Cruises
Bywater Hotelboat Cruise Schedule 2018
Choosing your hotelboat cruise
There is so much to see and so many possible routes on the inland waterways, it is understandably difficult to decide which particular hotelboat cruise you think you would enjoy the most. In this booklet we try and outline the character of each route, its highlights and points of interest. It is impossible to cover everything, but we hope that, combined with your own personal choice criteria (time of year, heritage, towns and cities etc) you will be able to pick the one for you. If you have any queries regarding any aspect of the hotelboat holidays, please do not hesitate to call, and we shall try and advise in anyway we can.
FULL HOTELBOAT CHARTER
Kerala and Karnataka are available for charter, offering full and exclusive use of the boats, services of the crew and full-board catering. With the advantage of a sizeable reduction in price, this represents excellent value.
As well as the scheduled cruises given in this booklet, we can provide tailor made itineraries at either end of the season to suit your individual needs or preferences. Please contact us on 07380 941042 or email to discuss.
SINGLE SUPPLEMENTS
Single occupancy of the twin/double cabin carries a supplement of 50%. There is no single supplement for a single guest in a single cabin.
PREVIOUS CUSTOMERS
A ‘Previous Customer’ discount of 10% applies to all who have taken a Bywater Hotelboat Cruise previously. Any discounts shall be accounted for in the balance payment and noted in the confirmation letter.
ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE TO YOUR HOTELBOAT CRUISE
When planning our schedule we endeavour to include locations which have good travel connections, although this is not possible on some canals. We also avoid weekend arrivals in locations where we feel there may be disturbance from town centres on first or last evenings. This helps our guests to avoid engineering works on rail lines. and to enable them to take advantage of cheaper weekday travel on public transport.. For those arriving by car, we make every effort to arrange secure car parking facilities at most of our locations. We hope that your travel to and from your hotelboat cruise will be easy and convenient. Should you require any assistance in planning your travel, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
2018 Cruises
Click to download our 2018 Route Schedule as a PDF
| Cruise | From | To | Highlights | Nights | Start Date | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banbury | Oxford | FULL! Somerton Deep Lock, The Heyfords, The River Cherwell, Thrupp Turn, Oxford City | 5 | Wed 18th April | £625 |
| 2 | Oxford | Warwick | Oxford city, Thrupp Turn, Cherwell valley, Somerton Deep Lock, Cropredy, The Summit, Napton Locks, Warwick | 8 | Tue 24th April | £920 |
| 3 | Warwick | Tring | Warwick, Stockton Brook, Braunston, Blisworth Tunnel, Stoke Bruerne, Marsworth. | 9 | Thu 3rd May | £1010 |
| 4 | Tring | Little Venice | FULL! Bulls Bridge, Little Venice, Regents Park and Zoo, The Bow Loop & Olympic Stadium, Limehouse Basin, Paddington Arm | 8 | Mon 14th May | £920 |
| 5 | Little Venice | Tring | The Paddington Arm, Little Venice, Regents Park & Zoo, Limehouse Basin, The Bow Loop and Olympic Stadium, | 8 | Thu 24th May | £920 |
| 6 | Tring | Market Harborough | Marsworth, Stoke Bruerne, Blisworth Tunnel, Watford Locks, Crick Tunnel, The Leicester Branch summit, Foxton Locks | 7 | Sat 2nd June | £820 |
| 7 | Market Harborough | Coventry | FULL! Foxton Staircase Locks, The summit, crick Tunnel, Watford Locks, Braunston Tunnel, Hilmorton paired locks, Hawkesbury Junction, Coventry Arm, | 7 | Mon 11th June | £820 |
| 8 | Coventry | Stoke | Coventry Arm, Hawkesbury Junction, Atherstone Locks, Fradley Junction, Great Haywood, Stone, Meaford Flight | 9 | Tue 19th June | £1010 |
| 9 | Stoke | Stoke | Etruria, The caldon Canal, Leek Branch, Cheddleton Flint Mill, Churnet Valley, Consall Forge, Froghall Tunnel and Wharf, | 7 | Thu 28th June | £820 |
| 10 | Stoke | Northwich | Harecastle Tunnel, The Cheshire Paired Locks, The Flashes, The Anderton Boat Lift, The Length of the River Weaver, | 8 | Fri 6th July | £920 |
| 11 | Northwich | Stoke | 8 | Mon 16th July | £920 | |
| 12 | Stoke | Market Drayton | 8 | Wed 25th July | £920 | |
| 13 | Market Drayton | Chester | 8 | Fri 3rd August | £920 | |
| 14 | Chester | Llangollen | FULL! Chester city and walls, Beeston, Bunbury Staircase Locks, Hurleston Junction, Grindley brook Staircase locks, Ellesmere, Chirk tunnel & Aqueduct, the Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Llangollen. | 8 | Mon 13th August | £920 |
| 15 | Llangollen | Nantwich | FULL! Llangollen, The Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Chirk Tunnel & Aqueduct, Frankton Locks, Ellesmere, Grindley Brook Staircase Locks, Wrenbury, Hurleston Locks. Nantwich | 8 | Wed 22nd August | £920 |
| 16 | Nantwich | Warwick | Nantwich, Audlem, Norbury Junction, Wolverhampton 21 locks, Black Country Museum, The Old main Line, Gas Street Basin, Kingswood Junction, Hatton Locks, Warwick | 9 | Sat 1st September | £1010 |
| 17 | Warwick | Warwick | FULL! Saltisford Arm, Stockton Flight, Braunston, Hollmorton Locks, Newbold Tunnel, Atherstone Locks, Knowle, Hatton locks | 10 | Fri 14th September | £1100 |
| 18 | Warwick | Stratford | Warwick, Hatton Locks, Kingswood Junction, Lapworth Locks Forest of Arden, Wooten Wawen, Wilmcote, Stratford on Avon | 6 | Tue 25th September | £725 |
| 19 | Stratford | Banbury | Stratford on Avon, Wilmcote, Wooten Wawen, Forest of Arden, Kingswood Junction, Hatton Locks, Stockton Brook, Napton, The South Oxford Canal summit, Cropredy, | 9 | Tue 2nd October | £1010 |