A "Ring" is frequently a more attractive proposition for artificial water-way boat hirers than the route that brings you back at the same time the same waterway. However, to largely enjoy the canal cruising experience of the Four Counties Ring or Cheshire Ring, please grant yourself more time and remember that steady narrowboats, unlike in cars, you cannot absolutely accelerate to make up time whether or not you fall behind schedule. We on that account recommend a two week canal confine boat holiday from Crest Narrowboats Festival Park Marina hire base to travel through observingly the Four Counties Ring or Cheshire Ring.
FOUR COUNTIES RING CANAL BOAT HOLIDAY
The Four Counties Ring course takes you through some of the greatest in quantity attractive and varied scenery in England and is the ut~ popular canal cruising ring on the tube system. Starting your canal boat holiday from our Festival Park Marina exact boat hire base, which is ideally situated, you can either travel North or South in successi~ your canal narrow boat. If you elect the Northern route you will acquire the advantage of being able to forbear any possible queues of narrow boats at the Harecastle Tunnel which could hold you up on your go journey . The canal route takes you through the Cheshire Locks to Middlewich where your narrow boat will join the Middlewich Branch of the Shropshire Union Canal that links up with the main line of the Shropshire Union Canal at Barbridge Junction. Turning left in your tube boat at the Junction you testament then travel along the Shropshire Union Canal through Nantwich, Audlem, Market Drayton, Norbury Junction, Gnosall and Wheaton Aston in front of turning left on to the Staffs & Worcester Canal at Autherley Junction. The Canal on that account winds its way up to Great Haywood at which place it joins the Trent & Mersey Canal at Haywood Junction. The final leg of your canal boat holiday takes you back to Festival Park Marina exceeding through Stone and Barlaston on the habit. Full descriptions of the above canals and way advice for you canal narrow boat holiday can be found our elsewhere put ~ our website.
THE CHESHIRE RING
Starting from our Festival Park Marina close boat hire base you will category North in your narrow boat towards the Harecastle Tunnel and concisely after, at Hardings Junction, you behest turn left on to the Macclesfield Canal. This pipe will take you and your near boat to Marple Junction where it joins the Peak Forest Canal descending Marple Locks and eventually arriving at Portland Basin. It is hither you will turn left and join the Ashton Canal adhering its journey into central Manchester and with good canal boat moorings available at Castlefield. On your usage to Castlefield your narrow boat be disposed pass through the flight of 9 Rochdale Locks what one. are double locks and quite ponderous to operate. After you have worn out some time exploring Manchester your tube boat holiday continues along The Bridgewater Canal and,for passing through Preston Brook Tunnel, you determine be reunited with the Trent & Mersey Canal which will carry you along for the rest of your tube boat holiday passing the famous Anderton Boat Lift in Northwich in the sight of your final ascent up the Cheshire Locks to the Harecastle Tunnel and Crest Narrowboats' Festival Park Marina hire base in Stoke-adhering-Trent.
You can view more duct routes on Crest Narrowboats website in the present life.
