About Ducklings Narrowboat Hire
Ducklings Narrowboat Hire offers self drive Narrowboat holidays on the Lancaster canal between Preston and Tewitfield in Lancashire.
Ducklings Narrowboat Hire Description
Hello, welcome to our page! We are Ducklings Narrowboat Hire, a small family business offering self drive Narrowboat holidays on the Lancaster Canal in Lancashire. We currently have one Narrowboat for hire which sleeps up to 4 people, in addition we happily welcome up to 2 dogs on board. Duckling's interior has been completely renovated by ourselves and a local Narrowboat expert providing a little bit of floating luxury. We welcome any questions via this page, email, phone or through our website and if you prefer you can visit us in person at Tewitfield marina.
Not far from Carnforth, Tewitfield marina sits at the Northern end of the Lancaster canal which begins at Ashton basin in Preston. The Lancaster canal offers 40 miles of lock free cruising. Winding through fantastic countryside the canal provides excellent scenery and a plethora of photo opportunities, on route you will find many beautiful villages and towns complete with stunning mooring locations along with the historic cities of Preston and Lancaster.
We operate throughout the year giving you the opportunity to experience the beauty of the canal with the changing seasons. Our boat is fully heated so even in the colder months you can cosy up inside or wrap up warm and explore the surrounding areas.
Reviews
A huge thank you to our guests Gerry and Milena all the way from Italy, for giving us these lovely photos from their holiday last year. They have just visited us again for their second holiday and hope to return again next year!
'There she floats!!' Little secret on her maiden voyage up to her mooring at Tewitfield! Shes had alot of attention and some lovely comments along the way! We are still going strong 8hrs later! 😂
A little Pinterest inspiration for Little Secret's interior! 😉 https://pin.it/szggmsntcmpvby
Ducklings Narrowboat Hire is excited to announce our new boat for 2019 'Little Secret' is now in the water! We love her exterior, finished off with some fantastic signwriting by Shaun Black@crosscountysignwriting. We are currently working on her cosy, vintage themed interior! More info coming soon! 🔷️🌹🔷️
It seems we have had a problem with sending and recieving emails. We have hopefully now resolved this. Please accept our applologies for any delays 😊
Glorious weather and beautiful scenery on the Lancaster Canal
Lovely review of our little Duckling :D
Check out this impressive Cormorant who was doing a spot of fishing on the Lancaster Canal! :) #30DaysWild #MyLancashire
Are you taking on the wildlife trust 30 day challenge? #wildlife #canal #30DaysWild
Tim and Pru have been filming the next series of Great Canal journeys on the Lancaster canal this week! Have you spotted them? 😁
Lets play 'Where's Duckling' 😂😂 visit Lancashire #MyLancashire
Do you have any beatutiful photos of Lancashire? Share them here to celebrate English Tourism week! #mylancashire
The Lancaster canal currently runs from Preston to Tewitfield where our boat is based, The Lancaster Canal Trust are working on restoring the northern reaches! Is restoration something you are interested in? Could you help in some way? Click the link to find out more!
We have had a bit of excitement here at Ducklings Narrowboat Hire! Great Canal Journeys contacted us requesting our little Duckling for Tim and Pru's next adventure on the Lancaster Canal from Preston, Lancashire up to Kendal! We felt awful turning them down but Duckling has already been snapped up for the dates they needed! We wonder which of our lucky hirers will be giving way to Tim and Pru this summer and which of the other lovely hire boats will have the privilege of hosting them!
If you haven't seen the previous 8 series head over to All 4 and check it out! http://www.channel4.com/…/…/videos/al l/trailer/4796896816001 #greatcanjourneys #canallife #lancastercanal #narrowboathire #visitlancashire #lancashire #uknarrowboathire #canalboathirelancashire #Prestonlancashire
Gerry and Milena's photos
What a great week this company is second to none lovely clean boat and fantastic canal would recommend 5atars
This is my mum and dads business so i may be biased but they have created such a lovely boat and are amazing people!
