Family boating holidays

For a  one week cruise, you may cruise to Foulridge and experience the tunnel, before turning to cruise and visit the famous Five Rise Locks at Bingley with the even more famous lock-keeper: Barry Whitelock. The return trip will complete your week's cruise. Alternatively, you may wish to cruise west through the village of Kildwick and on to the market towns of Skipton and Gargrave in the Yorkshire Dales. Continue cruising through the bleaker hills of the Pennines onto Burnley and then return to Silsden. Navigational Notes Maximum Dimensions • Leeds and Liverpool - length 60ft, beam 14ft 3in • Aire and Calder - no restrictions • Calder and Hebble - length 57ft 6in (59ft narrow boat), beam 14ft • Huddersfield Broad - length 57ft 6in (59ft narrow boat), beam 14ft • Huddersfield Narrow - length 70ft, beam 6ft 10in

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Standedge Tunnel - because of the dimensional limitations, the only boats we allow through the tunnel are:
Jenny's Drum
Drummer Girl
Megan's Drum
Katie's Drum
Molly's Drum
Sara's Drum
Scolli’s Drum
Ian’s Drum
Rosie’s Drum
Barbara’s Drum

Telephone number for advance booking and information pack: 0113 2816860

• Rochdale Canal - length 72ft, beam 14ft 2in

Telephone number for advance booking and information pack: 01942 405700 (48 Hours notice required)

• Bridgewater - no restriction

Rings

Two rings are available from Silsden; both require a minimum of 3 weeks.

One uses the Leeds & Liverpool one way across the Pennines, and the Rochdale to return.

The other uses the Leeds & Liverpool and the Huddersfield Broad & Narrow.

Please refer to above navigational notes.

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