A canal cruise can be whatever you want it to be – relax in the peace of the countryside, explore the history and engineering of the waterway, or party into the night! from our base at cosgrove, between milton keynes and northampton, we can offer private charter trips from one hour to all day; weekdays, evenings or weekends.. Canal boat availability and booking click on the green date cells in the table below to view the hire fee, and to open our secure online booking form. further information on how to book can be found at the bottom of the page .. From stoke bruerne locks the canal winds its way through delightful countryside, crossing the iron trough aqueduct at cosgrove to milton keynes, a new town with canalside parks and floodlit church. south of milton keynes is the famous canalside globe inn near to the market town of leighton buzzard..
If you're considering buying narrowboat, widebeam boat or barge then why not 'try before you buy' and hire our beautiful widebeam canal boat to experience waterways holidays with a touch of class. based out of milton keynes marina, we are the only uk hire boat operator to offer widebeam canal boat holidays on the grand union canal.. 3-4 day cruises. north from leighton buzzard travel north along the ouzel valley through the parks of milton keynes and over the aqueduct at cosgrove and onto the picturesque northamptonshire village of stoke bruerne.. Just pass this farm is a connection to the milton keynes boundary walk, if you fancy stopping off the stretch the dogs legs for a nice scenic walk. we decided to stop for the night at 6.30pm stepping off our canal boat to eat at the bridge inn for some pub grub..
