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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Celebrate a special occasion with a day afloat on your local waterway
Our bookings manager, Emma Lovell, highlights Anglo Welsh’s Top 6 day boat destinations for a celebration. Whether you are celebrating a special occasion, like Mother’s Day or a birthday, or...
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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,...
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An extraordinary narrowboat hire season
Narrowboat Holidays Season Reflection at Wootton Waven 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....
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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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