Canal Boat Holiday Guides In England & Wales

Spotlight on the Canals – The Oxford Canal

Meandering waterways, peaceful villages and scenes from Harry Potter The picturesque 77-mile long Oxford Canal was completed in 1790, linking the university City of Oxford and the River Thames, with...

All hands on deck for Anglo Welsh’s winter maintenance

Midwinter calm may reign on the nation’s waterways but behind the scenes at Anglo Welsh it’s all hands on deck as our fleet of 160 narrowboats undergo their annual makeover...

From Rio de Janeiro to Great Haywood – Olympian Nick Beighton’s canal adventures

What do you do after spending three years training six days a week in order to compete in the Paralympics? The answer, according to Nick Beighton, is “Go on a...

Anglo Welsh men make a splash in 24 hour charity boat race

Steve Harrison, manager at Anglo Welsh’s Bunbury base on the Shropshire Union Canal, is one of those narrowboat enthusiasts who cheerily spends as much time on the water as on dry...

Anglo Welsh’s Top 9 Luxury Boats

Boasting exacting standards of craftsmanship, comfort and finish, our ‘Bond’ and ‘Constellation’ Class boats are the stars of our fleet. These beautiful narrowboats all have full-size showers, a range of...

Anglo Welsh’s Top 7 canal boat holidays for beginners

Every year more and more people are discovering 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...

Read all about it! Anglo Welsh’s 2017 brochure is out now with news of a special Price Freeze.

As winter nights draw in, who doesn’t enjoy curling up on their sofa with a loved one and a hot drink to start planning next year’s holidays? And if your...

Anglo Welsh’s Top 8 October Half Term Breaks

Step back in time at the Black Country Living Museum at Dudley… from our Tardebigge base on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal near Bromsgrove, it’s an eight-hour, three-lock journey to...

Anglo Welsh’s Top 10 Waterside Pubs

There are hundreds of lovely waterside pubs across the canal and river network for narrowboat holiday-makers to enjoy. Here’s our pick of the pubs for 2017: 1. Survey gorgeous valley views...

Top 6 Christmas canal boat holidays 2016

Anglo Welsh offers winter cruising* from six bases, giving narrowboat holidaymakers the chance to celebrate Christmas or New Year afloat, joining in the festive celebrations at exciting waterside towns and...

Anglo Welsh’s Top 10 Canal Boat Holidays For 2017

1. Explore the labyrinth of limestone caverns at Dudley … from our Tardebigge base on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal near Bromsgrove, it’s an eight-hour (three-lock) journey to moorings outside the...

End the canal season in perfect style with Anglo Welsh’s fantastic Autumn Sale

Book any Anglo Welsh canal holiday departing between 23rd September and 28th October 2016 and save 25%, a saving of up to £465. The nights are drawing in, Strictly Come Dancing is on the telly, and the leaves are changing...

Moor your Anglo Welsh narrowboat for canal side walks

One of the joys of a canal boat journey is the relaxing sensation that comes from being on the water, but even canal-faring stalwarts have to occasionally venture on dry...

Enjoy the Olympics on board a stylish canal boat

Balmy summer nights. Drama, passion, joy, tears. Sir Ben Ainslie, Hannah Mills & Saskia Clark, Sir Chris Hoy, Mo Farah, Victoria Pendleton. Is it really four years since Great Britain ruled the...

High-end boats at low-end prices: save 20% on Constellation & Bond Class holidays this summer

British summertime is often a rollercoaster of highs and lows and this year is proving no different. School holidays (hooray!), seaside showers (boo!), Andy Murray (hooray!), England’s football team (boo!),...

Best books to read on a canal boat holiday

For book-loving narrowboat enthusiasts there is only one thing more enjoyable than a good book about canals, and that’s stretching out on deck while reading. So for those of you...

Schools Out for Summer! Save 20% on Canal Boat Holidays

Question. What do most kids want from their summer holidays? Answer. Fun and games, fresh air and adventure, ice cream and “lashings of ginger beer”. As for mum and dad,...

Put a smile on your dad’s face with a canal boat surprise for Father’s Day

Let’s be honest: it’s really hard shopping for Father’s Day. Especially if your dad is a ‘Been there, done that, got the t-shirt’ kind of guy and your budget doesn’t...

‘Messing about in boats’ – there’s really nothing better!

“Believe me my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” So says Ratty to Mole in Kenneth Grahame’s...

Anglo Welsh’s Class of 2016 oozes ‘Star’ Quality

Many canal devotees love to enthuse about vintage narrowboats, and understandably so, but here at Anglo Welsh few things get our pulses racing more than a spanking new hire boat, especially...

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