Cruise
1.
Barnoldswick - Shipley (5 nights). April 9th - 14th 36
Miles, 23 Locks.
Canals - Leeds & Liverpool. Station - Colne or Skipton.
Leaving our home base of Barnoldswick on the summit
level of the Leeds and Liverpool canal, we will cruise
eastwards passing through Gargrave and Skipton with time
to explore. We will descend the mighty Bingley 5 rise,
one of the great engineering feats of the Inland
Waterways, before visiting Saltaire, with time to visit
Salts Mill and the other attractions. The cruise ends in
Shipley, having cruised through some beautiful scenery.
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Cruise 2.
Shipley - Adlington. April 14th - 21st 68 Miles, 43
Locks.
Canals - Leeds & Liverpool. Station - Shipley.
This cruise is a reverse of cruise 1, as far as
Barnoldswick, then we will cruise towards the historic
Anchor Inn and through the Foulridge tunnel. This cruise
on the wonderful Leeds and Liverpool canal passes
through beautiful scenery and the fascinating industrial
towns of East Lancashire. The cruise will end at
Adlington.
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Cruise
3.
Adlington - Middlewich April 23rd -30th 64Miles, 29
Locks.
Canals - Leeds & Liverpool, Bridgewater, Trent & Mersey.
Station - Adlington.
The mighty Wigan flight is always challenging, but
rewarding at the same time. We will pass through Worsley
on our way to Lymm. We join the Bridgewater canal at
Preston Brook and cruise to Anderton, we hope that there
will be time to descend the lift and spend a night on
the River Weaver, before returning to the Trent and
Mersey canal to Middlewich where the cruise ends.
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Cruise 4.
Middlewich - Llangollen. April 30th - 7th May 61 Miles,
24 Locks.
Canals - Trent & Mersey, S.U, Llangollen. Station -
Crewe.
Leaving Middlewich we turn in to Wardle lock and the
Middlewich branch. At Hurleston we will cruise the
lovely Llangollen canal. We will moor overnight at some
of our favourite spots including Wrenbury and Ellesmere.
There is always so much to see and explore on this
route. At Chirk the aqueduct is a foretaste of the
fabulous Pontcysllte Aqueduct, the cruise ends in
Llangollen.
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Cruise 5.
Trevor - Nantwich. May 10th - 17th. 65 Miles, 37 Locks.
Canals - Llangollen, Montgomery, S.U Station- Ruabon.
Starting in Trevor, this cruise is a reverse of cruise
4, however there should also be time for a short
exploration of the restored Montgomery canal. At
Hurleston Junction we turn right and cruise into
Nantwich.
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6.
Nantwich - Cheddleton . May 17th - 24th 59 Miles, 57
Locks.
Canals - S.U. Trent & Mersey, Caldon Station - Leek.
Leaving Nantwich we will return along the branch to
Middlewich, to cruise the Trent and Mersey canal,
ascending the 26 locks of Heartbreak Hill to Kidsgrove.
We will cruise through Harecastle tunnel, before turning
at Etruria where we will join the beautiful Caldon
canal, we will cruise to Leek and also the river section
to Froghall. The cruise will end in Cheddleton.
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Cruise 7.
Cheddleton - Rugeley. May 26th - June 2nd 54 Miles, 42
Locks.
Canals - Caldon, Trent & Mersey Station - Rugeley.
We will retrace our route to Etruria where there should
be time to visit the museum . We then carry on down the
Trent and Mersey canal through Stone and Great Haywood
to end this cruise at Rugeley.
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Cruise 8.
Rugeley - Warwick. June 2nd. - 9th 84 Miles, 44 Locks.
Canals - Trent & Mersey, Coventry, North Oxford, Grand
Union. Station - Warwick.
Leaving Rugeley, we will join the Coventry canal at
Fradley Junction. We will cruise towards Atherstone and
the lovely flight of locks before reaching Hawkesbury
Junction. We will pass under the majestic bridge there
and cruise the North Oxford canal to Rugby, at Braunston
we will join the Grand Union cruising through Leamington
Spa before arriving in Warwick where this cruise ends.
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Cruise 9.
Long Itchington - Peterborough. June 11th - 18th. 75
Miles, 77 Locks.
Canals - Grand Union, Nene Station - Leamington Spa.
This cruise starts in Long Itchington, we will retrace
our steps to Braunston turn, and ascend Braunston locks,
to pass through Braunston tunnel. At Gayton Junction we
will turn, descending the locks to Northampton. There we
will join the river Nene with it‘s many guillotine locks
and cruise through several interesting places including,
Cogenhoe, Thrapston and Fotheringhay before reaching
Peterborough where the cruise ends.
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Cruise
10.
Peterborough - Long Itchington. June 18th. - 25th 75
Miles, 77 Locks.
Canals - Nene, Grand Union. Station - Peterborough.
A Reverse of Cruise 9.
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Cruise 11.
Warwick - Birmingham. June 28th - July 5th 67 Miles, 62
Locks.
Canals - Grand Union, BCN. Station - Warwick.
Ascending the magnificent Hatton locks from Warwick, we
will cruise into Birmingham. We will spend a few days
exploring the BCN, including the Wyrley and Essington to
Anglesey Basin and Dudley for the museum and Tunnel. The
cruise ends in the centre of Birmingham.
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Cruise 12.
Birmingham - Rugby. July 5th - 12th 61 Miles, 53 Locks.
Canals - BCN, Birmingham & Fazeley, Coventry, North
Oxford Station - Birmingham.
We will use the “bottom road” to leave Birmingham,
cruising the Birmingham and Fazeley canal to Fazeley
Junction, there we will revisit the Coventry canal, this
time there will be time to moor in Coventry Basin, a
wonderful opportunity to visit the city and it’s
cathedral. We will return to Hawkesbury Junction “Sutton
Stop”, and turn onto the North Oxford canal, the cruise
will end in Rugby.
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