Narrowboat hire - the Oxford Canal The Oxford Canal is one of the most beautiful and popular canals to take a hire boat holiday.

Narrowboat oxford. From here you can explore the local area plus travel further afield to other regions such as Berkshire and Richmond-Upon-Thames. 102 Miles 78 Locks 1 Week Cruise 8 hours per day. Oxford Products Ltd OXFORD - a global leader in motorcycle and bicycle products.

Narrowboat day hire on the stunning Kennet and Avon Canal near Bath Wiltshire and the idyllic Oxford Canal in the Cotswold Borders near Oxford. The Oxford Canal is a 78 mile long 126 km narrow canal in central England built between 1769 and 1790 linking Oxford on the River Thames with Coventry via Banbury and Rugby. Hire a narrowboat in Oxford for a great choice of canal holiday routes.

Novices young children dogs welcome. Make yourself at home aboard one of our fleet of comfortable canal boats then plot a leisurely course through the English countryside enjoying the pretty towns villages and country pubs along the way. The journey begins at the popular Napton narrowboat hire base located at the.

It connects the River Thames at Oxford to the Grand Union Canal at the villages of Braunston and Napton-on-the-Hill. Perfect introduction to canal boating. The longest narrow boat can sleep up to 12 people comfortably.

From Twyford Wharf you can either cruise north towards Braunston Stoke-Bruene to Warwick with stunning scenery of the windmill at Napton or south to the city of Oxford and onto the River Thames. Book a fully inclusive narrowboat holiday with College Cruisers on the South Oxford Canal. Big thumbs up to Michael Pearson Pearsons Guides and staff at Black Prince.

Pearsons Guide helped enormously with the route and more importantly picking out pubs and Restaurants to visit. A canal boat less than 7 ft 21 metres wide with a maximum length of 70 ft 213 metres and steered with a tiller rather than a wheel. Operating the boat tiller the locks etc.