Canals meander through some of Britain’s best loved countryside with bluebell woods to explore The UK is home to almost half the world’s bluebells, and they are one of the nation’s favourite wildflowers. Native bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) are an ancient woodland indicator. The Woodland Trust says, “most flowering usually happens in April, so this is […]
Love Travelling’s guide to cruising round the Four Counties Ring on a narrowboat Last autumn Marion Collinson of Love Travelling travelled round the Four Counties Ring on a narrowboat holiday with her family, and has since published a Guide to the Four Counties Ring. Marion departed from Drifters’ canal boat hire base at Stoke-on-Trent aboard […]
New research by the Canal & River Trust reveals 87% of people would recommend canal boat holidays Canal boat holidays get top marks in the Canal & River Trust’s 2024 Hire Boat Survey. The research reveals 87% of people who took a quintessentially British holiday on the nation’s historic navigable canals and rivers would definitely […]
Every year we add dozens of new canal boats to our hire fleet Drifters offers the choice of over 500 canal boats for hire from 40 locations across England, Wales and Scotland, and every year dozens of new boats are added to our fleet. There are over 35,000 canal boats on Britain’s 3,000-mile inland waterways […]
Navigating Cheshire’s waterways on an autumn narrowboat holiday Ashley Gibbin and Ann Mealor of the International Travel Writers Alliance recently reviewed their canal boat holiday exploring Cheshire’s waterways. Setting off from our canal boat hire base at Anderton on the Trent & Mersey Canal, they cruised to Lymm and back. Their journey took them along […]
5 Star Stories have reviewed their boating holiday on the Kennet & Avon Canal Setting off from our base at Hilperton on the Kennet & Avon Canal, 5 Star Stories cruised to Bath and back and published 5 reasons to take a narrowboat holiday. From slowing down and disconnecting, to feeling part of a community […]
Travel writer Kim Jones reviews her dog-friendly boating holiday on the Kennet & Avon Canal Kim Jones of Kick Back Times has reviewed her Drifters holiday with her partner and her dog Hugo. They set off from Bradford on Avon Marina on the Kennet & Avon Canal in Wiltshire. In her article, Kim describes the […]
Plastic in our oceans and waterways is damaging our wildlife Programmes like Blue Planet II have highlighted the damage plastic waste is doing to wildlife in our oceans. Sadly our beautiful inland waterways are also affected by plastic waste, posing a threat to our native biodiversity. And, as a staggering 80 per cent of marine […]
Drifters offers Christmas and New Year holidays from six narrow boat hire bases You can spend Christmas or New Year on a narrow boat with the choice of six departure points. All our boats have central heating and hot water, and some of our boats also come with multi-fuel stoves. Prices start at £635 for […]
The Little Wandering Wren reviews a holiday on the Stratford Canal Jenny Littlewood and her crew wanted to visit Stratford on a canal boat holiday. She took a press trip with Drifters, setting off from our Wootton Wawen base in Warwickshire. It was their first holiday on a narrowboat. We provide tuition as part of […]