Grand Union Narrowboats

Whether you're an old hand or planning your first cruise, Grand Union Narrowboats offers the ideal cruise with an enviable choice of routes. There's something for everyone, from steering the boat, working the locks (quite easy and children love locks!) or walking the dog. You can explore ashore, visiting the many places of interest which can be found near our waterways. Then the holiday becomes a voyage of discovery, where you can savour to the full the picturesque countryside through which our waterways flows.

Or why not just relax, enjoy the fresh air and watch the world go by!

A canal holiday is different-it really is! Go self-catering in a cottage or flat and you still have to find your entertainment-which can be both frustrating and costly! On the canal your boat IS your holiday and you will find that there is nothing so fulfilling and rewarding as a day's canal cruising. The three or four feet of water that separate you from the canal bank, separates you also from the stress and strain of modern life.

In the 200 years since they were built the waterways have hardly changed. The slow, steady pace of the boat, the surroundings- locks, steps, bridges, wharves, tunnels, towpaths and of course the many old Canalside Inns- all are much the same as they were in the Victorian and Regency days.

The canals are now managed by a charity, The Canal and River Trust. Much money has been spent in recent years, and they are now in the best shape that they have been for many years.