A Proper Family holiday!
For many families, a narrowboat holiday offers something increasingly rare – time together, shared responsibility, and the freedom to slow down. Is a Narrowboat Holiday …Read More
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A Typical Day on a Narrowboat Holiday in England
What Our Guests Say About Narrowboat Holidays with UKvacationsAfloat Experience a Typical Day on the English Canals | As Described by Our Narrowboat Holiday Guests …Read More
Canal boat dining
Who wants to cook when they’re on holiday? A canal cruise brings pubs with their own moorings and canal side village taverns right to your …Read More
Learn to Navigate Your First Narrowboat Holiday
Operating a narrowboat can put some people off a canal boat holiday. At UKvacationsAfloat we make sure you get the training you need to confidently …Read More
Cruising the Staffordshire (Black Country) Ring
This popular canal cruising ring navigates thorough the heart of the Industrial Revolution and the picturesque villages of the surrounding Midlands counties of Staffordshire and …Read More
Prices & Payments
Consider a trip on the canals in the Autumn when the rush is over – it’s our favourite time of the year – prices start …Read More
Quick FAQs – Basic questions answered
A lighthearted look at Canal Boat holiday questions, answered on one page (or so) I stumbled across this article written in the Canadian Globe and …Read More
Five Counties in 14 days – A Day full of Locks
Summer 2011 was wet and I picked it to show off the canal system to Canadian family. It was the first real canal boat holiday …Read More
Five Counties in 14 days – Wet weather challenge
Summer 2011 was wet and I picked it to show off the canal system to Canadian family. It was the first real canal boat holiday …Read More
Five Counties in 14 days – don’t do this at home!
Summer 2011 was wet and I picked it to show off the Four counties ring and my hometown of Birmingham to Canadian family. It was …Read More
Are we a step closer to floating our boats?
*This post has been updated from the original of Spring 2020 and discussed the expectation of when the waterways would reopen as the corona virus …Read More
Packing for a narrowboat holiday
If you’ve arrived at Gailey Wharf by car and taking advantage of the free secure parking, then where to store your bags once unpacked is …Read More
The Big Reveal
Narrowboat fit out – creating our New Look This has been a week of barely concealed excitement. Kodran emerged from the paint shed over the …Read More
Painting and decorating
Kodran’s makeover is well underway, now we’re in the paint shed. And for once the weather is co-operating! The same couldn’t be said earlier this …Read More
A Dream Come True
That was the Year, that was! 2017 turned out to be really BIG for us. The planets continued their positive influence having already aligned in …Read More
Book Your Narrowboat Holiday for 2026
Reserve your 2026 vacation afloat with just 10% deposit Kodran is a 6-berth FAMILY FRIENDLY narrowboat with 2 configurable private cabins and a converting saloon. …Read More
Best narrowboat layout for Hire Boats?
Which narrowboat layout works for a holiday afloat, and what should you avoid? Narrowboats at first glance, belong to one of only three types: traditional, …Read More
Big Lift
Narrowboat pre-purchase survey A nail-biting few hours for any prospective narrowboat purchaser, Kodran had his pre-purchase survey in August and we never doubted he would …Read More
Welcome to UKvacationsAfloat⚓️
Private canal boat hire from the Heart of the English Midlands. Welcome to UKvacationsAfloat, private narrowboat boat hire from the Heart of the English Midlands. …Read More
Certificates & Promos
Is there a special birthday coming up? Are you donating to a local charity auction? Or just looking for something different to gift on Father’s …Read More
Narrowboat Kodran
Kodran is a 60′ Derwent class cruiser-stern canal boat providing superb narrowboat holiday accommodation. Built and fit-out by JD Boat Services, Gailey in Staffordshire, Kodran …Read More