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Longer Routes

These are a short description for each route.
Should you require a more in depth description then please click on the button below each route.


Please note:-
All of the routes listed here are purely suggested routes.
You can travel where you want, subject to the time limits of your holiday booking. 

You can alter these routes to suit where you want to go or even merge 2 or more routes to create your own itinerary.

All routes start from our base on the Northern section of the Oxford Canal between Rugby and Coventry.
See our map

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Long Term Hire
​As well as our usual holiday hire periods, we can offer much longer term rentals of up to six months enabling you to explore the UK canal system more extensively with the peace of mind of 24/7 assistance and back-up from our boat yard.
With over 2000 miles of connected waterways to explore in England and Wales the choices and combinations for longer trips are almost limitless.
Please see some examples below
long term hire

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The Avon Ring
​Done ‘clockwise’, this will take you past Warwick down to Stratford-on-Avon, along the historic Avon to Tewkesbury, up the Severn to Worcester, along the Worcester & Birmingham into Birmingham and back via the Coventry Canal.
100 hours with 214 locks makes this a challenging route, that you may want to consider taking a 3 week holiday rather than 2 weeks to visit some of the attractions instead of cruising every day.
more info about this route

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​2 Month Hire
by
​UK couple
​For the whole of September and October 2018, Mr and Mrs Betteridge hired “Joey” one of Rose Narrowboats 4 berth boats. They sent us some of their photos from the trip.
joey 2 month hire
​Click on the button above for a report of the trip and photos.
All text and photos on this report are © Adrian Betteridge.

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​13 Week Hire
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​Hong Kong couple
​In 2017 a couple from Hong Kong decided to do a 13 week tour of the English and Welsh canal system and chose Cameo, one of our 4 berth boats.
cameo 13 week hire
​For a description of the route they took and photos click on the button above.
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