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ROUTES FROM AUTHERLEY JUNCTION

Where will your narrowboat holiday take you?

From easy short breaks to proper cruising adventures, every journey starts with the same question: what kind of holiday do you want to have?

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START WITH THE FEELING

How do you want to cruise?

You don’t need to know canal names yet. Start with the kind of holiday you want, then use the explorer to find a route that fits.

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TAKE IT EASY

Relaxing

Shorter cruising days, pretty stops and time to enjoy the journey.

Great for first-timers
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A FEW DAYS AWAY

Short break

A proper escape without needing a full week away.

3–4 night ideas
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THE CLASSIC

One week

Enough time to settle into canal life and reach somewhere memorable.

7-night adventures
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GO FURTHER

Big adventure

Longer days, more locks and the satisfaction of a real cruising journey.

10/11 day & ring routes
YOUR ROUTE EXPLORER

Play with the map. Find the journey that feels right.

Tap a route to see where it goes, how long it takes and what kind of holiday it offers. When one catches your eye, open the full route page for the itinerary, highlights and boat recommendations.

1 Choose a holiday style → 2 Tap a route → 3 Explore the full journey
The NB Hire Waterways Collection

Find your perfect canal holiday

Play with the map, discover a journey that suits you, then explore the full route or check available holidays.

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✦ Illustrated route explorer from Autherley Junction
12 hand-picked canal journeys
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Twelve journeys · one starting point
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Every route begins at Autherley Junction
Explore the waterways Choose a holiday style, preview a route, then click to make it your journey.
NB Hire master canal route map An illustrated, geographically simplified overview of twelve routes from Autherley Junction. EXPLORE OUR WATERWAYS Cruising from Autherley Junction Choose a route to trace your holiday across the waterways Black Country Ring Four Counties Ring Stourport Ring Stourbridge Ring incl. Stourport Shropshire Union / Llangollen Caldon Canal Chester & Ellesmere Port Autherley to Nantwich Autherley to Market Drayton Autherley to Stourport-on-Severn Autherley to Tixall Wide Autherley to Kinver ○ Llangollen / Wrenbury SCENIC ◆ Chester / Ellesmere Port HISTORY ● Nantwich MARKET TOWN ▥ Audlem LOCK FLIGHT ● Market Drayton MARKET TOWN ✦ Norbury Junction JUNCTION ○ Brewood VILLAGE ⚓ AUTHERLEY JUNCTION START HERE NB Hire · start here ● Penkridge CANAL TOWN ◉ Tixall Wide SCENIC ✦ Great Haywood JUNCTION ● Stone CANAL TOWN ⌁ Caldon Canal MOORLANDS ◆ Birmingham CITY STOP ▣ Black Country HERITAGE ○ Kinver VILLAGE ≋ Stourport HISTORIC BASINS ◆ Worcester CITY STOP Every adventure starts here Illustrated route overview for holiday planning — not intended for navigation

Illustrated overview for planning only. Always check current waterway notices before travel.

NOT SURE WHICH ONE?

We can narrow it down.

Most guests don’t need the “perfect” route. They just need the route that suits the way they want to holiday.

FIRST TIME?

Start easy

Choose a route with comfortable cruising days and plenty of time to stop.

WANT TO RELAX?

Keep the days gentle

Pick somewhere with manageable locks, pretty moorings and fewer long cruising days.

WANT AN ADVENTURE?

Make the journey the holiday

Cruising rings and longer routes suit crews who enjoy locks, movement and covering more ground.

FOUND A ROUTE YOU LOVE?

Now choose the boat you want to do it on.

The route gets you excited. The boat is where the holiday becomes yours.

ROUTE HELP

Still not sure which route suits you?

Tell us who’s travelling, how long you’ve got and how energetic you want the holiday to be. We can point you towards the routes that make the most sense.