All Boatyards

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Boatyards along the canals that repair, service and fit out narrowboats: engines and gearboxes, welding and steelwork, electrics, gas and plumbing, and full or partial fit-outs. Many also offer blacking, moorings or a chandlery, which have their own listings where they’re a major part of the business.

Services vary a lot from yard to yard, so check the listing and contact the yard before you travel.

Boat Hire
Gayton Marina
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Gayton Marina

Gayton Marina is run by ABC Leisure Group on the Northampton Arm of the Grand Union Canal, about a quarter of a mile from Gayton Junction by Milton Road Bridge 2, near Milton Malsor in Northamptonshire. It offers year-round moorings for boats up to 70ft, narrowboat holiday hire for 2 to 12 people, and day boat hire. The boatyard handles engine and gearbox servicing, hull blacking, topside repainting, electrical, gas, stove and diesel heater installations, water systems, carpentry and Boat Safety Scheme work. On site there’s also a chandlery, diesel, gas, coal and logs, pump-out, a water point, showers for moorers, free parking, boat sales and a five-pitch Caravan Club CL site.
Boatyards
Willowbridge Marina
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Willowbridge Marina

Working boatyard and marina at Wolverton on the Grand Union Canal, operating on this site for 60+ years: boat lifting, crane hire, welding, blacking, chandlery, fuel, pump-out, toilets/showers/laundry.
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Baxter's Boatyard
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Baxter’s Boatyard

Working boatyard next to Kingfisher Marina: dry dock, welding/fabrication, carpentry, repaints, blacking, engine work, BSS, chandlery, gas/coal/diesel and pump-out.
Boatyards
Tooley’s Boatyard Chandlery
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Tooley’s Boatyard Chandlery

Tooley’s Boatyard sits on the Oxford Canal in the centre of Banbury and is one of the oldest working dry docks on the inland waterways, in continuous use since 1778. Its covered, heated dry dock takes boats up to 86ft, and the yard offers blacking, anodes, engine work, repainting and surveys, with a chandlery on site. Phone for prices and availability.