Chas Harden --- Shropshire Union



Website: http://www.chashardern.co.uk/
Email:        chasboats@aol.com
Address:

CHAS. HARDERN BOATS BEESTON CASTLE WHARF BEESTON TARPORLEY CHESHIRE. CW6 9NH

Telephone:  01829 732595

Base Canal / River:  Shropshire Union

Base Marina: CASTLE WHARF BEESTON

Types of Boats Offered: Semi Trads and Cruiser Stern Narrowboats

Periods of Hire: Short breaks ,weekly

Comments and Reviews:
Family business grown from scratch see article at:

http://www.chashardern.co.uk/images/ChasHardern%20article%20Canals%20&%20Rivers%20March%202010.pdf

Typical prices £800 (March) to £1395 ( Aug) prices do not include fuel.


Recommended routes:

Llangollen
● Wrenbury Village & church (6hrs)
● Whitchurch (10 mins walk) (10hrs)
● Ellesmere small town & lakes (15hrs)
● Chirk village and golf course (19hrs)
● Llangollen attractions too many to list (23hrs)

Shropshire Union
● Nantwich medieval ‘salt’ town (3½hrs)
● Hack Green ‘Secret’ Bunker (5 hrs) www.hackgreen.co.uk
● Audlem pretty village (6½hrs) www.audlem.org
● Market Drayton small town & home of Gingerbread (11 hrs)
● Norbury Junction canal workshops and branch to former Shrewsbury Canal (17 hrs)
● Gnosall useful shops and pubs (18 hrs)
● Wheaton Aston useful village (20 hrs)
● Brewood pretty village with good shops (21 hrs)

Bridgewater and River Weaver
Middlewich useful town (7hrs)
● Anderton Lift (11 hrs)
● Preston Brook Bridgewater Ca. (13 hrs)
● Lymm pretty town (16 hrs)
● Dunham Massey Hall (N.Trust) (17½hrs)

Four Counties Ring

Cruising times from Beeston:
Audlem (6½ hrs)
Market Drayton (11 hrs)
Norbury Junction (15½ hrs)
Autherley Junction (21 hrs)
Penkridge (25½ hrs)
Great Haywood Junction (30 hrs)
Stone (34½ hrs)
Etruria (Stoke on Trent) (39½ hrs)
Kidsgrove (42 hrs)
Middlewich (51 hrs)
Barbridge (55 hrs)
Beeston (57½ hrs)

Cheshire Ring

Cruising times from Beeston:
● Middlewich (7 hrs)
● Kidsgrove (16½ hrs)
● Macclesfield (24 hrs)
● Marple (27½ hrs)
● Marple to Whaley Bridge & return +(5 hrs)
● Dukinfield (33 hrs)
● Manchester Castlefields (40 hrs)
● Preston Brook (48 hrs)
● Middlewich (54½ hrs)
● Return Beeston (61½ hrs)

Comments from the Forums:
Some favourable comments on the Canal Forums, seem well liked


Comments welcome to Ron@devmerriman.co.uk