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A relaxing adventure... hotel boating on the inland waterways of England & Wales on traditional English narrow boats. Singles, couples, groups all welcome. Visit our website at www.hotel-narrowboats.co.uk for more information on our latest cruises.

17/09/2024

Our 2024 Season has finished and we've covered some wonderful routes throughout. We've travelled on canals new to us and completed an amazing crossing over the River Mersey. Our guests have been fantastic and going by our guest book they've all had a great time. We've covered hundreds of miles, spent many hours in the dark transiting through tunnels, raised and lowered in many locks and opened plenty of swing/lift bridges. I'd like to thank our guests for entrusting us with their holiday, Canal and River Trust Staff and Volunteers for all the assistance received, The Marinas that have hosted us throughout the year, Henry for being Henry and finally Taff for for all you do. As the boat is put away for the winter we look forward to 2025 which is fully booked. An extensive maintenance period first but I'll wait a few weeks before that starts, first it's time to relax. Thank you :)

17/09/2024

Cruise 10 - Northwich to Llangollen. What looked like to be the wettest cruise of the year actually surprised us with some lovely sunny days. The cruise saw us take in 2 of the canal wonders: Anderton Boat Lift and Pontcysyllte Aquaduct. Plenty of other boats especially on the Llangollen Canal. As an extra we also dropped onto the Montgomery Canal for an evening. All in all a lovely cruise with both returning and new guests, all lovely and all had a fantastic time.

09/09/2024

Cruise 9 - Liverpool to Northwich. A great cruise with plenty to see including the Three Grace's, Worsley Delph, Barton Sing Aquaduct and the Anderton Boat Lift. Lovely canals to cruise and surprisingly great weather including a mini heatwave. Lovely guests who all had a fantastic time.

29/08/2024

Cruise 8 - Northwich to Liverpool. This cruise started with the Anderton Boat Lift and finished with a crossing across the River Mersey and everything inbetween. Everything on this cruise was great; route, guests and weather. I'm sure we'll cross the river again.

28/08/2024

We are soon to leave Ellesmere Port and begin our journey to Liverpool from Ellesmere Port. We will first transit a section on the Manchester Ship Canal before locking onto the River Mersey. Finally arriving at Liverpool Docks later this evening at high tide. 😀

06/08/2024

Happy Birthday Henry - 9 today. The best dog in the world, my opinion anyway.

16/07/2024

Cruise 7 - Bugsworth Basin to Northwich. Ignoring the weather this was a great cruise. Change of route through Manchester due to the Macclesfield Canal being blocked by a sunk car. A good mixture of rural and urban environments. Plenty of time spent in tunnels. A visit to the Lions Salt Works Museum and finished the cruise by decending the Anderton Boat Lift. Our guests were also great and they all had a wonderful time.

06/07/2024

Cruise 6 - Birmingham to Bugsworth Basin. Amazing cruise, finally made it to Bugsworth Basin after years of trying. The Macclesfield Canal is stunning as is the Peak Forest Canal and we will be back. Guests were great and entertaining, weather was variable but nice enough. A few days off then we get to cruise the opposite direction to Northwich.

28/06/2024

Cruise 5 Droitwich to Birmingham. Amazing weather, lovely guests, fantastic route and plenty of laughter. If you haven't cruised the Stourbridge and Dudley Canals then you are missing out.

13/06/2024

Sadly we have a cancellation for our cruise number 5. Droitwich to Birmingham. 20th to 27th June. If you are interested in this cruise at a great price then please drop me a message or a call and we can discuss. Thank you.

13/05/2024

Cruise 4 Hatton to Droitwich (originally Stratford upon Avon to Droitwich). We had the most amazing weather for the whole week. A lovely cruise which included a diversion into central Birmingham. Lots of locks, including Tardebigge and many tunnels to transit through. Lovely guests and a great week.

04/05/2024

Cruise 3. Banbury to Stratford upon Avon - Due to lock damage on the South Stratford Canal we finished in Hatton. A great week on board. Weather was variable and sometimes chilly, although we did get some sunshine 🌞. Lovely guests with two taking control of the boat. Finished by joining the guests for the final dinner with a guest reciting a poem they had written. We were also gifted some hand made rope fenders by a guest which are perfect, thank you 😀 Lovely comments in the book too 😀

25/04/2024

Cruise 2 - Berkhampstead to Banbury. A lovely but chilly cruise. Little movement of boats south of Stoke Bruerne but plenty for the rest of the journey. Great guests who all got involved with the many locks of the trip. Plenty of nesting swans too.

18/04/2024

Cruise 1 Warwick to Berkhampstead. Lovely cruise down the Grand Union Canal. Very few boats moving. Good weather except for one day, although sometimes chilly. Lovely guests who all had a great time. We had a birthday onboard too.

17/04/2024

Knuckle up Henry, we've only done one trip.

10/04/2024

Hip Hip..... Our season has finally started :). First guests have arrived and we set off tomorrow morning towards London down the Grand Union Canal. Thanks to our winter hosts at Saltisford Canal Centre , who have, as always, been very accommodating - We will see you again soon. Great to see hotel boats Takara HOTEL Narrowboat and Bywater Hotelboat Cruises , wishing you both a successful season. Finally looking forward to the season ahead and welcoming both our new and returning guests.

06/04/2024

Henry is really looking forward to the 2024 season 🫣. Already warming up in the pub...

03/04/2024

With only a week to go and we will be welcoming our first guests of the season. Seems to be a new season tradition so here's this years postcard :) We look forward to seeing our returning guests and meeting our new guests. Here's to 2024.

01/04/2024

Cancellation - A cruise vacancy has become available due to a cancellation. 9th to 16th September 2024 - Northwich to Llangollen. This cruise will start by raising up the Anderton Boat Lift and finish by crossing the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct. Drop me a message or give me a call if you are interested. This is a Twin/Double cabin.

30/03/2024

Just over a week to go before we welcome our first guests and I can report that the canals are looking good 😀. Now can you guess where I am? The clue is I'm in a pub with the same name.

29/03/2024

We are due here in 6 weeks time on Duke no3, let's hope the water level drops by then 🤞. River Avon ar Evesham.

13/03/2024

Menu writing starts tomorrow - Any suggestions?

23/02/2024

Have a read what some of our guests from 2023 are saying about their cruise on Duke No3 -

17/02/2024

Working weekend on board Duke No3. Josh the decorator doing an incredible job with freshening up the paintwork 👍

10/02/2024

Well here it is, our 2025 Season 😃. We hope you like this season as much as we do and if you'd like to join us then please get in touch:

www.hotel-narrowboats.co.uk/cruises-2025

Thank you,

Neil & Henry.

2025 Season - Duke No3 https://wix.to/hCG8sLn

09/02/2024

2025 Season - Released tomorrow 😀 If you can decipher here's a sneek peek 😀

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http://www.hotel-narrowboats.co.uk/

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