50 Best Narrowboat Blogs and Websites in 2026

1. Canal Boat Magazine

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Description Packed with important information and fascinating facts, Canal Boat was launched in 1996. With insights from our liveaboard diaries, expert boat reviews, and news coverage plus cruise guides and invaluable technical advice, Canal Boat's busy itinerary equips readers for their next adventure.MORE Facebook 9.1KTwitter 6.1K Domain Authority 38 Get Email Contact Read Now Get Popular Blogs Contact listGet access to 250k active Blogs in 1500 niche categories.Get niche category blogs contact list at your fingertips so you can focus on running your campaign.Email us the category of blogs you want to reach out at anuj@feedspot.com Copy email. We'll share blogs list with verified email contacts in an Excel or CSV format.Email us

2. Narrowboat World

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Description Get the latest news, canal boat holiday guides, articles, forum, emails, gallery, advice, and discussion. The narrowboat world is a waterways newspaper and has been one of the most read newspapers and has also been placed among the most influential waterways publications.MORE Email ****@narrowboatworld.com
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3. Michael Tyler

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Description Hi! I am Michael and welcome to my personal blog.This blog documents my narrowboat adventures and various experiences of my journey as I venture through the canals of the United Kingdom.
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4. Narrowboat Briar Rose

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Description Welcome to the Narrowboat Briar Rose blog, where we intend to share the details of our travels on Briar Rose, as well as other waterways-related posts.
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5. Living On A Narrowboat

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6. Narrowboat Oleanna

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Description Narrowboat Oleanna is intended as a diary of our travels on NB Oleanna for us to be able to look back on in years to come. Please feel free to follow us on our journey as we meet up with old friends, make new ones, and watch the seasons change around us.MORE Domain Authority 12 Get Email Contact Read Now

7. Narrowboat Briar Rose

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Description Narrowboat Briar Rose chronicles a 14-year UK canal boating journey by Adam and Adrian, sharing cruising stats, lock passages, marina reflections, and the 2025 handover to new owners.
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8. WhiltonMarina Blog

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Description Welcome to the WhiltonMarina Blog! Read about various events, travel experiences, and much more in the blog posts, and keep up with your mooring spirit! Whilton Marina has been buying, selling, and caring for narrow boats since 1971. We operate one of the largest and most successful narrow boat brokerages.MORE Email ****@whiltonmarina.co.uk
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9. Narrowboat Just Heaven

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Description Hi! I'm Steve. The blog is all about the waterways wanderings of Narrowboat 'Just Heaven', a 55ft semi-trad narrowboat, built-in 2003. It is currently moored at Cropredy Marina on the Oxford canal.MORE Domain Authority 11 Get Email Contact Read Now

10. Fox Narrowboats Blog

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Description Greetings from Team Fox! Welcome to our blog where we post news, articles, travel experiences, and some valuable knowledge on narrowboats. Fox Narrowboats is a narrowboat build and hire, family-run business. In addition to providing boating holidays and day boat hire, we have a fully serviced, secure boating marina with 200 moorings.MORE Email ****@foxboats.co.uk
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11. HERBIE!

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Description Greetings! This travel blog where HERBIE! and her fellow shipmates share their experiences about the journeys on the narrowboat and the trials and tribulations of maintaining her.
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12. Captain Ahab's Watery Tales

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Description Hi! This is Andy aka 'Captain Ahab'. My blog is An online logbook of watery wanderings and something of a 'go-to' location for information about lost canals.
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13. Harnser's Travels

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Description This blog is a travel log of Narrowboat Harnser and states about the experiences of the quality time spent on the boat.
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14. Tattenhall Marina Blog

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Description Welcome to Tattenhall Marina Blog, stay up to date with everything Tattenhall, and be the first to hear about events, promotions, and special offers. Tattenhall Marina is the perfect place for you to enjoy your boat and the surrounding cruising routes from a premium, countryside location with an abundance of facilities on-site including a chandlery, workshop, and café bar.MORE Email ****@tattenhallmarina.co.uk
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15. Barry & Sandra's Adventures Blog

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Description Hi, we are Barry and Sandra. Welcome to our blog, which is all about Inspirational Travel Writing & Photography. It is about our life and adventures on and off our narrowboat.
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16. The Sumpners Afloat

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Description Greetings! We are Paul and Kay Sumpner. The Sumpners Afloat Blog is about the Adventures on our narrowboat 'Old Nick' and was primarily intended as a place to share technical information about the build of our beloved narrowboat. But as the time passed by, the thrust of the blog changed to reflecting our real-life experiences of living aboard and cruising the waterways and riversMORE Domain Authority 9 Get Email Contact Read Now

