Oxford Canal Holidays
Hire from napton and our oxford canal boat holiday takes you on a relatively busy week down the meandering oxford canal, which is one of the oldest in the country and beautifully follows the contours of the land. the journey begins at the popular napton narrowboat hire base, located at the head of the oxford canal.. The south oxford canal is one of the prettiest in britain. winding its way peacefully along the cherwell valley from oxford to banbury, through classic canalside hamlets and villages such as thrupp, lower heyford and cropredy, it ascends to the beautifully remote summit level toward warwick, stratford and the heart of england.. The oxford canal is a 78 mile long (126 km) narrow canal in central england, built between 1769 and 1790, linking oxford, on the river thames, with coventry via banbury and rugby. it connects the river thames at oxford to the grand union canal at the villages of braunston and napton-on-the-hill..
Our canal boats are available to hire all the year round, and each season on the canal offers a different – but equally wonderful – kind of holiday experience… 10 great reasons to book an oxford canal boat holiday in 2018. Tags: canal boat hire, canal boat holidays, south oxford canal, uk canals, waterways holidays reviews. this entry was posted on august 1, 2012 at 5:16 pm. you can follow any responses to this entry through the rss 2.0 feed. you can skip to the end and leave a response. pinging is currently not allowed.. A canal boat holiday on the oxford and south midlands canal network combines a wonderful procession of historic industrial architecture with beautiful natural landscapes weaving across the country from birmingham to london..