Book your 2024 Narrowboat Holiday
Reserve your 2024 vacation afloat with just 10% deposit Holidays are priced for 4 people. Additional Crew Members 18 and over are £50 per person. …Read More
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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
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
The Caldon Canal
The Caldon Canal in Staffordshire is a 17-mile long canal that runs through the heart of the Staffordshire Moorlands, connecting the market town of Froghall …Read More
Operating a Narrowboat
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
Autumn canal boat holidays
An Autumn narrowboat holiday is the perfect ‘away from it all’ break. Once the summer rush is over, Central England’s most beautiful countryside is waiting …Read More
Now Booking for 2024!
Thank you if we were your holiday choice in 2023. We know this type of holiday is not cheap and despite dramatic increases in our …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
Five Counties in 14 Days – into the Abyss
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
Winter, a time to kick-back.
We seem to have been hunkering down for the longest time lately, when this is usually an exclusive winter refuge. Winter on a narrowboat is …Read More
Shroppie 2019: A leisurely cruise. Day 5, Gnosall
Day 5 – Gnosall Gnosall sits about halfway between Newport in Shropshire and the county town of Stafford. Once served by the Newport to Stafford …Read More
Where can we go in a week? Easy canal cruises from Gailey Wharf
Our base at Gailey Wharf is centrally located on the northern section of the historic Staffordshire and Worcester Canal in the rural English Midlands. This …Read More
Quick FAQs – Basic questions answered
Canal Boat holiday questions answered on one page (or so) I stumbled across this article written in the Canadian Globe and Mail newspaper some 10 …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
Shroppie 2019: A leisurely cruise. Day 4
Day 4 – Brewood to Gnosall Sunday evening cleared brighter and the good weather rolled over into Monday morning. Again, we weren’t under any time …Read More
Shroppie 2019: A leisurely cruise. Day 3
Day 3 – Of Winding and Wifi Our friends departed early on Sunday morning and we went to church in the now grey drizzle of …Read More
Shroppie 2019: A leisurely cruise. Day 2
Day 2 – Shore Leave: Brewood, Staffordshire This was going to be easy. We planned to meet good friends of ours for a long overdue …Read More
Shroppie 2019: A leisurely cruise. Day 1
If you just want a leisurely pub crawl in classic English scenery, cruising Gailey to Tyrley is about as easy as it gets. Out and …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
Four Counties Ring alternatives
We were all shocked by the scale of the damage to the Middlewich Branch of the Shroppie in 2018. The closure meant the popular Four …Read More
A proper Family holiday!
How do you make a family holiday fun for ALL the family? One of the biggest concerns with a Family Holiday is how to entertain …Read More
Why a Narrowboat Vacation?
I got the bug way back in the 1970s when I spent two weeks with my parents and five other families cruising the Warwickshire Ring …Read More
Like the Amazing Race, only wetter!
My first narrowboat cruise since relocating to Toronto was an adventure. I returned to England with my Canadian wife and her close cousin and husband …Read More