17. Boutique Narrowboats Blog

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Description The Boutique Narrowboats concept was borne out of a love of five-star hotels as well as the canals and it seems that many of you felt the same way. A Boutique Narrowboat adventure includes all the elements of a romantic mini-break - magnificent beds, rainfall showers, and design-forward interiors - whilst offering a quirky alternative to holiday cottages.MORE Domain Authority 15 Get Email Contact Read Now

18. Percy

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Description Hi! I am Nev and welcome to my narrowboat blog. This blog is a chronicle of ownership of narrowboat Percy and life in general. For the boater and the gongoozler alike.
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19. A Canuck on the Cut

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Description Welcome to the blog of a Canadian's narrowboat adventures on the historic inland waterways of the UK.
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20. Narrowboat Firecrest Blog

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Description I'm Cheryl, I am a registered nurse and have been working for Marie Curie, a most humbling and satisfying career. This blog is about 'Coddiwompling' with Narrowboat 'Firecrest'.It's about our beloved Firecrest and how we're adapting from living on the land in a 'proper house' to living afloat.MORE Domain Authority 14 Get Email Contact Read Now

21. Whilton Marina

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Description Whilton Marina's Narrowboat Blog delivers practical advice on boat maintenance (hull checks, winterizing), cruising etiquette, renaming traditions, winding holes, and mental wellbeing benefits of narrowboating.MORE Email ****@whiltonmarina.co.uk
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22. The Purple Boat Blog

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Description Hello! Welcome to Purple Boat Blog. The boat is built for a purpose, that is to fulfilling wanderlust, and was named 'Kwa Heri' which means 'Goodbye' in Swahili, to reflect their love of travel. Hire The Purple Boat narrowboat for your self-catering holiday along the Trent & Mersey Canal. Enjoy the many pubs and restaurants on the towpath whilst traveling through beautiful countryside and villages. Perfect for 2 and can accommodate 4 people.MORE Email ****@outlook.com
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23. Floating Our Boat Blog

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Description Hi, we are Fran and Rich, we love writing the journal about the narrowboat Laura Maisie. So we thought we'd share with you our thoughts, ideas, passions, and reflections about our daily life.MORE Facebook 8.6KInstagram 6.1K Domain Authority 5 Get Email Contact Read Now

24. Drifters Boating Holiday Blog

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Description Welcome to the Drifters Blog, where we present information as well as travel experience on narrow-boating. Drifters Waterway Holidays offer 580 canal boats for hire from 45 bases across the UK. Drifters members aim to work together to promote canal boat holidays, encourage best practices, and lobby navigation authorities and trade associations on issues affecting the hire boat tradeMORE Facebook 1.3KInstagram 900 Domain Authority 43 Get Email Contact Read Now

25. Black Prince

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Description Enjoy the latest news, cruising top tips and fascinating history of the UK inland waterways with the Black Prince blog.
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26. NarrowBoat Magazine

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Description Exploring the history and heritage of the transport system that was at the heart of the Industrial Revolution, NarrowBoat looks in detail at over 200 years of Britain's navigable inland waterway history from the birth of the canals, through their Golden Age to the end of commercial freight in the 1960s. With over 6,500 images telling the stories of entrepreneurs, canal carrying companies, their boats and the boatmen and boatwomen who lived and worked afloat.MORE Email ****@wwonline.co.uk
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27. Narrowboat Kingley Vale

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Description Happy New Year! We did manage to stay awake until midnight, and there seemed to be lots of fireworks around. Then it rained overnight, which meant it wasn't frosty this morning. We went out for a walk after breakfast, to get our steps done while it was clear. We walked down the towpath to Bridge 21, where we saw a…MORE Get Email Contact Read Now

28. Warwickshire Narrowboat Hire Blog

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Description Dive into our Blogs for expert tips, and hidden gems along the waterways. Discover the essence of narrowboat living before your real canal adventure begins!
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29. NarrowboatTLC

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Description Narrowboat TLC by Mary and Richard logs daily cruising diaries, boat maintenance woes (rusty fuel tanks, water issues), weather challenges (rainy Chester locks), and joys like eclectic cafés on UK canalsMORE Domain Authority 1 Get Email Contact Read Now

30. Pete's Blog » Narrowboat

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Description He writes like a diary, describing where he travels on canals, the scenery he sees, and what daily boat life is like.
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31. Narrowboat Chalkhill Blue

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Description Narrowboat Chalkhill Blue documents Neil and Karen Payne's UK/Europe canal cruising diary, from French canals (Meuse, Marne, Niderviller tunnel) to Scottish Highlands van trips.
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32. ABC Boat Hire Blog

