Take a canal boating holiday and step back into a period when speed was classed as hours per mile – rather than the other way around – cruising along a waterway that allows you to breathe the fresh, clean air that’s freely available outside our towns and cities.

Built about two centuries ago, the UK canal system provides you with the tranquillity and grace that many of us miss in our day to day lives, giving you the time to savour the beautiful countryside and all of its fine fayre as you speed along at little more than walking pace.

Our Stoke on Trent Marina base lies at the heart of the northern canals waterways network. You can take a canal boating holiday and  explore the Four Counties Ring, Cheshire Ring or East Midlands Ring or potter along the Caldon Canal or Macclesfield Canal and Peak Forest Canal.

Anderton Lift and the mighty Harecastle tunnel may be on your route and close to the canal you will find attractions such as Alton Towers and the famous Wedgwood factory. And all around our marina are all the attractions of the Festival Park.

On your canal boating holiday you’ll share the peaceful world of moorhens, coots, grebes and herons as well as the amazing kingfisher, all of whom have made the canal their home. You’ll travel when you want to and stop and tie up when the mood takes you, giving you an unparalleled freedom to explore gardens, parks and country houses as and when you feel inclined.

Click to see your choice of canal cruising routes from Stoke on Trent including the Caldon canal, the Four Counties Ring, the Cheshire Ring & the East Midlands Ring.