30 Best Narrowboat Blogs to Follow in 2026

1. 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 11 Get Email Contact Read Now

2. Living On A Narrowboat

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3. 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 10.5KTwitter 6.1K Domain Authority 38 Get Email Contact Read Now

4. 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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5. 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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6. 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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7. 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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8. 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 980 Domain Authority 45 Get Email Contact Read Now

9. 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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10. 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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11. 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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12. 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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13. 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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14. 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 18 Get Email Contact Read Now

15. 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 8 Get Email Contact Read Now

16. 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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17. Grand Union Narrowboat Hire Blog

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Description Read the blog on all our latest narrowboating news.
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18. 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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19. 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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20. 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 8.8KInstagram 6.1K Domain Authority 16 Get Email Contact Read Now

21. 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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22. 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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23. 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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24. 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

25. 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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26. 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 14 Get Email Contact Read Now

27. 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 16 Get Email Contact Read Now

28. 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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29. 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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30. 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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