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Description Welcome to the ABC Boat Hire Blog. Read the canal boating blogs from members of our team to get some inspiration for your own holiday on the water. ABC Boat Hire is one of the leading operators of luxury narrowboats in the UK. Tattenhall Marina is the perfect place for you to enjoy your boat and the surrounding cruising routes from a premium, countryside location with an abundance of facilities on-site including a chandlery, workshop, and café bar.MORE Email ****@abcboathire.com
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33. Living On A Narrowboat

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Description Hi! I am Paul. I've compiled a comprehensive list of marinas for those who are interested, and also added hundreds of pages of articles about narrowboats and the ins and outs of life on board, and all you need to know before considering Living On A Narrowboat.MORE Domain Authority 28 Get Email Contact Read Now

34. Seyella's Journey

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Description In the Blogspot of Seyella's Journey read about the travels and tribulations of NB SEYELLA on the canals and rivers of England and Wales
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35. Hadar

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Description Hello! We are Keith & Jo and welcome to our blog. The blog is about all our travel experiences as we venture through various canals of the United Kingdom. We even occasionally sell greeting cards and crochet-work and just enjoy our lives to the fullest!MORE Email ****@nbhadar.co.uk
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36. Everything Canal Boats

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Description Everything Canal Boats is the home of ABC Leisure Group Ltd and your gateway to everything you could need or want related to canal boats and boating throughout the United Kingdom. ABC Leisure Group Limited has been building and operating a hire fleet and providing full marina services to canal users for over 45 years, with a thorough experience of everything to do with narrowboats and boating holidays.MORE Email ****@abclg.com
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37. Halfie

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Description Hello! I am Halfie and welcome to my blog space. This blog is all about my journey and experiences on the narrowboat Jubliee as I venture through the canals of the United Kingdom.
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38. Boatwif

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Description The Boatwif blog provides you with the experiences and the occasional adventures of the Cleddau crew. Read about the latest and upcoming sailing adventures, boats, different places, events, and more all on Boatwif.MORE Domain Authority 10 Get Email Contact Read Now

39. Jannock

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Description Welcome to Jannock's blog. This blog is about all the trips that our beloved narrowboat has made, and that too coming from its various members of the crew along with other interesting canal-related snippets.MORE Domain Authority 11 Get Email Contact Read Now

40. Travelling the Canals of England

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Description Hello! We are Ian and Helen, and this travel blog is an account of the travels of Narrowboat 'Leo' on the English waterways.
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41. Escape the Rat Race Blog

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Description Escape the Rat Race is one of the leading providers of long-term liveaboard narrowboats. We were amongst the first to specialize in long-term canal boat breaks. We have now been supporting clients to 'liveaboard' for 15 years and love nothing more than helping people to discover the waterways and make them their homes.MORE Twitter 52 Domain Authority 10 Get Email Contact Read Now

42. NB Holderness

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Description Hi! We are Tony and Helen. Welcome to our narrowboat Holderness blog where we write about our journey, experiences, events, and much more.
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43. Golden Boyz Narrowboat Blog

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Description Welcome to the blog of the narrowboat Golden Boyz with 4 shipmates; Sandra, Barney, Cosmo & Daquiri, and their adventures. The Doggie Boat sells doggie-based gifts, toys, and other practical items for both doggies & humans from a narrowboat that tours boating festivals & moors in popular dog walking spots.MORE Email ****@pawprintsafloat.co.uk
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44. Elms Mooring Blog

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Description Welcome to Elms Mooring Blog, a place where you can find blogs on travel experiences. Elms Moorings is a family-run business. For boat moorings across the UK, Elms Moorings has a prime location with the very best in local amenities and attractions. We are one of the Leading Marinas in the UK.MORE Facebook 170 Domain Authority 12 Get Email Contact Read Now

45. Narrowboat Wrens-Nest

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Description Hi! Welcome to Wrens-Nest Blog, it's all about us, Chris and Joy, and our adventures living and traveling on our narrowboat. We tend to post mostly in the summer months when we are out and about enjoying the canals and occasionally rivers too. Read about our journey, different places, food, unexpected events, and more.MORE Domain Authority 7 Get Email Contact Read Now

46. The Beer Boat Blog

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Description Hello! We are John & Helen, a husband and wife team. The Beer Boat Blog depicts our journey of how we turned our narrowboat into a business. We are a narrowboat off-license. We cruise the canals, visiting the best breweries, cider makers, and vineyards to bring their products to our customers along the way. We sell real ale, wine, and cider at festivals, weddings & events - at the canalside - to lovers of local produce.MORE Email ****@gmail.com
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47. Grand Union Narrowboat Hire Blog

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Description Read the blog on all our latest narrowboating news.
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48. Narrowboat Hire Blog

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Description Plan the perfect narrowboat day out with expert tips, scenic routes, and hidden waterways. Explore the Grand Union Canal and beyond! Start your journey now.
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