Narrowboats are like floating holiday cottages, with everything you need on board for a self-catering adventure afloat.\u00a0 All our boats equipped with essential home comforts, including central heating, hot water, TV, showers, flushing toilets, and most now have WiFi too.<\/p>\n
October Half Term narrowboat hire prices start at \u00a3642 for a short break (three or four nights) on a boat for four people, \u00a31,010 for a week.<\/p>\n
A licence isn\u2019t required to steer a canal boat and all our operators provide boat steering tuition as part of their holiday packages.<\/p>\n
Here are Drifters\u2019 top six canal boat holiday destinations for October Half Term 2022:<\/p>\n
1. Explore the ancient abbey at Selby<\/strong><\/p>\n On a week\u2019s holiday from our base at Sowerby Bridge, narrow boat holiday-makers can cruise to along the Calder & Hebble and the Aire & Calder navigations to Selby.\u00a0 The journey there and back travels 96 miles, passes through 68 locks (34 each way) and takes around 40 hours.\u00a0 The route passes through Wakefield, Stanley Ferry, Castleford and Knottingley.\u00a0 Scenery ranges from leafy cuttings on the Calder & Hebble and farmland along the Aire, to industrial hinterland on the Aire & Calder.\u00a0 At Selby, you can moor up to explore the ancient Abbey and market.\u00a0 Selby also has a good choice of pubs and restaurants.<\/p>\n 2. Boat along the Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal to Brecon<\/strong><\/p>\n From our base at Goytre Wharf near Abergavenny, on a week\u2019s break you can navigate through the wooded Usk Valley to Brecon.\u00a0 Situated in the heart of the Brecon Beacons National Park, Brecon offers theatre, cinema, cafes and restaurants.\u00a0 This historic town also offers easy access to the National Park, with walking routes, cycle hire and pony trekking.\u00a0 Along the way, boaters can stop off at Llanfoist to take the old tramway into the Black Mountains.\u00a0 Or visit the 13th<\/sup> century castle at Crickhowell.\u00a0 The journey there and back travels 51 miles, passing through 12 locks (six each way) and takes around 25 hours.<\/p>\n 3. Glide along the Kennet & Avon Canal to Georgian Bath <\/strong><\/p>\n On a mid-week break from our Devizes base in Wiltshire, you can travel to the World Heritage Status City of Bath and back.\u00a0 The journey to overnight moorings at Sydney Wharf travels nearly 20 miles along the Kennet & Avon Canal, and takes around 10 hours. \u00a0From there, it\u2019s a 15 minute walk to the centre of Bath. \u00a0Along the way, you\u2019ll travel across two magnificent aqueducts and pass through 10 locks.\u00a0 There\u2019s a choice of canalside pubs to visit, including the Barge Inn at Seend and the Cross Guns at Avoncliff.<\/p>\n 4. Cruise to Coventry to visit the Cathedral <\/strong><\/p>\n From our narrowboat hire base at Braunston, it takes 12 hours to reach Coventry Basin, The route travels along 28 miles of mostly rural waterways and passes through just four locks.\u00a0 The journey takes boaters along sections of the North Oxford and Coventry canals.\u00a0 It passes a series of towns and villages with canalside pubs, including the Royal Oak at Hillmorton and the Greyhound Inn at Hawkesbury Junction.<\/p>\n 5. Glide across the UNESCO World Heritage Pontcysyllte Aqueduct <\/strong><\/p>\n On a short break from our base at Trevor in North Wales, you can cruise along the Llangollen Canal to the beautiful Shropshire town of Ellesmere.\u00a0 Along the way, you\u2019ll travel across the UNESCO World Heritage Pontcysyllte Aqueduct.\u00a0 This enormous structure carries the canal 38 metres high above the Dee Valley, supported by 19 vast stone pillars.\u00a0 Once in Ellesmere, you can moor up and spend time exploring the Mere with its Victorian gardens, woodland paths and historic castle.\u00a0 The journey to Ellesmere and back takes around 14 hours and passes through four locks (two each way).<\/p>\n 6. Navigate to Market Drayton, home of the gingerbread man <\/strong><\/p>\n On a week\u2019s break from our base on the Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal at Gailey, you can travel to the historic market town of Market Drayton.\u00a0 The route takes you through the pretty village of Brewood with a choice of pubs.\u00a0 It also passes Belvide Reservoir and through a series of deep wooded cuttings.\u00a0 At Market Drayton there\u2019s a Wednesday market and choice of places to eat, many offering the town\u2019s famous gingerbread.\u00a0 References to people making gingerbread in Market Drayton date back to the late 1700\u2019s.\u00a0 The journey to Market Drayton and back cruises 68 miles, passes through 14 locks and takes around 30 hours.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Narrowboats are like floating holiday cottages, with everything you need on board for a self-catering adventure afloat.\u00a0 All our boats equipped with essential home comforts, including central heating, hot water, TV, showers, flushing toilets, and most now have WiFi too. October Half Term narrowboat hire prices start at \u00a3642 for a short break (three or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7712,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[89,62,94,99,30,33,121,146,134,98,64],"yoast_head":"\n