Just got back from 5 days on Ducklings couldn't have asked for anything more nick and june are a lovely couple and have thought of everything even down to the wine and flowers and have a lovely cosy boat will be recommending to family and friends
I booked this short break for my hubby's 50th as it's something he has always wanted to do. We had a great time and would recommend trying this . We had sufficient room 2 adults and 2 teenagers. We felt it laid back and relaxing.
Hired the Duckling for a week 10 - 17 September, and it felt like we had borrowed a friend's boat! Nick and June have kitted out this boat to ensure you have everything you could want or need during your stay aboard. The boat was spotless and had all the little touches that make a home. Have hired boats in many locations but never had tea, coffee, sugar, milk and biscuits.....and the wine and flowers showed how they go that extra mile to value their customers. 😘 I am sure they even had a hand in the weather, as the sun shone all week! We had a lovely relaxing break and thank this lovely couple for their friendly, caring hospitality. Billy and Irene x
Hi, just wanted to say we had a wonderful time on the canal this weekend. Such a cozy and well equipped water home! Will definitely be hiring again! Cheers!
Had a great weekend on the boat, had everything you could need, lots of room for 4 of us. Was such a laugh will be booking again, the canals are lovely and there's lots to do, even when it was raining it was nice staying on the boat or sitting in the pubs, nick and June made us feel at ease since we've never done it before and talked us through everything and picked it up easily, thankyou see you soon
Couldn't of met two nicer people, than Nick & June
Over the moon with our weekend break,
Only problem was it was over to quickly.
Next time it will be for a week
The canals were simple to negotiate,and the views were stunning.
The pubs along the way weren't to bad either lmao !
We found the boat was very user friendly & everything you needed was there at hand.
A very clean and well looked after longboat
We are so pleased we have tried this type of break as it has been long overdue
Thanks you two ( Nick & June )
We will definitely be booking this year again.
SPOT ON !!! cheers.
Brilliant for first timers like us,everything you need is catered for,June and Nick were fantastic hosts.highly recommend x
What a great week this company is second to none lovely clean boat and fantastic canal would recommend 5atars
This is my mum and dads business so i may be biased but they have created such a lovely boat and are amazing people!
Just got back from 5 days on Ducklings couldn't have asked for anything more nick and june are a lovely couple and have thought of everything even down to the wine and flowers and have a lovely cosy boat will be recommending to family and friends
I booked this short break for my hubby's 50th as it's something he has always wanted to do. We had a great time and would recommend trying this . We had sufficient room 2 adults and 2 teenagers. We felt it laid back and relaxing.
Hired the Duckling for a week 10 - 17 September, and it felt like we had borrowed a friend's boat! Nick and June have kitted out this boat to ensure you have everything you could want or need during your stay aboard. The boat was spotless and had all the little touches that make a home. Have hired boats in many locations but never had tea, coffee, sugar, milk and biscuits.....and the wine and flowers showed how they go that extra mile to value their customers. 😘 I am sure they even had a hand in the weather, as the sun shone all week! We had a lovely relaxing break and thank this lovely couple for their friendly, caring hospitality. Billy and Irene x
Hi, just wanted to say we had a wonderful time on the canal this weekend. Such a cozy and well equipped water home! Will definitely be hiring again! Cheers!
Had a great weekend on the boat, had everything you could need, lots of room for 4 of us. Was such a laugh will be booking again, the canals are lovely and there's lots to do, even when it was raining it was nice staying on the boat or sitting in the pubs, nick and June made us feel at ease since we've never done it before and talked us through everything and picked it up easily, thankyou see you soon
Couldn't of met two nicer people, than Nick & June
Over the moon with our weekend break,
Only problem was it was over to quickly.
Next time it will be for a week
The canals were simple to negotiate,and the views were stunning.
The pubs along the way weren't to bad either lmao !
We found the boat was very user friendly & everything you needed was there at hand.
A very clean and well looked after longboat
We are so pleased we have tried this type of break as it has been long overdue
Thanks you two ( Nick & June )
We will definitely be booking this year again.
SPOT ON !!! cheers.
Brilliant for first timers like us,everything you need is catered for,June and Nick were fantastic hosts.highly recommend x