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.

Sally Boats, 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.

Waterside pubs/restaurants with Web sites

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

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

Cotton Arms - Wrenbury, Ches. (Llangollen)

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) [no web site]

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

Granny Mo's Tea Room - Bradford on Avon (K&A)

Jolly Sailor Café Restaurant - Boston, Lincs. (R. Witham)

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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 Shopping/Eating Web Sites

Foulridge Tea Rooms (L & L)

Camden Lock Markets - North-West London

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

    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

    Holiday Cottages

    The Landmark Trust. From cottages4you, 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)

    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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