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...
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Escape into the countryside afloat 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...
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Enjoy a family 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...
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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...
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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...
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Winter cruising through the countryside
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,...
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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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Plan your 2021 canal boat holiday adventure with our bucket list guide
Canal boat holidays are a wonderful way to explore the countryside and some of Britain’s most exciting historic attractions. With the narrowboat as your mobile floating holiday home, you can...
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