Takara HOTEL Narrowboat

Name: Takara HOTEL Narrowboat
Address: British Canals, Swindon, SN35, GB
Telephone: +447981798272
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Hotel narrow boat cruising the British Canals. Full board 4 to 10 day cruises

28/09/2026

Cruise 18
Warwick Ring
Another rerouted cruise due to low water levels but it didn’t stop us having a great time. We started off on the Grand Union Canal through Royal Leamington Spa up the wide locks to the North Stratford where we saw a swimming squirrel. We travelled as far as possible to the top of the closed locks at Atherstone before we retraced our way back to Warwick. The weather was fantastic, only rain at night.

16/09/2026

Had a guest for tea tonight

14/09/2026

Cruise 17
Aylesbury to Warwick

What a week!

Just when we thought we had our route planned, the water levels threw another challenge our way! We headed up three locks on the Aylesbury Arm, only to discover an unexpected obstacle waiting for us… a tree completely blocking the lock!

Two hours later, Vince had managed to clear the way, with a little help from a passing dog walker, and we were finally on the move again. 💪

We soon joined the Grand Union Canal, heading towards Warwick — but the adventure wasn’t over yet! On day three, we came across not one, but TWO more trees blocking our route.

We were told CRT would come and remove them, so we waited… and waited… 24 hours later, still no show! 🙈

With time ticking and Warwick calling, Vince wasn’t about to give up. With the help of two fellow boaters and Takara, they tackled the trees themselves.

It meant some very long days, plenty of hard work and more than a little determination, but we did it!

We made it to Warwick on time!

28/08/2026

Cruise 15
Little Venice to Windsor
After leaving London we headed down the Paddington Arm to join the Grand Union Canal turning right towards Slough and Cowley.
Going up some locks towards Rickmansworth we were told the canal was blocked with a multiple boat fire. We decided to turn around and keep moving and head to Windsor on the Thames as it was going to take a few days to clear.
We arrived at The Hanwell Flight on 8 locks arriving in Brentford. We joined the River Thames at high tide heading upstream towards Teddington, Hampton Court and moored so the guests could visit. Next came Chertsey and Staines. We arrived at Old Windsor Lock travelling passed the Royal ground around Windsor Castle and going under Eton Bridge. We found a lovely mooring by the Baths Island.
Lots of fun and lovely weather for the changed route.

17/08/2026

Cruise 14
Thrupp to London via the River Thames

Another great start from Thrupp on the Oxford Canal. Took us a days travel to the Thames where we stayed until we arrived in Little Venice at Paddington, London.
We travelled through Abingdon, Wallingford, Goring, Henley, Windsor then on the tidal Thames from Teddington to Brentford before we were back on the Grand Union Canal where we made our way to Little Venice.
We had some lovely night moorings along the way. Lots of sunshine and had great company on board with us.

04/08/2026

Cruise 13
Thrupp to Thrupp via Lechlade

Started this trip at Thrupp on the Oxford Canal and travelled to Dukes Cut where we entered the River Thames. The river was peaceful all the way to Lechlade where we turned and made our way back to Thrupp. Very few of the locks were maned by lock keepers so our guests were kept busy doing the locks. The locks were not wound on this part of the river, they were set by a large wheel on each gate. The countryside was beautiful and the river was very bendy. It kept Vince very busy trying to keep out of the trees.
It was a very happy trip with beautiful weather and great company. A great time was had by all.

29/07/2026

Cruise 12
Warwick to Oxford (Thrupp)
We started this cruise in Warwick on the Grand Union Canal and headed through Royal Leamington Spa before we started the climb to the Oxford Canal. We were lucky to share the wide locks with another boat all the way. Water is certainly an issue for us at the moment. We climbed the narrow locks at Napton on the hill before the 11 miles of countryside cruising to start our descent at Clayton. We cruised through Cropredy and were soon in Banbury where guests had a trip to the museum. Carrying on through Kings Sutton, Aynho, Upper Heyford then our final destination for this trip Thrupp.
We had fabulous weather, beautiful countryside and 3 lovely returning guests ladies onboard with us.

16/07/2026

Another trip off our bucket list. Corinth Canal. Fabulous. We just can’t keep of the waterways. We will back to the uk on our canals for the start on Tuesday in Warwick 😀

08/07/2026

Cruise 11
Droitwich to Warwick

Another great trip starting on the Droitwich Barge canal onto the Worcestershire and Birmingham canal. Up Tardebigge on our second day in a good time for lunch at the top. We then travelled to Birmingham where we stopped the night and then retraced back to Kings Norton Junction, onto the North Stratford down to Lapworth. Then the Grand Union Canal we had our last flight of our trip down Hatton into one of our favourite moorings at Saltisford. We had a great trip with fantastic weather and beautiful scenery.

30/06/2026

Cruise 10
Nantwich to Droitwich
Had a lovely cruise, beautiful countryside and wildlife from the canals and river. Weather very good lots of locks. Great time had by all

Address

British Canals
Swindon
SN35

Telephone

+447981798272

Website

http://www.hotelboat.co.uk/

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