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Easy to manoeuvre, Kindhearts handles beautifully. Whether you are experienced or new to boating, you will find her a pleasure to handle.

You will be given all the support and advice you need to get you cruising and keep you there, so you can enjoy canal life to the full.

Kindhearts will give you the perfect holiday, leaving you and your crew feeling mellow, relaxed and ready to return to the rigours of modern life.

LOCATION:

We are based near Bath, you will cruise up the River Avon and join the Kennet & Avon canal, one of the most beautiful stretches of water in the country.

Teeming with wildlife and beautiful scenery, the canal boasts many of the friendliest watering holes for eating and drinking along the way.

More about The Kennet and Avon Canal



  • beautiful scenery
  • easy to handle
  • full training provided
  • go at your own pace

A navigable waterway crossing southern England from Bristol to Reading. It passes through a rural landscape, over chalk vales and river valleys.  It winds its way through villages, market towns and the City of Bath.

The waterway is a thread linking many architectural and engineering triumphs, including aqueducts, pumping stations and lock flights.

Additional information sites

 

 

Association of Canal Enterprises
Bruce Charitable Trust
Claverton Pumping Station
Crofton Beam Engines

Inland Waterways Association
North Wessex Downs
Somerset Coal Canal Society
Wessex Waterway Network

Kennet
Wiltshire
British Waterways
Environment Agency

Cruise as fast or slow as you like (although fast does mean a top speed of 4mph!) between dawn and dusk and moor virtually anywhere you please.