Canal Trips - Excursion, Charter, and Restaurant Boats - UK & Ireland
Passenger Boat Association
- list of members
Boatdistrict - Website defunct
- listing of boat trips in the UK
NOTE: for horse-drawn boat trips, use your brower's page
search ability (usually "Ctrl-f") and search for "horse" on this page.
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 - Riverboats on the Thames
Salters Steamers
- passenger boat services
Thames Rivercruise
- charter
Turk Launches -
River Thames
Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle
- Has moved location - now cruises river Dart between Dartmouth and Totnes, Devon
London Waterbus Company - boat trips on
the Regents Canal
London Canal Cruises - Website defunct
- 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)
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)
Godalming Packetboat Company
- horse-drawn trip boat; public trips; charters; Godalming, Surrey, on R. Wey Navigation
Our Delilah - website defunct
- 57' narrowboat; hire and also skippered day excursions; base between Marlowe and Henley on R. Thames
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
Bristol Packet
- public and charter boat trips on the river Avon between Bath and the Bristol Channel
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)
Kennet Horse Boat Company
- horse-drawn trip boat; day boat; Kintbury, Berks., on K&A
Paddle Steamer Kingswear Castle
- river Dart between Dartmouth and Totnes, Devon
Dragonfly
- scheduled trips, charters; on restored sections of Wilts & Berks Canal
Midlands
City Centre Cruises - Manchester
Mersey Ferries (vic. Liverpool)
Leighton Lady Cruises
- Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
Dudley Tunnel Trips
Grebe Canal Cruises
- Pitstone on GU
Cosgrove Narrowboat Company
- Cosgrove on GU
Avon Boating
- (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Judith Mary II
- 72 foot restaurant narrowboat; in operation for 36 years; cruises on Upper Peak Forest Canal, from Whaley Bridge, High Peak (SK23 7LS)
Away2dine
- a "canal cruising restaurant modelled from the dinner boats in Paris"; Birmingham
Weaver Valley Cruises - Website defunct
- boat trips on the River Weaver in Cheshire to the historic Anderton Boat Lift
Chesterfield Canal Trust
- four different boats sailing from four different locations on the
Chesterfield Canal; public trips and private charters
Bancroft Cruisers
- private, charter and sightseeing cruises on the River Avon (Stratford-upon-Avon)
Tooley's Boatyard
- day boats; boat trips (Banbury, on Oxford Canal)
White Nancy Cruising Restaurant and Canalside Cafe
- Website defunct - (Bollington, on Macclesfield Canal)
The Bell Marple - Website defunct
- public trips and charters, on the Macclesfield and the Peak Forest canals
Mill Hotel Restaurant Cruiser
- lunch and dinner cruises (Chester)
Bywater Horsedrawn Cruises
- one-hour public trips on Montgomery Canal - charters also (Oswestry, Salop.)
Sherborne Wharf
- public boat trips; waterbus; charters (Birmingham)
list of trips & charters available in the vicinity of Manchester
narrowboat Birdswood
- operated by Friends of the Cromford Canal; trips begin during Aug 2013; scheduled passenger trips; horsedrawn trips on special occasions; charters; school trips
Canal trips from Stoke Bruerne
- public trips, chartered and school trips, evening cruises
Trent Cruises
- cruises on the River Trent
Stone Canal Trips - Website defunct
- narrowboat canalside cafe & bar; also trips, dinner cruises, charters (on T&M at Stone, Staffs.)
East Anglia
Blackwater Boats - No longer offering trips as of April 2019
- (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 - Website defunct
- River Cam; public cruises and private charters; 110 passengers
Boston Belle
- boat trips on the River Witham, or "out to sea"
(Boston, Lincs.)
Camboats
- public and group trips on River Cam in Cambridge
Charlie Ward Traditional Boats
- charter of cruising sailing barge
Spalding Water Taxi
- along R. Welland and Coronation Channel (Spalding, Lincs.)
Broads Tours
- scheduled trips and charters; day boats; Hoveton, Norfolk (NR12 8RX)
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 - Website defunct
Saddleworth Canal Cruises
- (Huddersfield Narrow Canal)
ChesterBoat
- public cruises and private charters on River Dee
Leeds City Cruisers - Website defunct
YorkBoat - Website defunct
- 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"]
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
Ireland
Canal Boat Restaurant
- dinner cruises; charters; Dublin
La Peniche
- restaurant boat and charters; Dublin
Dublin Discovered Boat Tours
- tour boat; Dublin; was "River Liffey Cruises"
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