We offer the widest range of canal narrow boats in the UK. Search over 2000 canal holiday options and book online at best prices any time. Cruise the canals around London, moor in historic Bath, Oxford or Chester. Travel from Edinburgh via the stunning Falkirk Wheel. Cross the amazing Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales.

From the majesty of the Royal River Thames to the peaceful countryside of the Kennet & Avon Canal, the waterways of southern England offer narrowboat holiday-makers the chance to enjoy some of Britain’s best loved countryside, as well visit …

Nationwide canal boat hire specialists. Find out what makes our canals and rivers such special places. We have a good choice of recommended routes, or you can do your own. See inside the boats, and view the locations with our virtual tours. These boats have one cabin with a dinette double. One or two cabins with a dinette double.

A canal boating holiday is different from any you’ve had before, with new adventures round every corner of the 2000 mile network of inland waterways. And your narrowboat has all the comforts of home, in a uniquely charming way. We offer a dazzling choice of over 500 boats from 44 bases on the canals and rivers of England, Scotland and Wales.

Choose Your UK Canal Boat Holiday. Largest Choice of Narrowboats & Barges for Hire. Canal boats, also known as narrowboats (and sometimes referred to as barges or longboats) are very easy to drive and offer a truly unique family holiday.

A wide choice of self-drive narrowboat holidays throughout England, Scotland and Wales. Welcome to the UK canals. An outstanding network of navigable waterways for you to enjoy and explore.

Enjoy a canal boat holiday from one of our nine stunning hire boat locations in England, Scotland and Wales. As the captain of your own self-drive luxury narrowboat you can set your own itinerary and wake up to an inspiring new view each morning.

With over 500 narrowboats for hire from 40 bases across England, Scotland and Wales, Drifters offers the choice of hundreds of narrowboat holiday routes and destinations. Our operators invest more in new canal boats each year than all the other UK operators put together, ensuring we offer high quality holidays afloat.

Hire a canal narrowboat from a wide range of bases throughout the UK, with the best selection of 2-12 berth boats to suit all budgets. Explore scenic canals, moor at canalside pubs and enjoy traversing dramatic aqueducts and negotiating locks.

Our fleet of beautifully maintained narrowboats is available out of 7 marinas across the UK, offering routes with evocative names like the Leeds and Liverpool Canal and Pontcysyllte Aqueduct in Wales. You’ll be following in the footsteps of historical figures as diverse as Thomas Telford and Sir Edward Elgar.