Cheshire Canal Holidays - Shropshire Union

 


Website:http://www.cheshirecatnarrowboats.co.uk/
Email: nbjosephinecollier@yahoo.co.uk

Address:
Cheshire Cat Narrowboat Holidays,
 PO Box 259,
Nantwich,
Cheshire CW5 9BD

Telephone: 07867 790195

Base Canal / River: Shropshire Union

Base Marina: Overwater Marina, Newhall

Types of Boats Offered: 2 to 10 berth Cruiser Stern

Comments:

Typical prices for a 6 berth weekly booking £880 (March) to £1260 (Aug) includes fuel pets and car parking

Recommended Routes:

Chester & return : Histotic City with roots back to Roman times

One week - relaxed / 23 hours 32 locks - Continue to Ellesmere Port and Boat Museum add 7 cruising hours.

Places of interest:

  • Nantwich – historic market town, fine church, shopping, banks, pubs and restaurants.

  • Bunbury staircase locks (wide 2-lock staircase)

  • Beeston Castle – English Heritage property, well worth the climb on a clear day. Admission charge.

  • Historic City of Chester (easily accessed by bus from Christleton, or by boat into Tower Wharf basin).

  • Chester City centre shopping and The Rows, Cathedral, city walls, Chester racecourse Chester staircase locks (3-lock wide staircase)

  • Chester Zoo

  • Cheshire Oaks Designer Outlet Village (Ellesmere Port)

  • Blue Planet Aquarium (Ellesmere Port)

  • Ellesmere Port Boat Museum



Anderton and return

25 hours 32 locks One week – relaxed/moderately active - To continue to Preston Brook and return, add 6 cruising hours, 2 locks. Cruising on the River Weaver (Not recommended for beginners.) add at least 10 hours, depending on time spent on river. (Please advise us before setting out, as additional boat equipment is required.)

Places of interest:

  • Nantwich – historic market town, fine church, shopping, banks, pubs and restaurants.

  • Middlewich – salt town since Roman times, shops, library, pubs

  • Billinge Green Flash – shallow lake remaining after salt extraction (not navigable) good spot for wildlife/bird watching

  • Lion Salt Works (under restoration)

  • Marbury Country Park – pleasant walks in nature reserve

  • Barnton tunnel, Saltersford Tunnel, Preston Brook Tunnel (All three tunnels are crooked, with limited visibility, Saltersford and Preston Brook operate a timed one-way system)

  • Anderton Boat Lift – historic boat lift linking the Trent and Mersey Canal to the River Weaver.

Four Counties

Cheshire Ring

Stourport Basin and Ring