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Crabtree Narrowboat Hire

44 Reviews

#2 of 9 Outdoor Activities in Preston

Outdoor Activities, Equipment Hire

Garstang Road | Barton Grange Marina, Preston PR3 0BT, England

Open today: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM

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“Fantastic holiday”

My family and I had a fantastic week on Mulberry at the beginning of July. Robert was so helpful... read more

Reviewed yesterday

Fiona M

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

via mobile

“Fantastic Week”

What a fantastic week we all enjoyed on Linden, superbly equipped boat, with a full welcome... read more

Reviewed 4 June 2018

ghtickle

Upholland, United Kingdom

via mobile

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“lancaster canal”(25 reviews)

“narrow boat”(5 reviews)

“duck food”(4 reviews)

About

Crabtree Narrowboat Hire is a family run narrowboat hire company based on the idyllic, lock free Lancaster Canal. We operate 3 luxury boats from our base at Barton Grange Marina - our narrowboats have been awarded 5 stars by Enjoy England - the...more

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Garstang Road | Barton Grange Marina, Preston PR3 0BT, England

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Fiona M

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Reviewed yesterday via mobile

Fantastic holiday

My family and I had a fantastic week on Mulberry at the beginning of July. Robert was so helpful and informative and the boat was really well equipped. We had amazing weather for the whole week and it was such a relaxing holiday. Lancaster canal...More

Thank Fiona M

ghtickle

Upholland, United Kingdom

209

Reviewed 4 June 2018 via mobile

Fantastic Week

What a fantastic week we all enjoyed on Linden, superbly equipped boat, with a full welcome pack,everything you needed or could ask for and the holiday memories book is a lovely touch. Despite media commitments (😁) the owner Robert was extremely helpful and attentive. The...More

Thank ghtickle

David B

Reviewed 21 May 2018

Excellent Relaxing Week

We had a brilliant and really relaxing week on the Lancaster Canal. We hired the narrowboat "Willow", both the boat and the facilities on board were excellent. The boat was very well equipped and had everything you could think of including "the kitchen sink". We...More

Thank David B

George Abbott W

Reviewed 8 May 2018

Problem solving by Crabtree Narrowboats.

We hired Mulberry. Everything fine until I had a fall severely bruising my ribs. My fault, nothing to do with any failure on the part of Crabtree Narrowboats but it incapacitated me for several days. We thought the that our holiday was finished and but...More

1 Thank George Abbott W

LordByronStingley

225

Reviewed 7 April 2018 via mobile

Lovely boat and gorgeous canals

We hired Willow for the Easter weekend and had a wonderful three nights travelling up to Lancaster and back. The Canal just south of Lancaster is truly beautiful and we thoroughly enjoyed the weekend despite some cold weather (including snow!) at times. The great bit...More

Thank LordByronStingley

So glad that you enjoyed your time on Willow and the Lancaster Canal. Thanks very much for the review and look forward to seeing you all again in the near future.

Madge S

Reviewed 1 November 2017

Wonderful & relaxing break

Crabtree boats are the nicest boats you can hire (they are the only boat company that are 5 star!) All the boats are finished to a high standard and they all come equipped with everything you need so you do not need to worry about...More

2 Thank Madge S

Well thanks so much for this lovely review. It is always a pleasure to welcome you back and see you again. I know that you love the Lancaster Canal and the peace and tranquillity that it affords and the ducks and swans are always pleased...More

Alan G

Ipswich, United Kingdom

Reviewed 12 October 2017

Top class narrowboat break

Have just experienced our first Narrowboat holiday hire from Crabtree and can fully recommend the high quality end to end from booking to returning the boat. Welcome and handover from Robert was excellent, all the little extras provided really are a nice touch, the boat...More

Thank Alan G

WOW - You certainly had a great week and got to see most of what the Lancaster Canal has to offer !! It is always a pleasure when you read that our guests had such an enjoyable time and that all the hard work and...More

Joy8891

Liverpool, United Kingdom

4167

Reviewed 24 September 2017

Excellent Canal Narrowboat Hire

I would strongly recommend booking your canal boat hire from Crabtree Narrowboat Hire. You will not be disappointed. I have just returned from a 4 night booking on the boat called Willow and I could not find a fault with anything. From the start of...More

Thank Joy8891

What a wonderful review and thank you so much for it. I know that you both really enjoyed the narrowboat and the Lancaster Canal experience. It was a pleasure to meet you both and I hope that you will come back and enjoy the delights...More

janetThailand

thailand

Reviewed 9 September 2017

5* Experience

We hired the Mulberry for a week in August. From start to finish Robert could not have possibly been more helpful. The narrowboat, Mulberry was absolutely beautiful, very clean with everything you would need for a weeks holiday. The beds were really comfortable and we...More

Thank janetThailand

Thanks for that lovely review and I'm so glad that you enjoyed your stay with us and the beautiful Lancaster Canal. I'm sorry about the problem you had - the boats are living breathing things and unfortunately things sometimes go wrong but I look forward...More

Pat P

Chester

1614

Reviewed 30 August 2017

Kids on a Canal

We went on a family trip on the Lancaster Canal, the children had never been on a canal boat before. The loved every minute of it as did we and their parents. The 6 berth boat was out of action so we had two 4...More

1 Thank Pat P

Thank you for a lovely review and I'm so pleased that not only did you enjoy your narrowboating experience but the children did as well. I'm sorry that Mulberry (our 6 berth) wasn't available but I don't think having the 2 narrowboats spoiled the holiday...More

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