Canal Boat Rendezvous.
Rendezvous times & locations.
Rendezvous locations are chosen so as to provide safe hard quayside areas with good public road access and car parking facilities. Where we meet depends on the location and duration of your cruise; either a short two hours, a full day or a Taster weekend. This will of course be all agreed with your Captain before hand so that all you have to do is enjoy your cruise and relax.
Location Availability
Please note that Miss Molly will only be available where she will be moored for the week prior to the hire. Due to the slow rate of travel and the cost of cruising, it is not practical to move her to any specific location. However, if you wish to cruise along any particular section of the canal network, i.e. the Llangollen canal, then this could be arranged by prior long term notice and co-ordination with the Captain.
Taster weekends
To start a really restful weekend your captain and crew meet you at the agreed rendezvous location at 6pm of the Friday evening for a safety briefing and to get you all settled on board. We cruise all day Saturday and Sunday and arrive back at the original start point by 6pm on the Sunday evening. It can either be a return trip to the same point or a single one way cruise by moving two cars on the Friday evening so that we have a car at each end before we set out. One way cruises can have the advantage of bringing in aqueducts, lift bridges, locks and tunnels all within a 20-30 mile cruise depending on your requirements.
A few suggested rendezvous locations in Cheshire and Llangollen:
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Canal.
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Ref. no.
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Location
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Bridge/Lock no.
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Mooring Facilities
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Trent & Mersey
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1
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Middlewich
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172
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Near boatyard, hard quay with rings
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2
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Old Broken Cross
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Bridge 184
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Concrete quay
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3
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Harralls Boatyard
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Bridges 188-189
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Concrete quay with mooring rings
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4
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Salt Barge
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Bridge 193
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Concrete quay with mooring rings
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5
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Anderton
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Bridge 199
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48hr Concrete quay with mooring rings
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6
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Flat cottages
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Bridge 201
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Concrete quay with mooring rings
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Shropshire Union
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7
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Minshalhull
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Minshalhull bridge 14
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8
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Old Barbridge
Inn Barbridge |
Bridge 100
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Concrete quay
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Llangollen
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9
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Hurleston
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Bridge1
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Concrete quay
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10
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Wrenbury Lift bridge
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Bridge 20
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Concrete quay with mooring rings
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Llangollen
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11
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Grindley Brook locks
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Bridge 29
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Upstream of lock 1 concrete quay
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12
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Ellesmere junction
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Bridge 59
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Concrete quay
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13
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New Martons bridge
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Bridge 12
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Concrete quay, rings & water point.
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14
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Chirk Bank
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Bridge 21
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Concrete quay & rings
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15
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Froncysllte
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Lift Bridge 28
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16
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Trevor basin
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Bridge 29
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Concrete quay & rings
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17
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Llangollen
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Mooring Basin
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Timber jetty & rings 48hr
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Leeds & Liverpool Canal
There are, of course, other fine mooring locations on the Leeds & Liverpool canal and these can be discussed upon application with your Captain.
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