Excursion, Charter, and Restaurant Boats - UK
Passenger Boat Association
- trade organisation for passenger boat industry; list of members
APCO's list of Passenger Boats
Boatdistrict
- listing of boat trips in the UK
London area
Jason's Trip - 1 hr, 30 min excursion on the Regent's Canal in London
Boat Trips on London's Canals
- list from London Canal Museum
Walker's Quay (Cambden)
French Brothers - boat trips on the Thames
Salters Steamers
- passenger boat services
Thames Rivercruise
- charter
Turk Launches -
River Thames
River Wey Trips
Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle
- river trips on the Medway and Thames from Chatham and Rochester
London Waterbus Company - boat trips on
the Regents Canal
London Canal Cruises
- charter daytrips on London's Regents Canal aboard narrowboat 'Helix'
River Lee Cruises
Lee Valley Boat Centre
(North East London, on R. Lee)
London Ducktours
Annie's Launch
- private charter on R. Stort; on-board catering by chef Annie (Harlow, n. of London)
Silver Fleet
- corporate events, private parties, public cruises; London, on R. Thames
London RIB Voyages
Thames Rib Experience
- London
Kentish Lady
- public and charter trips on River Medway in Kent
Henley Sales & Charter
- traditional river boat brokerage and charter (Henley-on-Thames)
Allington Belle
- paddle-type trip boat; day boats; short-break hire boats
(Maidstone, Kent, on R. Medway)
Spirit of Chartwell
- has moved starting 2013 to Douro River in Portugal
John Pinkerton
- public cruises and charter hire on the Basingstoke Canal
Wey & Arun Canal Trust
- runs three trip boats
The Floating Boater
- boat charters on Regents Canal, Little Venice, London (W2 6NE)
Southwest
Hythe - Southampton Ferry
Kennet and Avon Canal Trust - trips from Hungerford, Newbury, Devizes, Bradford-on-Avon
Bath Narrowboats
- broad beam "John Rennie" for private parties; Bath, on Kennet and Avon Canal
The Penny Lane
- Bath; for private parties and corporate events
White Horse Boats
- Devizes on K&A
Bristol Packet
- public and charter boat trips on the river Avon between Bath and the Bristol Channel
Kennet Cruises
(Reading, Berks)
Inglesham - Lechlade-on-Thames;
public trips; private trips; weddings; on behalf of the
Cotswold Canals Trust
Boat Trips at Saul Junction
on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal; public trips;
includes a trip along the Stroudwater arm - the start of the Cotswold Canals.
Operated by volunteers from the Cotswold Canals Trust
Tiverton Canal Horse Drawn Barge
- also day boat hire, rowing boats, canadian canoes, gift shop,
cafe bar (Tiverton, Devon)
Maunsel Lock Canal Centre
- boat trips; tea shop; Somerset Space Walk
Bank Newton, Somerset (Bridgwater and Taunton Canal)
Midlands
City Centre Cruises - Manchester
Mersey Ferries (vic. Liverpool)
Leighton Lady Cruises
- Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
Dudley Tunnel Trips
Water Ouzel Cruises
- day hire at Braunston, Northants
Grebe Canal Cruises
- Pitstone on GU
Cosgrove Narrowboat Company
- Cosgrove on GU
Avon Boating
- (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Trafalgar Marine Services
- narrowboat restaurant, Whaley Bridge, Derbyshire, on Upper Peak Forest Canal
Cruising Restaurant in Birmingham
Weaver Valley Cruises
- boat trips on the River Weaver in Cheshire to the historic Anderton Boat Lift
Seth Ellis, canal trip boat
- at Retford on the Chesterfield Canal; public trips and private charters
Bancroft Cruisers
- private, charter and sightseeing cruises on the River Avon (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Sutton Wharf
- cafebar bistro and public trip boat (Sutton Cheney, Warks., on Ashby Canal)
Tooley's Boatyard
- day boats; boat trips (Banbury, on Oxford Canal)
White Nancy Cruising Restaurant and Canalside Cafe
- (Bollington, on Macclesfield Canal)
The Bell Marple
- public trips and charters, on the Macclesfield and the Peak Forest canals
Mill Hotel Restaurant Cruiser
- "roman high tea cruises" and other types of cruises (Chester)
Wandering Duck
- 2 night trips between Manchester and Macclesfield; charters also available
Bywater Horsedrawn Cruises
- one-hour public trips on Montgomery Canal - charters also (Oswestry, Salop.)
East Anglia
Blackwater Boats
(on the Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation, in Essex)
Paper Mill Lock
- passenger trips, plus canoe trips
(Chelmsford, Essex, on Chelmer and Blackwater navigation)
Riverboat Georgina
- River Cam; public cruises and private charters; 110 passengers
Maritime Leisure Cruises
- sea and river boat trips on The Wash, River Witham, River Ouse
(Boston, Lincs., and Ely, Cambs.)
Poshboatz
- trips at Ferry Meadows Country Park, Peterborough, and on the River
Nene; charters, groups, scheduled trips.
Camboats
- public and group trips on River Cam in Cambridge
North Norfolk Barge Co. Ltd
- charter of cruising sailing barge
Spalding Water Taxi
- along R. Welland and Coronation Channel (Spalding, Lincs.)
North
Pennine Cruisers of Skipton
- 30 minute trips (Skipton, N. Yorks., on L&L)
Pennine Boat Trips of Skipton
- public trips, private cruises, catering - on L&L
Bronte Boats (Hebden Bridge, W. Yorks,
on Rochdale Canal) has moved and become
Leeds City Cruisers
Saddleworth Canal Cruises
- (Huddersfield Narrow Canal)
ChesterBoat
- public cruises and private charters on River Dee
Leeds City Cruisers
YorkBoat
- scheduled and private cruises (York)
Ripon Scenic Cruises
- scheduled and group cruises (Ripon Canal and R. Ure)
Canal Boat Cruises
- Riley Green, on L&L; trip and restaurant boat
- [was "Romance Restaurant Boat"]
The Yellow Duckmarine
- "1 hour amphibious city sightseeing tour of Liverpool's historic waterfront, city and docks"
Lancaster Canal Cruises by Budgie Transport
- scheduled waterbus and cruises, themed cruises, charter
Foulridge Canal Cruises
- public trips and group charters on L&L
Kirkstall Flyboat
- 50 passenger restaurant boat - charters only (Leeds)
Scotland
Linlithgow Union Canal Society
Bridge Inn Ratho - Edinburgh Canal Centre
Seagull Trust
- free canal cruising for disabled people
Jacobite - Loch Ness Cruises (some trips include the northern portion of
the Caledonian Canal)
Wales
Jones the Boats
- public and charter trips on Llangollen Canal, traversing the
famous Pontcysyllte aqueduct
Llangollen Wharf
- horse-drawn and motorized trips; Llangollen Canal, N. Wales
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