Canal Holiday Hire with Chas Hardern Boats

Canal Holiday Hire with Chas. Hardern's Boats

Affordable Canal Holiday Hire on England's canals

For Affordable Canal Holiday Hire on England's canals with the friendly family firm, based beneath Cheshire's castles, who aim to give you a relaxing enjoyable holiday.

Week and Short Breaks available from Ł250 in January and February. New ' Skippered taster days' between November and March.

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Canal holiday hire is for all the family

Canal holiday hire on UK canals is quite unlike any other experience. Both in the variety of the surroundings and in actually having time to look at them, canal holiday hire provides an escape from the rush and monotony of ordinary life.

But there is also a magic at work. Sometimes it is the looking glass magic of familiar scenes viewed from a new angle and in a different light - these are the rural stretches, the fields with the inquisitive sheep and cattle, the swans bringing their dignified selves to accept your bits of bread, the ducks who loudly demand the same, the endless variety of trees and bushes and flowers, of flying and swimming and scuttling wildlife, the nice humpy bridges.

	And the industrial stretches have a curious and potent charm all their own - you often have a feeling of having dropped through time straight back into history. Much of the old workmanship is so good and so enduring, the old warehouses and wharfs and tunnels with their beautifully set bricks are memorials of the strength and assurance of a bygone age. Then there are the huge embankments, the aqueducts, the deep, still cuttings where the trees twist into fantastic shapes as they somehow cling to the rocky sides, and bridges incredibly high and slender soaring up into misty shade. Canal holiday hire opens up a world only seen in dreams, or occasionally glimpsed in a very old engraving!
		Our staff have completed the British Marine Federation Hire Boat Handover Audit so you can be assured that your instruction will be undertaken by fully qualified and experienced personnel. We only send out two boats at a time and so have plenty of time to spend with you. Your instruction will include being accompanied whilst you turn the boat around and go through your first lock.

Skippered instruction days from November 1st to March 1st

If you are hiring a boat for a holiday or would just like a day out to decide if it is for you, we offer comprehensive instruction.
Our experienced engineer has completed the British Marine Federation Hire Boat Handover Audit and can cover all aspects of boating from what to wear/bring to safely negotiating a staircase lock. Courses are tailored to your experience and subject to availability and canal maintenance stoppages.

Please contact us to discuss your requirements and to check availability.

Prices:

Monday to Friday 10.00a.m to 3.00p.m Ł100.00
Saturday and Sunday 10.00 to 4.00p.m Ł150.00

You are welcome to use the boat facilities for making lunch.

A Ł20.00 reduction is available on your holiday should you then choose to book one of our boats. (not available with any other price reduction)