Enjoy a day on the water
Explore the secret waterways of Britain on one of our self-drive Day Boat Hire narrowboats.
With 12 starting locations across the waterway network and boat sizes to accommodate up to 12 people, you and your family or friends can afford to kick back and relax for the day as you enjoy watching Britain’s most stunning countryside drift by.
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Choose Your Day Boat
We have day boat hire for up to 8, 10 and 12 people as well as a wheel chair accessible option.
Choose Your Day Boat
We have day boat hire for up to 8, 10 and 12 people as well as a wheel chair accessible option.
Don’t take our word for it…
Family day cruise
The marina give a great introduction to the boat, and lent us life jackets. We appreciated the fact that the engineer stayed with us for the first couple of minutes and didn’t make us feel anxious. Fantastic day, super friendly staff.
Stuart G, TripAdvisor
Excellent service, clean, tidy boat..
Everyone, from nine months of age to sixty, had a fabulous day. We took a picnic lunch and bought beer at a canalside pub. An excellent family day out.
Trip on Day Dream (Anderton), Review form Feefo
A first class, relaxing day out
The company’s personnel were excellent, being helpful and enthusiastic, and the whole experience was exactly what we were anticipating. The whole experience can be highly recommended.
William Read, TripAdvisor
It was fantastic from start to finish
We hired the day boat ‘Happy Days’ from Kings Orchard Marina in Staffordshire. It was fantastic from start to finish. We have hired from other boat yards and the Kings Orchard staff were by far the friendliest and so welcoming. The boat yard itself was immaculately clean and tidy; as was our boat. We highly recommend the Happy Days boat, it is well equipped and plenty of room. Very comfortable and warm heating. We were offered advice from the staff about where to eat and an ideal route and the kind lady on reception even loaned us an Admiral’s hat to wear on the boat. We look forward to hiring our next boat from ABC. Thanks ABC!
ABC Day Trip on the Canal
First we were met by a very pleasant receptionist who talked us through the manual and life jackets. We then went to the boat and was met by Simon the engineer. He explained everything nice and clearly and made us feel relaxed.
From then on it was us a the boat. What a great feeling to be chugging down the canal watching all the wildlife. We then moored up and had a few drinks and played board games. We then took a nice leisurely trip back to the marina. Missed the turning but Simon came to the rescue. All of us had an amazing time and will definitely be returning.