Overview

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 national English tourist board. Rest assured that you will find a warm welcome with Crabtree Narrowboat Hire.

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Hours Today: 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM

LOCATION

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

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LordByronStingley

213

Reviewed 2 weeks ago 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

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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.

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Madge S

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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

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Alan G

Ipswich, United Kingdom

2

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

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Joy8891

Liverpool, United Kingdom

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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

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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

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janetThailand

thailand

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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

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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

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Pat P

Chester

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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

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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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OldGeordie

Northumberland

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Reviewed 21 August 2017

Third Visit In Three Years

The title of this review says it all. We have used Crabtree Narrowboat Hire for our visits to the Lancaster Canal for 3 years running and have never been disappointed. We have twice used the narrowboat Linden but this year tried the narrowboat Cedar. As...More

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Thank you for another glowing review !! It is an absolute pleasure to see you both each time you come back and I look forward to seeing you both next year again. The only problem for you is which narrowboat to book, but be assured,...More

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gisellehindleywales

London, United Kingdom

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Reviewed 15 August 2017

Relaxed, Fun, Beautiful, Perfect

We are three sisters who plan a vacation together each year and as first time 'narrow boaters' we could not have picked a more perfect company or, canal. Robert runs a 5* operation and we just cannot recommend him or, his boat highly enough. We...More

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Well the Lancaster Canal and life on a narrowboat certainly had you all spellbound – and I’m not surprised !!. You embraced it all right from the start and were delightful to have as hirers. Thanks so much for the very kind recommendation and the...More

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DONT-GET-FAT-ON-CRAP

Lymington, United Kingdom

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Reviewed 20 July 2017

Wonderful

We had a wonderful week on Willow with our dog also called Willow. Robert was incredibly welcoming and our Willow adored him. The boat was pristine and he talked us through all the ins and outs and how to steer etc. He was very patient...More

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What a wonderful review and my thanks for such a glowing recommendation. It was an absolute pleasure to meet both the two of you and Willow and I'm so pleased that you all enjoyed your time on the Lancaster Canal and on board Willow. There...More

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Joy K

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Reviewed 9 July 2017

A magical 25th Silver Wedding Anniversary

We have just returned from our short break on Willow its a lovely little boat, we always travel with Crabtree Narrowboathire. The owner Robert Foulkes is very accommodating and very helpful. Cant wait to return :) We believe weve found the best dont need to...More

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You two are so kind. I know that you really enjoy your time on the canal and combining it with your 25th Wedding Anniversary must have been lovely. We look forward to seeing you both again really soon. xx

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