Things to do in East Midlands, England: The Best Boat Rentals

ACTIVITIES AWAY & MARINE MASTERS are the same company with two trading names. Based at this old gravel pit just outside Lincoln. Activities on offer include open water swimming sessions, kayak and stand up paddle board rentals, jet ski and power boat courses and lots of other fun water sports and adventure activities. Activities away have been delivering well thought out and fun adventure activities for 31 years with 14 years at this venue. The centre is AALS licensed, fully insured and Marine masters is a recognised training venue for the Royal Yachting Association offering a wide variety of on water and theory courses.

Based at the new leisure & retail destination, Rushden Lakes, we offer Canoe Hire, Comfy Camping, and Short Breaks on the River Nene in rural Northamptonshire. Centrally located between London & Birmingham, you can hire canoes and paddle down river for half a day to five days, toward Peterborough and into Cambridgeshire. We include a pick-up service at the end of many trips so you can choose to paddle only downstream. To complete your canoeing adventure, why not consider a Canoe2 Short Break canoeing holiday. These breaks are packaged up to include Comfy Camping, in bell tents, a yurt, or a tipi, or you could choose from our selection of excellent country hotels and B&Bs. Canoe2 Gift Experience Vouchers are also available. What could be better than presenting your loved one, friend, or work colleagues with an experience they'll remember and cherish for years to come? Or simply enjoy 30 or 60 minutes on our lovely lake, in your choice of canoes, kayaks, katakanus or swan pedalos.

Water Taxi between Spalding & Springfields Shopping Complex / Day Boat Hire / Private Charters / Self Drive Hire Boats

Our self steer day boats for 2-12 people leave from the picturesque Union Wharf, Market Harborough. Book online from £160 a day to take a trip on the canal through the beautiful countryside to the famous Foxton Locks and back.

Quality canal Holidays. Hire a boat on the tranquil lock free Ashby Canal. 15 narrowboats for day hire,short break hire,mini breaks and weekly rental holidays. Centrally located in the heart of the English countryside.UK Providing luxury boating holidays for 25 years.

We are a traditional narrowboat hire and training centre based at the heart of England’s waterways. Our base is within 'Braunston Marina' the former historic boat yard, near Daventry in Northamptonshire. Our boats have traditional engines so if you’re looking to hire a boat that doesn’t look or sound like an average hire boat, we may have just what you are looking for.

The Baldwin Trust is a community based charity that provides crewed narrow boat trips, run by trained volunteers on Leicestershire's waterways from Pilling's Lock Marina, Quorn and Leicester Marina, Thurmaston. Our narrow boats are adapted with ramps and lifts, toilets and a spacious cabin area, which allows access for wheelchair, pushchair and walking frame users and those with mobility issues. The aim and purpose of the Trust is to enhance the well-being for people of all ages, especially those living with disabilities, mental illness or social exclusion or isolation. The boat trips provided by the Trust can provide learning and recreational opportunities to disadvantaged or isolated people and their carers which will allow them to maintain a healthy lifestyle or discover new experiences or gain skills, this in turn can improve the quality of their life opportunities.

A small family operated company operating a fleet of five Narrowboats providing canal boat holidays on the Grand Union Canal.

Boutique narrowboat hire for couples, through the stunning Leicestershire Grand Union Canal landscape. Year-round mini-breaks in luxury, with king-sized bed, central heating and pot-bellied stove. Novices most welcome, full training provided.

Boat hire facility located in Highfields Park, Nottingham. Open yearly Easter to October. Canoes, row boats, kayaks and paddle-boards available.