A dry dock at Langley Mill Boatyard at the top of the Erewash Canal, hired for DIY work or used by the yard for blacking. Takes narrowboats and widebeams.
Uxbridge Boat Centre has a dry dock that takes any boat that fits the canal, plus a crane-out into a shed. You can do the work yourself or pay the yard, and you can stay aboard while in dock.
Wyvern Shipping at Linslade, Leighton Buzzard, offers dry-docking and an all-weather workshop for repaints on the Grand Union Canal.
Braunston Marina at the junction of the Grand Union and Oxford canals lists a dry dock among its boatyard services, by appointment.
A floating dry dock at Frouds Bridge Marina, Aldermaston, on the Kennet & Avon. The standard dock fee covers docking, a hull scrape, pressure and steam cleaning, and wire-wheeling the waterline; blacking and repairs are offered.








