{"id":23,"date":"2020-07-22T10:27:39","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T10:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2020-08-11T09:42:21","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T09:42:21","slug":"narrowboating-holidays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/narrowboating-holidays\/","title":{"rendered":"Narrowboating Holidays"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id='full_slider_1'  class='avia-fullwidth-slider main_color avia-shadow   avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first   container_wrap fullsize'  ><div  class='avia-slideshow av-kcym0p27-41b48a787d6e04045d042540b5dadd4e avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow_full avia-slide-slider av-slideshow-ui av-control-default av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied   avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 44.080996884735%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-kcym0p27-41b48a787d6e04045d042540b5dadd4e__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><div class='av-slideshow-caption av-kcym0p27-41b48a787d6e04045d042540b5dadd4e__0 caption_fullwidth caption_bottom caption_bottom_framed caption_framed'><div class=\"container caption_container\"><div class=\"slideshow_caption\"><div class=\"slideshow_inner_caption\"><div class=\"slideshow_align_caption\"><div class='avia-caption-content '  itemprop=\"description\" ><h1>Narrowboats and narrow boats Holidays in the UK<\/h1>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><img class=\"wp-image-81 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-81\"  src='https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/nbh.jpg' width='1926' height='849' title='nbh' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\"   \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><div id='after_full_slider_1'  class='main_color av_default_container_wrap container_wrap fullsize'  ><div class='container av-section-cont-open' ><div class='template-page content  av-content-full alpha units'><div class='post-entry post-entry-type-page post-entry-23'><div class='entry-content-wrapper clearfix'>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-ubon-a5020505bad8453de169cc37296864e6'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div align=\"left\"><\/div>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/index.htm\">Narrowboating holidays<\/a> on Britain&#8217;s Inland Waterways is a wonderful adventure; civilised because you carry all your home comforts with you; and an adventure because around every bend there is something new and surprising to discover and enjoy with your family and friends.First time boaters are given a friendly welcome by everybody on the canal.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-159 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/AW-girl-with-dog-DSCF0179_2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"narrowboating holidays\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/AW-girl-with-dog-DSCF0179_2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/AW-girl-with-dog-DSCF0179_2-1030x687.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/AW-girl-with-dog-DSCF0179_2-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/AW-girl-with-dog-DSCF0179_2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/AW-girl-with-dog-DSCF0179_2-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/AW-girl-with-dog-DSCF0179_2-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/AW-girl-with-dog-DSCF0179_2-705x470.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/AW-girl-with-dog-DSCF0179_2-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>But you won&#8217;t be inexperienced for very long, for within a short time you will be gliding serenely around the first bend into a whole new and different world.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">The specially designed boats (narrowboats) are easy to handle and of course, everything happens at a relaxed pace.\u00a0 You will be given all the instruction you need by the holiday company and will soon head off on your very own adventure like a seasoned boater.<\/p>\n<p>Your boat will be fully equipped with every modern amenity, so self-catering becomes a pleasure, but there are also many canalside pubs, once essential &#8216;staging posts&#8217; for the working boats of the last century, which are now popular watering holes for holiday boaters; and most offer great food at reasonable prices.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"style1\">Narrowboating holidays<\/h2>\n<p align=\"left\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-160 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Darwins-Fox-interior-kitchen-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"narrowboat interior\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Darwins-Fox-interior-kitchen-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Darwins-Fox-interior-kitchen-1030x773.jpg 1030w, https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Darwins-Fox-interior-kitchen-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Darwins-Fox-interior-kitchen-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Darwins-Fox-interior-kitchen-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Darwins-Fox-interior-kitchen-1500x1125.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Darwins-Fox-interior-kitchen-705x529.jpg 705w, https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Darwins-Fox-interior-kitchen-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>We can offer you holidays with the best of the country&#8217;s narrowboat holiday operators on these specially constructed narrowboat holiday boats.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">For full information about our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.narrowboat-holidays.co.uk\/narrowboat-hire\/\">narrowboat holidays<\/a> in England, Wales and Scotland, click here.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hireboat.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">To find the perfect boat and narrowboating holiday destination, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Narrowboating holidays<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Narrowboating holidays in England, Wales, Scotland and France. 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