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Day boat and holiday narrowboat hire based at Devizes Wharf, right at the top of the famous Caen Hill Locks flight. Day boats run March to October on a lock-free stretch to All Cannings, with holiday narrowboats also available for longer breaks.

Self-drive holiday narrowboat hire on the Kennet & Avon Canal near Devizes, trading since 1997. Choose from three classes of boat sleeping 2 to 9 people, with weekend, midweek, week and longer breaks available from a base at Lower Foxhangers Farm, close to the foot of the Caen Hill Locks flight.

Braunston is one of the great meeting points of the English canal network, where the Grand Union Canal’s main line joins the Oxford Canal. This stretch is known as the Braunston Summit, and it feeds the lock flights at both Braunston and Long Buckby, drawing water from Drayton and Daventry reservoirs. The village sits a couple of minutes’ walk up the hill from the junction and has a pub and cafe, while down on the water there’s a volunteer-staffed information point at the historic Stop House, plus Braunston Marina nearby offering moorings and boatyard services. The towpath is open every day, and it’s a popular spot for boaters to pause, whichever direction they’re heading.

Napton Marina is an off-line marina on the South Oxford Canal, just south of Napton Junction (Wigram’s Turn), where the Grand Union from Warwick joins. It’s on Tomlow Road, north of Napton on the Hill in Warwickshire. The marina is home to Napton Narrowboats, which runs a hire fleet and offers private moorings.