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Waterways Hire and Holiday Guide

IN VIEW of the state of the waterways at present the Hire Guide has been withdrawn.

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Published: 23 October 2024

Narrowboat holidays—Rochdale Canal

Sowerby Bridge to Summit

MANY canal boaters regard the Rochdale Canal over the Pennines as having the most dramatic scenery of any of the country's waterways, so can be popular for holiday hire.

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Published: 21 January 2011

Narrowboat holidays—Coventry Canal

THE Coventry Canal is used by canal boat holidaymakers more as a link between the busy Trent & Mersey Canal and the more southern holiday waterways.

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Published: 19 January 2011

Narrowboat holidays—Huddersfield Narrow Canal

THE Huddersfield Narrow Canal, passing through the Pennines, though extremely strenuous to work for boaters, as part of Pennine waterways can be the most rewarding for the experienced boat holiday maker.

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Published: 19 January 2011

Canal boat holidays—Kennet & Avon Canal

THE Kennet & Avon is not really a raw holiday hirers' canal, it being heavily locked with 104 broad locks over its length to the tidal section at Hanham a distance of 93 miles.

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Published: 19 January 2011

Canal boat holidays—Leeds & Liverpool Canal

IT HAS to be stated that the Eastern section of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal out of Leeds, another of the Pennine waterways is not recommended for a canal boat holiday, due to the recognised vandal activity.

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Published: 19 January 2011

Canal boat holidays—Llangollen Canal

THE Llangollen Canal is easily the most popular of the waterways for holiday hire, giving the canal boater plenty of attractions.

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Published: 19 January 2011

Canal boat holidays—Oxford Canal

THE Oxford Canal is another that is very popular, particularly with holiday makers, being a narrow lock canal that is not too difficult to work by canal boat hirers, though some locks are quite deep.

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Published: 19 January 2011

Narrowboat holidays—Severn

FOR those of you preferring a canal boat holiday on a river, the Severn has many waterways leading off, so could be a good choice for an exploring waterway holiday.

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Published: 19 January 2011

Canal boat holidays—Shropshire Union Canal

THE Shropshire Union Canal is particularly popular with those canal boat hirers and get-away holiday boaters not wanting too active a cruise, as it has miles without locks, and others in easy flights, and is mainly a narrow canal.

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Published: 19 January 2011

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