Aylesbury & return
A good route for the first timer. Through delightful countryside, taking in the Great Ouse Aqueduct at Cosgrove, Milton Keynes. Then arriving at Aylesbury, with the attractive old town centre just a short walk from the canal basin.
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Banbury & Return
Your route will lead you through glorious disputed territory before meandering lazily along one of engineer James Brindley’s renowned contour-hugging canals. A journey of trade and heritage, accompanied by the rhythms of music and nursery rhymes.
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Coventry or Snarestone & return
With only 17 locks each way between Gayton and Coventry, this is one of the easiest one-week routes. The remote and rural Ashby Canal for Snarestone offers 23 miles of lock free cruising after Marston.
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Leicester or East Midlands Ring
A varied route taking in parts of the Grand Union Main Line & Leicester Line, the Oxford Canal, the River Soar, a short section of the River Trent, part of the Trent & Mersey Canal, and the Coventry Canal. This route includes five tunnels, several aqueducts, and 113 locks - can be done in 14 nights.
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Market Harborough & return
Market Harborough and return is a tranquil rural route through rolling Northamptonshire countryside. It is a 7 day cruise and has 48 locks. It is popular with those seeking something different – there are at least 4 moveable bridges, 20 small aqueducts/underbridges and 4 tunnels including Crick Tunnel and Husband’s Bosworth Tunnel.
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Oxford & Return
Your route will lead you through the disputed territory of two rival canals, the Grand Union and the Oxford, and will meander lazily along a contour-hugging canal. You’ll hear of rivalries and wars, nursery rhymes, brickwork and heritage boats, ending in a world-famous city of learning.
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The Grand Ring
Take in the delights of the southern waterways including Oxford, Banbury, Leighton Buzzard, but then follow a similar route to Limehouse and return for another aspect.
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The Warwickshire Ring
A route mixing rural and urban which takes in parts of the Grand Union Main Line, the Oxford Canal, the Coventry Canal, the Birmingham & Fazeley Canal and the Stratford Canal. This route from Gayton includes six tunnels, several aqueducts, and 145 locks - can be done in 14 nights.
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Warwick & return
A very popular week cruise with Warwick Castle en route
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Braunston or Napton & return
This is a peaceful journey of junctions and battles between two rival canals, the Oxford and the Grand Union. A relaxing cruise through open countryside dosed with occasional lock flights and the great engineering drama of a collision between canal, railway and road.
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Crick & Return
Crick and back, along the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section). This route also includes the fabulous Foxton Locks, featuring 10 locks in a row.
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Great Linford or Fenny Stratford & return
A journey of world-renowned engineering and mathematics, this route leads from idyllic thatched villages to a booming city. An opportunity to explore the heritage of the canals and ironically the story of our modern world.
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Welford & Return
Welford has plenty of overnight mooring places, with a reservoir and a village to explore.
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