Canal Boating

You don’t have to be a natural on water to enjoy the Oxford canal during your holidays - there is narrowboat hire with tuition available so you can visit North Oxfordshire as an amateur and go home a skipper!

There is something incredibly romantic about a narrowboat holiday in the UK spent bobbing up and down the canal, hopping off wherever takes your fancy and admiring the scenery – and the Cherwell valley is definitely a worthy backdrop for some unadulterated sightseeing. Lower Heyford Tooley's Boatyard

However, if you’d rather have a real life skipper on board while you enjoy the wonderful Oxford canal, there are now skippered boat trips and corporate charter on hand. So, for just a day trip or the duration of your stay, narrowboat holidays are an excellent alternative. Check out the accommodation page for more on staying on a narrowboat on your trip. Heyford Wharf is only twenty minutes away from Banbury while Tooley's Boatyard offers an insight of the history of canal boating at the oldest working dry lock in Britain.