Routes
Planned in locks, not miles.
Four miles an hour is the limit, and a lock takes about fifteen minutes. So we plan days you can finish by four.
The full week
To Banbury and back.
Thirty-five locks over seven days, with a day moored in town.
- Day 1Lock 7 Wharf → Napton5 miles3 locksabout 3 hours
- Day 2Napton → Fenny Compton8 miles9 locksabout 4½ hours
- Day 3Fenny Compton → Cropredy7 miles4 locksabout 4 hours
- Day 4Cropredy → Banbury4 miles3 locksabout 2½ hours
- Day 5Banbury, a day off the tiller0 miles0 locksmoored in town
- Day 6Banbury → Fenny Compton11 miles7 locksabout 5½ hours
- Day 7Fenny Compton → Lock 7 Wharf13 miles9 locksabout 6 hours
The short break
The Stockton flight and home.
- Day 1Lock 7 Wharf → Napton Junction5 miles3 locksabout 3 hours
- Day 2Napton → Braunston7 miles0 locksabout 3½ hours
- Day 3Braunston → the Stockton flight6 miles10 locksabout 4 hours
- Day 4Stockton → Lock 7 Wharf4 miles2 locksabout 2 hours
Good to know
Before you choose a route.
Locks
Two of you work a lock while one steers. We teach both on the first morning.
Mooring
Moor anywhere on the towpath side for up to two days; we mark the pubs with their own moorings.
Water
Fill the tank every other day at the taps we mark on the route card.
Weather
High wind and flood days are called by us; we move your route, never your money.
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