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 canal boat holidays for beginners
Every year more people experience the delights of holidaying on Britain’s beautiful inland waterways network. You don’t have to be an expert and you don’t need a licence to steer...
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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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Top 9 Autumn Canal Boat Holiday Destinations
Autumn is a great time to get afloat and enjoy the beautiful colours in the trees and hedgerows along our amazing inland waterways network. All our boats are equipped with...
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Anglo Welsh’s canal boat hire base at Great Haywood, on the junction of the Trent & Mersey and Staffordshire & Worcestershire canals near Stafford, offers narrowboat holiday-makers the chance to...
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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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Top 5 Celebration Destinations Afloat
Britain’s beautiful canal network passes through some of our most exciting towns and cities, where waterfronts have been transformed into vibrant destinations, with shops, bars, restaurants and top attractions. Our narrowboats...
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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 of the most beautiful parts of...
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Life after a stroke. Friends enjoy an Anglo Welsh canal boat trip
Fourteen stroke survivors from Bromsgrove, together with their families and carers, enjoyed a two-hour boat trip aboard Anglo Welsh’s day boat Emma yesterday (19 June), travelling along the Worcester & Birmingham Canal...
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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!
Anglo Welsh’s Wootton Wawen base at Henley-in-Arden in the West Midlands is one of the UK’s most popular locations to hire a narrow boat - no surprise really with so...
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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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Celebrate National Pet Month With a Canal Boat Holiday
To celebrate National Pet Month, here at Anglo Welsh canal boat holidays we are waiving our second pet price of £35 on holidays booked from today to depart throughout April....
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