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.

Pub Guides

• 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

• Angel Fish Restaurant - nr. Bath (K&A)
• The Barge Inn - Honeystreet, Pewsey, Wilts. (K&A)
• Beetle & Wedge Boathouse Restaurant - restaurant and B&B; Moulsford-on-Thames, Oxfordshire
• Black Horse - restaurant; Devizes (K&A)
• Black Lion Pub - restaurant; Consall Forge (Caldon Canal)
• Boathouse Brasserie - at St Mary's Marina, Rufford, Lancs., on L&L, Rufford branch (L40 1TD)
• 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
• Cafe Cargo - restaurant; tea; dog-friendly; Foulridge (L&L)
• Café Waterside - Bollington (Macclesfield Canal)
• Cotton Arms - link not working; Wrenbury, Ches. (Llangollen)
• The Coy Carp - pub and restaurant; Harefield Uxbridge on GU (UB9 6HZ)
• The Cunning Man - Burghfield, Reading, on K&A (RG30 3RB)
• 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)
• The Fox and Anchor - pub and restaurant; Wolverhampton, on SU (WV10 7PW)
• Foxton Locks Inn & The Old Boathouse - pub, restaurant, snack and coffe bar; at Foxton Locks on GU Leics. section
• Gate Inn - Amington, Staffs. (Coventry Canal)
• Grand Junction Arms - Bulbourne, Tring, Herts. (GU) - curry
• Heron's Nest - pub and restaurant; Knowle, Solihull, on GU (B93 0EE)
• Hollybush Inn - Denford, nr Leek (Caldon Canal)
• The Lock and Quay - Chorley, Lancs, on L&L (PR6 9AE)
• Lock 57 Brasserie - The Canal Centre, Hassall Green, Ches. (T&M)
• Maesbury Canal Central - tearoom, shop, accommodation, camping and caravaning sites, Wi-Fi "at specific times"; on Montgomery Canal
• The Malt Shovel - pub and restaurant; Iver, Uxbridge, on GU (UB8 2JE)
• 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)
• The Narrowboat - (Skipton, N. Yorks) - review May 2012
• Narrowboat Inn - Weedon, Northants. (GU) - Lodging
• 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)
• The Old Boathouse - Astley Green, on Leigh Branch of the Bridgewater Canal
• The Orwell - Wigan Pier on L&L
• Pilot Inn - Hardwicke, Gloucs. GL2 4QD (G&S)
• Pontymoile Marina - day boat hire, tea room, moorings (M&B, Wales)
• 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
• Stables - pub and restaurant; Kirkintilloch, Glasgow, SCOTLAND (G66 1RH)
• 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 Tame Otter - pub and restaurant; Hopwas, Tamworth, on B&F (B78 3AF)
• Th'Owd Tithe Barn - overlooks Lancaster Canal (Garstang, Preston, PR3 1PA)
• The Trent Lock - pub and restaurant; Sawley, Long Eaton, on Erewash (NG10 2FY)
• The Trout at Tadpole Bridge - "Free House with just six bedrooms", on Thames, Bampton, Ox. (SN7 8RF)
• The Trout - restaurant, on Thames; Wolvercote, Ox., (OX2 8PN)
• The Waterfront - pub and restaurant; Barton Marina, Burton Upon Trent, Staffs. (T&M)
• Weighbridge Public House - Alvechurch, Worcs. B48 7SQ, on W&B
• The Wharf Inn, Fenny Compton - pub; full restaurant menu; laundrette (Oxford Canal)
• White Horse Inn - Dunston Fen, Metheringham, Lincoln (River Witham)

Canalside Shops

• Camden Lock Markets - North-West London
• The Folly Canal Shop - (Napton, on Oxford Canal)
• George's Pork & Poultry - 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
• 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 Trout at Tadpole Bridge - "Free House with just six bedrooms", on Thames, Bampton, Ox. (SN7 8RF)
• The Wharf House - restaurant; rooms; Over, Gloucs.

Holiday Cottages

• The Landmark Trust.
  • Lengthsman's Cottage - Lowsonford, Warwickshire, on Stratford-on-Avon Canal
  • Lock cottage at Stoke Pound on W&B
  • Tixall Gatehouse - close to S&W (near Stafford, Staffs.)
• From cottages4you, a self-catering agency.
  • Boat Inn Cottage - Easenhall, Rugby on North Oxford canal
  • Pucks Place - Stratford-upon-Avon studio apartment on Stratford-on-Avon Canal
  • There are reportedly more, but finding them on the cottages4you website is time-consuming!
• From BookCottages.com, a self-catering agency.
  • Rose Mary Lock Cottage - Long Itchington, on GU
  • Rose Cottage - Bathampton, nr. Bath, on K&A
  • The Barn, Dunstan Farm - Gringley-on-the-Hill, on Chesterfield Canal
• Canal Cottage B&B - Lower Heyford, Ox. (OX25 5PD)
• 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
• The Old Watermill - Great Doddington on River Nene
• 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

Other sources of facilities near the water