Enjoy cruising a barge on your next holiday.
Floating Holidays operate 9 hire boats offering holidays on board for 3 nights, 4 nights, 1 week and longer for those wishing to explore the canals of North West England and Wales. Encompassing the Cheshire Ring, Four Counties Ring, Llangollen Canal & Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Anderton Boat Lift, River Weaver, Caldon Canal, Chester, Manchester and much much more.
Just imagine embarking on a journey across flowing rivers within beautful countryside and visiting some of Enlang and Wales’ finest culteral and heritage sites. Some of which are designated as World Heritage locations such as the Anderton Boat Lift, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Bugsworth Basin and much much more!
Discover the relaxing and fun joy of exploring the canals of the industrial revolution with one of the highest rating hire boat holdiay companies for narrowboats!
It’s like having your very own floating apartment which you can take iwth you as you explore the various routes on your adventure. The boats are all super comfortable with TVs, radios and full kitchen and bathroom facilities as well as all linen and towels being provided to make your stay on these clean and inviting boats as comfortable as possible.
You can choose which route you wish to take from our location with a long list of possible length of holiday and distance to cover and various different directions and sites and scenes to explore. There are the following which we have completed detailed guides for that you can review on this site including:
Barbridge
Chester
Anderton Boat Lift
Manchester City Centre
Nantwich & Market Drayton
Kidsgrove
Four Counties Ring
Llangollen Canal & Pontcysyllte Aqueduct
Cheshire Ring
Caldon Canal
No experience necessary!
Fear not intrepid explorers! If you have never even set eyes on a narrowboat, canal boat or barge before we have a full training and induction program to get you up to speed on how to safely operate your boat and the canal systems such as locks and swing bridges. So that you will be totally confident when you set off that your fully in the know on what to expect. We even take you through the first lock that you encounter on your journey.
Even then we are on hand should you require any assistance at all from us during your stay, either in person or over the phone.
To prepare in advance and get familiar with what yo expect, we recommend watching the boaters handbook video.
We will also have video walk throughs of each boat in the fleet as well so that you can see the space and facilities on offer. You can see these by visiting the page with the description of your boat on it above under “our boats” in the menu or click here.
Arrange your own boating adventure!
If you have any quesitons then get in touch with us. Or if your are ready to dive into your very own boating story and make new memories with friends and family then why delay! Book today...
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Opening Hours
Summer (April - October):
6 days a week (closed Wednesdays)
9am - 5pm
Winter (November - March)
5 days a week (closed weekends)
9am - 5pm
Address
Floating Holidays
Middlewich Wharf
Canal Terrace
Middlewich
CW10 9BD