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Cruising past Braunston Marina on a holiday hire boat

Experience winter cruising on the canals

Drifters offers winter cruising on the canals from a number of…
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A Drifters narrowboat holiday on the Grand Union Canal

A Narrowboat Holiday in Northamptonshire

Countryman editor Mark Whitley describes his holiday on the Grand…
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Exploring the Kennet & Avon Canal on a canal boat holiday

Travel to Bath by Narrowboat

Clare Minall and her family travelled to Bath and back on their…
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Children enjoying a family canal boat holiday

A family holiday on the Kennet & Avon Canal

Nichola from Globalmouse Travels and her family took a Drifters…
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Take your dog on your Drifters canal boat holiday

Cruise through the countryside this October Half Term

Canal boat holidays are great for families – offering the chance…
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Canal boat holiday

Yorkshire Wonders reviews a canal boat holiday from our Barnoldswick base

Last August, Nikki Turner-Chaplin and her family set off on their…
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Friends enjoying canal boat holiday

Loveexploring reviews a holiday travelling round the Droitwich Ring

Jo Kessel, her husband and three teenage children set off for…
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Canal boat holiday great for the family

The Family Holiday Guide reviews a canal boat holiday from Trevor

In July Victoria Pollitt and husband took their two children…
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Approaching the Braunston Tunnel on a narrowboat rental

Boating for beginners from Braunston

By Giselle Whiteaker As soon as we board Selene at Drifters…
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Enjoy a narrowboat holiday

Act quickly if you want to enjoy a canal boat holiday

With the school holidays about to get underway, the Canal &…
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Terrapins

Quirky Canals

Britain’s 2,000-mile long and 200-year old canal network is…
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Holiday afloat a Drifters narrowboat

Top 7 cruises into the countryside for narrowboat holiday beginners

Following government guidance, Drifters operators are planning…
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Escape to the countryside on a Drifters holiday narrowboat

Escape into the countryside afloat

Our self-drive narrowboat holidays provide a floating holiday…
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Celebrity Barging Around Britain

Drifters boats star in ‘Celebrity Britain by Barge’

Canals are back on our screens with a new Channel 5 series ‘Celebrity…
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Narrowboat terms you need to know

Narrowboat terms you need to know

When it comes to narrowboats and narrowboat holidays, there…
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Blue Light Card Discount

Blue Light Card holders save 10% with our Blue light card discount. It’s our way of saying thanks to our NHS, social care & emergency workers.

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Drifters price promise

If you see the same holiday elsewhere at a lower price, we will match it. It would be good to flesh out this offer a little more to balance out

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Hire Boat Survey

The national waterways charity wants to know about your experience of hiring a boat on the canals and rivers in its care, to help make the experience better.

Launch Survey

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