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Beautiful canal boat holiday Spring cruising routes
Plan your canal boat holiday for 2019: Beautiful spring cruising routes There is no prettier time of year in Britain than the spring. As the crocuses, primroses and daffodils start...
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Waterway events to look forward to in 2019
What’s on in 2019: key events to look forward to on Britain’s canals If you are planning a canal boat holiday in 2019 it might be worth having a look...
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Whixall Marina, new base for 2019
We’re opening a new canal boat hire base at Whixall From next Spring, we are delighted to offer canal boat hire from our new narrowboat rental base at Whixall Marina,...
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Top 6 festive cruising destinations
This winter we are offering winter cruising* from seven of our canal boat hire bases, giving narrowboat holiday-makers the chance to can set sail to a choice of exciting waterside...
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Top 5 international canal adventures
Our 2,000-mile network of navigable canals and rivers pass through some of the most picturesque scenery and exciting towns and cities in Britain, offering canal boat holiday-makers the chance to...
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Top 8 Halloween destinations afloat
Britain’s canal network was built by hand more than 200 years ago, and the blood, sweat and tears of countless hours’ work, as well as many more grisly incidents, have...
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Enjoy a greener holiday with Anglo Welsh
By Kevin Yarwood, manager of our Great Haywood canal boat rental base We know - through the many comments we get about greener boating and the sales of aquatic-friendly ‘Poddy’...
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Top 9 October Half Term Canal Boat Holidays
Autumn is a great time to visit the waterways and get the whole family out in the fresh air to experience an adventure afloat. You can enjoy seeing the beautiful...
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Anglo Welsh on screen and in print
This week Anglo Welsh’s narrowboat ‘Butterfly’ appeared on BBC One’s popular ‘Antiques Road Trip’, taking presenter Catherine Southon across the awesome Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal in North Wales....
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Anglo Welsh’s Top 10 Foodie Finds Afloat
Visiting local markets and independent shops to find fresh ingredients for cooking on board can be a fun and inspiring element of a holiday afloat. The 2,000 miles of navigable...
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Canal Boat Hire on Trent & Mersey and Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canals Near Stafford Anglo Welsh’s canal boat hire base at Great Haywood, on the junction of the Trent &...
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Celebrate National Parks Week Afloat (22 – 29 July)
Canal boat holidays offer the chance to explore some of Britain’s most beautiful countryside, including several of our wonderful National Parks. Cruising gently along at just four miles per hour is...
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Worcester & Birmingham Narrow Boat Holidays Anglo Welsh’s canal boat hire base at Tardebigge on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal near Bromsgrove offers narrowboat holiday-makers the chance to explore some...
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Life after a stroke. Friends enjoy an Anglo Welsh canal boat trip
2 Hour Narrow Boat Trip from the Worcester & Birmingham Canal to Alvechurch Fourteen stroke survivors from Bromsgrove, together with their families and carers, enjoyed a two-hour boat trip aboard...
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Top 10 tips for reducing plastic waste afloat
The recent Blue Planet II series highlighted the alarming amount of plastic found in our oceans and consequently in the animals that live there. Sadly our inland waterways are also affected...
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Top 8 luxury canal boats for hire in 2018
Today’s canal boats are fully equipped with all the essential mod cons - central heating, hot water, TV, fully-equipped kitchens, showers and flushing toilets. To create ever higher standards of...
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Top 9 Family Canal Boat Breaks
Canal boat holidays are great for families – bringing everyone together for an adventure afloat – soaking up the scenery, learning how to steer the boat and work the locks,...
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Wonderful Wootton Wawen – the place to go for peaceful cruises, high culture and very long tunnels!
Popular canal boat hire destination Wootton Wawen in the West Midlands Anglo Welsh’s Wootton Wawen base near Henley-in-Arden in the West Midlands is one of the UK’s most popular locations...
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Come Along to One of Our Open Days
On Sunday 15 April 2018 we’re offering free canal boat holiday taster sessions at five of our canal boat hire bases, giving visitors the chance to find out more about...
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