Boaters Handbook Video

Watch this helpful Boaters Handbook video before going boating for the first time and learn how to navigate our waterways safely.

Other safety Information can also be found here.

Informations for Overseas customers is available at www. Great British Boating

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.

Blue Light Card Discount

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

Drifters Price Promise

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

Drifters UK boating holiday blog

All the latest canal boating news from drifters

Best October half term narrowboat holidays

Experience Christmas or New Year on a narrowboat

Top 5 leafy canals to cruise this autumn

Canal boating on the Shropshire Union Canal near Chester

Late summer breaks on Britain’s canals

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Interactive canal route map

Interactive Canal Map

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