted to be...

Welcome back to the waterways!

By Kevin Yarwood, manager of Anglo Welsh’s Great Haywood narrowboat hire base It’s been a long hard winter for everyone, but we are looking forward to welcoming canal boat holiday-makers...

Escape into the countryside on a canal boat this Spring

By Emma Lovell, Anglo Welsh’s Reservations Manager Spring and the chance to take a long awaited break, can’t come soon enough this year! Narrowboat holidays offer a fantastic way to...

Enjoy a family canal boat holiday adventure afloat this summer, closer to home

By Emma Lovell, Anglo Welsh’s Reservations Manager England and Wales are criss-crossed by hundreds of miles of beautiful inland waterways to explore afloat. They take narrowboat holiday-makers through some of...

Celebrate a special occasion with a day afloat on your local waterway

Bookings manager, Emma Lovell, highlights Anglo Welsh’s Top 6 day boat destinations for 2021. Whether you are celebrating a special occasion, like Mother’s Day or a birthday, or just looking...

Top 10 narrowboat holidays for 2021

Britain’s 3,000 mile network of navigable inland waterways provides the perfect destination for a Staycation afloat in 2021. Pottering slowly through the countryside at just four miles per hour, watching...

Winter cruising through the countryside on a canal boat holiday

We offer winter cruising from six of our narrowboat hire bases*, giving you the chance to cruise gently through the countryside, stopping off to explore canalside villages along the way,...

An extraordinary narrowboat hire season

From the doldrums of lockdown to the busiest summer on record, Matt Lucas-Stern looks back on the 2020 narrowboat holiday season at Wootton Wawen. “The coronavirus pandemic has bought dramatic changes...

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