Holiday Hire

Thank you for thinking of a holiday with Bruce Boats. We want you to be able to relax and enjoy the wonderful surroundings of the canal, but there are a number of locks around Bedwyn. For this reason you will need at least three active people in your group, and some prior experience of driving a canal boat – if you do not have this, we invite you to join one of our familiarisation/training days.

Our boats are managed by an experienced team of volunteers to keep costs as low as possible:

Rachel: sleeps 6. £800 short break (four nights) / £1200 week. Friday start day.

Hannah: sleeps 12. £1000 short break (four nights) / £1600 week. Saturday start day.

Rebecca: sleeps 8 and includes a hospital bed. £1000 short break (four nights) / £1600 week. Saturday start day.

Diana sleeps 10 but is now mainly used for day trips.

Please note that where VAT is payable, this will be added to your hire charge. If your group includes a disabled person, you may not need to pay VAT on your hire. We will discuss this with you at the time of booking and where eligible, we will send you a VAT Declaration to be completed. This must be completed and returned to us along with your hire reservation form. If this is not returned to us, we will need to add VAT to your final payment request.

The boats have full sized kitchen and toilet facilities and have excellent visibility both inside and out, so you are assured of enjoying all that the canal has to offer. There are boarding ramps and electrically-operated lifts to enable safe and easy access for you to enjoy all that the canal experience can offer. The Rebecca has an electrically-operated hospital bed.

Each boat has quality, fully accessible accommodation to meet your holiday needs. We also offer online and practical training to ensure at least one member of your party has earned the right to be called skipper -please follow the link to find out more: Training