Canal Boating For The Disabled
A UK Canal Boating Article
Category : General
We do not currently have any Canalboat companies who have specially adapted boats for those with reduced mobility or in a wheelchair, however, there are a number of organisations who provide this service.
This list is not exhaustive and may not be up to date, but they offer boat trips:
Robert Munday operating 'Litania', 07450 423975. Offers trips for families and groups with additional needs. Also offers boat handling and canal skills training on the Kennet & Avon Canal
CanalAbility on the River Stort
Lee & Stort Boat Company
The Lyneal Trust on the Llangollen Canal
Peter Le Marchant Trust on the River Soar
Wirral Community Narrowboat
Vale of Llangollen Canal Boat Trust
Heulwen Trust on the Montgomery Canal
New Horizons on the Peak Forest Canal
Hargreaves Narrowboat Trust on the Coventry, Ashby and Oxford canals
Docklands Canal Boat Trust in London
Willow Trust on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal
Skipton & Craven Action for Disability on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal
Baldwin Trust on the River Soar
Mary Sunley Narrowboat Trust on the Macclesfield Canal
Ethel Trust Community Barge on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigations
Nottingham Narrow Boat Project
Earnest Thomas narrowboat offer trips from Wolverhampton
Truman Enterprise Narrowboat Trust offer trips on the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal
Wildside Activity Centre offer trip on the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal
Chesterfield Canal Trust have trip boats in four locations on the Chesterfield Canal
Somerset Boat Centre run accessible boats on the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal
These companies offer skippered or self drive boats:
www.brucewaketrust.co.uk has one wide-beam and one narrowboat based at Upton on Severn on the River Severn
www.bruce.katrust.org.uk is the contact for The Bruce Trust's (no connection with the Bruce Wake Trust above) four wide-beam boats at Great Bedwyn, near Marlborough on the Kennet & Avon Canal
www.canalability.org.uk has wide-beam boats at Harlow on the Lee & Stort navigations with access to the Regents Canal, Paddington Arm and Grand Union Canal
www.peterlemarchanttrust.co.uk has one narrowboat for hire on the River Soar at Loughborough
www.lyneal-trust.org.uk has one narrowboat based at Lyneal, near Ellesmere, on the Llangollen Canal with access to the Montgomery and Shropshire Union canals
www.canalbreaks.com at the Willow Wren yard at Hillmorton, near Rugby has one adapted narrowboat for hire
www.swintonlock.org/boat-hire-and-training has an accessible boat for hire on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation
https://wirralnarrowboats.com/ have boats for hire on the Llangollen, Shropshire Union and Trent & Mersey canals
https://meganandtinks.org.uk/ offer hire on the River Trent from Nottingham
Canal Breaks offer an accessible boat for holiday hire on the north Oxford Canal
For complete information and clickable links please go to the Canals & Rivers Trust website
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/boating/boat-trips-and-holidays/accessible-boating
This list is not exhaustive and may not be up to date, but they offer boat trips:
Robert Munday operating 'Litania', 07450 423975. Offers trips for families and groups with additional needs. Also offers boat handling and canal skills training on the Kennet & Avon Canal
CanalAbility on the River Stort
Lee & Stort Boat Company
The Lyneal Trust on the Llangollen Canal
Peter Le Marchant Trust on the River Soar
Wirral Community Narrowboat
Vale of Llangollen Canal Boat Trust
Heulwen Trust on the Montgomery Canal
New Horizons on the Peak Forest Canal
Hargreaves Narrowboat Trust on the Coventry, Ashby and Oxford canals
Docklands Canal Boat Trust in London
Willow Trust on the Gloucester & Sharpness Canal
Skipton & Craven Action for Disability on the Leeds & Liverpool Canal
Baldwin Trust on the River Soar
Mary Sunley Narrowboat Trust on the Macclesfield Canal
Ethel Trust Community Barge on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigations
Nottingham Narrow Boat Project
Earnest Thomas narrowboat offer trips from Wolverhampton
Truman Enterprise Narrowboat Trust offer trips on the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal
Wildside Activity Centre offer trip on the Staffordshire & Worcester Canal
Chesterfield Canal Trust have trip boats in four locations on the Chesterfield Canal
Somerset Boat Centre run accessible boats on the Bridgwater & Taunton Canal
These companies offer skippered or self drive boats:
www.brucewaketrust.co.uk has one wide-beam and one narrowboat based at Upton on Severn on the River Severn
www.bruce.katrust.org.uk is the contact for The Bruce Trust's (no connection with the Bruce Wake Trust above) four wide-beam boats at Great Bedwyn, near Marlborough on the Kennet & Avon Canal
www.canalability.org.uk has wide-beam boats at Harlow on the Lee & Stort navigations with access to the Regents Canal, Paddington Arm and Grand Union Canal
www.peterlemarchanttrust.co.uk has one narrowboat for hire on the River Soar at Loughborough
www.lyneal-trust.org.uk has one narrowboat based at Lyneal, near Ellesmere, on the Llangollen Canal with access to the Montgomery and Shropshire Union canals
www.canalbreaks.com at the Willow Wren yard at Hillmorton, near Rugby has one adapted narrowboat for hire
www.swintonlock.org/boat-hire-and-training has an accessible boat for hire on the Sheffield & South Yorkshire Navigation
https://wirralnarrowboats.com/ have boats for hire on the Llangollen, Shropshire Union and Trent & Mersey canals
https://meganandtinks.org.uk/ offer hire on the River Trent from Nottingham
Canal Breaks offer an accessible boat for holiday hire on the north Oxford Canal
For complete information and clickable links please go to the Canals & Rivers Trust website
https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/boating/boat-trips-and-holidays/accessible-boating
