Self-drive narrowboats, Warwickshire
A few miles. A whole week away.
Boats with proper beds, routes planned in locks and lunches, and an hour on the tiller with us before you cast off.
- miles an hour
- 4
- locks a week
- 21
- experience needed
- 0
Sample firm. Your boats, routes and rates replace every line.
A short break, lock by lock
Four days, fifteen locks.
Each line is a day on the water: where you start and stop, the miles, every lock as a mark, and how long at the tiller.
- 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
The boats, to length
Four boats. Each one drawn to scale.
A longer boat means more room aboard and a little more to think about at a lock. The dots are beds.
- Kingfisher45 ft · sleeps 2A couple's boat: one fixed double, a deep sofa and a stern deck for two chairsfrom £780 a week
- Heron57 ft · sleeps 4Two cabins either end, so two couples each get a door to closefrom £1,040 a week
- Otter62 ft · sleeps 6A family boat: a double, bunks and a dinette bed, with a gated front deckfrom £1,190 a week
- Willow58 ft · sleeps 4Step-free saloon, a wet room and a side hatch at wheelchair heightfrom £1,090 a week
The first morning
An hour at the tiller before you go.
Every holiday starts with a handover on the water: steering, the engine checks, a lock worked together and where to moor for the first night. Nobody leaves the wharf unsure.
- A lock worked with us before you leave
- Engine and water checks, written down
- A phone that a person answers all week
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