Arlen Hire Boats



Website: http://www.arlen-hireboats.co.uk/

Email:         enquiries@arlen-hireboats.co.uk

Address: Ashton Basin, Tulketh Brow, Preston PR2 2SD


Telephone:   01772 769183

Base Canal / River: Lancaster Canal

Base Marina:  Tulketh Brow , Preston

Types of Boats Offered: Cruiser Stern Narrowboats  2 to 7 berth

Periods of Hire: Short breaks , weeks or 10/11 day holidays

Comments and Reviews:

Prices seem reasonable, fairly standard facilities 42 miles of lock free cruising available,if you are looking for an easy run or no longer trust the crew and fear mutiny.

Provide either solid fuel burner or central heating.

North of Preston the section from Preston to Tewitfield is currently navigable, providing a 42 mile waterway, though north of Tewitfield the remaining canal route is cut in three places by the M6 motorway and the A590
No doubt there are some industrious activists from local canal societies looking for ways to bridge over or tunnel under the  roads to restore the waterway to something of its former glory and restoration work is ongoing where practical, but sadly too much of the original route has been built over to enable a complete reconstruction of the former waterway
 

However the canal was saved from isolation from the rest ofthe UK waterway network in  2002 which saw what had become a detached Nothern section reunited with the rest of the canal system with construction of the Ribble link.
Which was a good way to celebrate the new millenium.


Comments from the Forums:

" Nicely kept boats  ... but then they don't have to go through many locks"

" Beautiful countryside"