UK Canals & Waterways

Near the Water - Pubs, Inns, Shopping, Villages, Cottages, etc.

Many thanks to Tim Lewis who supplied many of the links for this page.

For boat trips, see Excursion, Charter, and Restaurant Boats - UK.

Hind and Hart has a great series of pages on:

Pub Guides

As part of their series listed above, Hind and Hart reviews many pubs.

Canal and Riverside Pub Guide

Sally Narrowboats, a hire firm, provides a Pub Guide for the Kennet and Avon Canal.

Canalside Pubs in the Heart of Warwickshire, from Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA). Covers parts of Grand Union and Oxford Canals.

Tim Boddington's Macclesfield Canal Pubs

Waterside pubs/restaurants/tea shops with Web sites

The Barge Inn - Honeystreet, Pewsey, Wilts. (K&A)

Beetle & Wedge Boathouse Restaurant - restaurant and B&B; Moulsford-on-Thames, Oxfordshire

Black Horse New! - restaurant; Devizes (K&A)

Black Lion Pub - restaurant; Consall Forge (Caldon Canal)

Boat Inn - Stoke Bruerne, Northants. (GU)

Boat Inn - Ashleworth Quay, Glos. (R. Severn)
   Flooding pictures from July 2007 available at the website.

Boat Yard - Hoghton, Lancs. (L&L) - lodging as well

Bridge Inn Ratho - Edinburgh Canal Centre - Scotland

Café Waterside - Bollington (Macclesfield Canal)

Cotton Arms - Wrenbury, Ches. (Llangollen)

The Cuttle Inn - Long Itchington, on GU

Dolphin Hotel - St. Ives, Cambs. (Gt. Ouse) - Lodging

Dundas Arms - Kintbury, Berks. (K&A)

Dusty Miller - Wrenbury, Ches. (Llangollen)

Fish & Eels - Hoddesdon, Herts. (River Lee)

The Fishery Inn - Hemel Hempstead (Grand Union)

Fourteen Locks Canal Centre - tea room, museum, monthly guided walks; Newport, S. Wales (Monmouthshire Canal)

Gate Inn - Amington, Staffs. (Coventry Canal)

Grand Junction Arms - Bulbourne, Tring, Herts. (GU) - curry

Lock 57 Brasserie - The Canal Centre, Hassall Green, Ches. (T&M)

Maunsel Lock Canal Centre - boat trips; tea shop; Somerset Space Walk Bank Newton, Somerset (Bridgwater and Taunton Canal)

Moat House - Acton Trussell (S&W) - Lodging

Jack Mytton Inn - Hindford, Shropshire; restaurant and pub (Llangollen Canal)

The Narrow Boat - Islington, London (Regents Canal)

Narrowboat Inn - Weedon, Northants. (GU) - Lodging

Narrowboat Inn - Whittington (Llangollen)

Navigation Inn - Buxworth, Derbyshire

Navigation Inn - Wootton Wawen, Warks. (Stratford on Avon Canal)

New Inn - Bar/Restaurant - Buckby Wharf (Grand Union)

New Inn Stainforth - Stainforth, S. Yorks. (on Stainforth and Keadby Canal)

Pontymoile Marina - day boat hire, tea room, moorings (M&B, Wales)

Prince of Wales - Birmingham (adj. to Cambrian Wharf) - Tim Lewis says "Very popular with boaters". [no longer has web page]

Rising Sun - Shackerstone, Leics. (Ashby Canal)

River Tea Rooms - St. Ives, Cambs. (R. Great Ouse)

Samuel Barlow Bar and Restaurant - Alvecote, nr. Tamworth, Staffs., on Coventry Canal

Shugborough - Historic Estate - no canal view but convenient for those boating near Great Haywood; grounds admission £3 per person

Standedge Tunnel & Visitor Centre - "the highest, longest and deepest canal tunnel in the UK" - 3.25 miles long; tunnel boat trips, cafe, nature trail

Sutton Wharf - cafebar bistro and public trip boat (Sutton Cheney, Warks., on Ashby Canal)

The Waterfront - pub and restaurant; Barton Marina, Burton Upon Trent, Staffs. (T&M)

The Wharf Inn, Fenny Compton - pub; full restaurant menu; laundrette (Oxford Canal)

White Horse Inn - Dunston Fen, Metheringham, Lincoln (River Witham)

Food Shopping Guides

As part of their series listed above, Hind and Hart has extensive coverage of food shops all over the UK canal system.

Canalside Shops

Camden Lock Markets - North-West London

The Folly Canal Shop - (Napton, on Oxford Canal)

George's Pork & Poultry New! - lock 15 (i.e. bottom) of Audlem flight on SU; fruits and vegetables too [Note: a different George - not me]

Canalside Villages

Braunston Village - "THE Centre for the Canal System"

Grindley Brook Village and locks - on the Llangollen Canal

Lapworth - at junction of Stratford and Grand Union [no longer has web page]

Little Venice - London village (Regents Canal) [web site defunct]

St. Ives, Cambs. - on R. Ouse

Stoke Bruerne, Northants. - well-known canalside village.

Wrenbury Village, Ches. - adjacent to the Llangollen Canal

Hotels/B&Bs

Riverbank Bed and Breakfast - Loughborough, on River Soar

Holden House Guest House - Shardlow, Derbyshire, on River Trent

Canal Bank B&B - Brecon, Powys, Wales, on the Mon & Brec canal

Dolphin Hotel - St. Ives, Cambs. (Gt. Ouse)

Moat House - Acton Trussell (S&W)

Navigation Inn - Buxworth, Derbyshire

Dundas Arms - Kintbury, Berks. (K&A)

Narrowboat Inn - Weedon, Northants. (GU) - Lodging

Boat Yard - Hoghton, Lancs. (L&L)

Canal View Bed & Breakfast - near Lincoln, on Fossdyke

The Old Workshop - B&B; Braunston, Northants. (GU)

Travelodge - Burton A38 Northbound - 4 miles SW of Burton-upon-Trent (T&M)

The Wharf House - restaurant; rooms; Over, Gloucs.

Holiday Cottages

I have no knowledge of the reliability of these firms - use ordinary caution.

The Landmark Trust.

From cottages4you, a self-catering agency. From BookCottages.com, a self-catering agency.

Canal Farm Cottages - "self-catering holiday cottages on the banks of the Louth Navigational Canal"; (Lincs.)

Lee Valley Boat Centre - riverside chalets (nr. Broxbourne, on backwater of R. Lee)

Lock Cottage - Seend, Wilts., on K&A

Top Lock Bungalow Marple - Marple, Stockport, on canal basin

Wharf Cottage - Norbury Junction, Staffs., on SU

Wyvern Shipping Co. Waterside Cottage - Linslade, Beds., on GU

Sarl Val Rive (en) (fr) - riverside self catering holiday cottage and apartments - 2 kilometres from Dinan, Brittany, France

Laundrettes

ACS Laundrette List - laundrettes near all canals and waterways (in England and Wales, I think); must order pamphlet - only updates are on-line

Other sources of facilities near the water

See Canal Guides on the Books page.
It probably goes without saying, but hire firms, boatyards, marinas, and boat brokerages all tend to be waterside!
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