Drifters offers canal boat hire from 40 locations on Britain’s beautiful canals and rivers.
There are over 500 canal boats to choose from. Our canal boats are mostly narrowboats, ranging in size from 32ft to 69ft and with accommodation for two to 12 people. But we also offer wide beam boat hire at Silsden on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in West Yorkshire and Falkirk on the Scottish Lowland canals.
You don’t need a licence to drive a canal boat and tuition is included in Drifters canal boat hire.
There are over 3,000 miles of canals and rivers to explore. Whether you are looking for a relaxing rural retreat or an exciting city break, there are hundreds of destinations to choose from.
Drifters canal boat hire packages range from 3-night weekend getaways to 2-weeks or more.
Drifters’ popular short break (3 or 4 nights) destinations include:
• Shakespeare’s Stratford on the Stratford-upon-Avon Canal; • The world-famous university of Oxford on the Oxford Canal and River Thames; • Cambridge on the East Anglian waterways network; • Georgian Bath on the Kennet & Avon Canal; • Devizes and the Caen Hill Flight on the Kennet & Avon Canal; • Worcester on the River Severn; • The beautiful Usk Valley and Brecon Beacons National Park on the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal; • Medieval Warwick Castle on the Grand Union Canal; • The ancient city of Chester on the Shropshire Union Canal; • Britain’s vibrant second city of Birmingham, where there are more canals than Venice, on the Worcester & Birmingham Canal; • Skipton and the Yorkshire Dales on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal in West Yorkshire; • The UNESCO World Heritage Pontcysyllte Aqueduct on the Llangollen Canal in North Wales; and • Linlithgow on the Union Canal in Scotland.
Drifters canal boat hire services are operated by established and reputable UK companies.
