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Bath Narrowboats is a long established boat hire business on the Kennet and Avon Canal based in the beautiful heritage city of Bath. We specialise in memorable day trips cruising the Kennet & Avon Canal from Bath to Bradford-on-Avon...
2020 BOAT HIRE PRICES are as follows :
Our selection of diesel narrow day boats from Sydney Wharf carry a maximum of 10 - 12 persons depending on which one is hired.
Our selection of electric day boats from Brassknocker Basin carry a maximum of 1 - 12 persons depending on which one is hired.
PLEASE NOTE : Your dayboat hire is NOT booked until your deposit has been processed. Therefore, we offer our boats depending on availability and a first come first served basis. ( The early bird catches the worm in other words! )
A current valid credit card ( no debit cards accepted ) will be needed on the day of hire.
A damage deposit of £500 for family parties will be pre-authorised on a credit card when you hire the boat. It will be returned to you provided the dayboat is returned clean and on time without a third party claim against you.
All celebratory parties or parties with alcohol will have to lodge a £ 1000 security deposit by cash or credit card at the time of check in ( refundable when the boat is returned clean & undamaged ). Please be aware that we reserve the right to charge a cleaning fee of £ 50 if the boat is returned in an unhireable state, a charge for damage to the boat, missing inventory or the boat is returned later than the agreed hire period. Where damage occurs to a third party boat, we will endeavour to obtain an estimate for repairs and where possible use our facilities to repair the damage to keep costs down.
VAT, diesel fuel, gas & water are all included in the hire.
If you feel, you'd rather not steer the boat then we can supply a skipper who will accompany your party at an extra cost.
( Please note, the skipper counts as one of your party i.e 9 + skipper if hiring a ten person boat )
Full day skipper £ 100
We do have different hire time options available in the spring, summer & early autumn, light permitting.
During the winter months and with an ice free canal, the boats are available for long half days ( as the light starts to fade from 3 p.m. )
Full days are from 9.30 a.m. till 5.00 p.m OR 10.00 a.m. till 5.30 p.m. OR 10.30 till 6.00 p.m. No later.*
We do not do any half day hire bookings.
During the summer months with late sunsets then we have a full day plus evening available from 9.30 a.m. till 8.00 p.m. / 8.30 p.m. or we have a 12 a.m. till 8.00 p.m. / 8.30 p.m. depending on light.
We have three 4 berth sleeping boat and two 2 berth sleeping boats that are more versatile and have more options available throughout the year. As a 10 / 12 passenger day boat they are only available for the day options.
NOTE : We do hire our beautiful Lady Sophina Edwardian Launch that carries 8 people with a skipper for the day for a charter price of £500. (CURRENTLY NOT OPERATING)
In a day you can easily get to Dundas Aqueduct for Lunch at the Angelfish Restaurant, or The CrossGuns pub at Avoncliff or other eating places at Bradford on Avon. Please enquire for more details.
For this reason we have classed the boats.
'A' - FLAGSHIP SPECIAL Overnight class, 'B' - PREMIER OVERNIGHT class, 'C' - SUPREME class, 'D' - SUPER class, 'E' - FUN & 'F' ELECTRIC class.
A - FLAGSHIP SPECIAL ( Overnight ) Class - Dayboat prices for 1 - 12 people " SWEET CAROLINE " or sleeps 1 - 4 people .
BASED @ SYDNEY WHARF, BATH NOT AVAILABLE
B - PREMIER SPECIAL ( Overnight ) Class - Dayboat prices for 1 - 10 people " SWIFT, JACK OF CLUBS & ACE OF SPADES " or sleeps 1 - 4 people .
BASED @ SYDNEY WHARF, BATH
| Hire Times | Half Day | Full Day | June / July / August / September daily | Extra per hour after six | Autumn 1 - 14 Oct | Autumn 15 - 31 Oct | Winter hours |
| Monday - Friday | N/A | £190 | £235 | £50 | £180 | £170 | £160 |
| Sat / Sun Bank Hol | N/A | £235 | £235 | £50 | £225 | £215 | £210 |
NOTE : These boats are available for Boat Bed & Breakfast & short 1, 2 , 3 day holiday breaks or longer.
C - SUPREME SPECIAL Class - Dayboat prices for 1 - 10 people " PAMELA ".
BASED @ SYDNEY WHARF, BATH NOT AVAILABLE
D - SUPER Class - Dayboat prices for 1 - 10 people " KENNET ".
BASED @ SYDNEY WHARF, BATH NOT AVAILABLE
| Hire Times | Half Day | Full Day | July / August daily | Extra per hour after six | Autumn 1 - 14 Oct | Autumn 15 - 31 Oct | Winter hours |
| Monday - Friday | £110 | £170 | £205 | £50 | £150 | £140 | £130 |
| Sat / Sun Bank Hol | N/A | £205 | £205 | £50 | £200 | £195 | £190 |
F - ELECTRIC Class - Dayboat prices for 1 - 12 people " DUNDAS DIANA ".
BASED @ BRASSKNOCKER BASIN , NEAR BATH NOT AVAILABLE
| Hire Times | Half Day | Full Day | Full Day Sat Sun/BHol | Extra Hour after 6 p.m |
| Monday - Friday | £NA | £200 | £230 | £POA |
| Hire Times | Half Day | Full Day | Full Day Sat Sun/BHol | Extra Hour after 6 p.m |
| Monday - Friday | £NA | 180 | £180 | £POA |
| Hire Times | Half Day | Full Day | Full Day Sat Sun/BHol | Extra Hour after 6 p.m |
| Monday - Friday | N/A | £160 | £160 | £POA |
| Hire Times | Half Day | Full Day | Full Day Sat Sun/BHol | Extra Hour after 6 p.m |
| Monday - Friday | £25 ph | £80 | £100 | £POA |
G - CANOE Class - Canoe prices for 1 - 4 people " 1 - 9 Available ".
BASED @ BRASSKNOCKER BASIN , NEAR BATH
Canoes are £20 per hour for 1 - 2 people and £25 per hour for 3 - 4 people £125 for day