What to do and see in Cheshire, England: The Best Boat Tours & Water Sports

Canal boating is for anyone who just want to do something completely different from the everyday world. Andersen Boats is a family run business in Middlewich for 40 years. Canal boating with the best starting point for a perfect canal holiday across England & Wales. We offer day boat hire and longer breaks, so you can take a short or a long tour of our beautiful canals. For our day hire you can spend the day cruising the Canals around Middlewich Cheshire, in one of our superb Canal Boats. With easy to operate controls and expert handover, our canal boats are lots of fun for adults and children alike. So celebrating a birthday? Special event? or just having a fun day out, this inexpensive treat is a great way to take in the sights and sounds of our countryside. Relax with family and friends. Give us a call.

Explore the beautiful Macclesfield Canal and Middlewood Way with our day hire narrowboats and vintage bikes.

We are a family friendly PADI Dive centre, located in Macclesfield, Cheshire. For over 20 years, we have helped people from South Manchester to North Staffordshire learn to Scuba Dive, taking in towns from Stockport to Stoke and everywhere in between! Why not come in to see us and get your Scuba Diving adventure going with us?

Thorn Marine Boat hire on the Bridgewater canal, dayboat hire and short break hire. Why not spend the day or weekend cruising the Bridgewater canal aboard one of our canal boats. The boats are fully equipped with all you need for your break be it a day, weekend break or mid week break, see out website for more information.

Partridge Lakes Fishery is set over 70 acres with 15 waters, all individually landscaped providing a fantastic days coarse fishing for all, including match anglers and pleasure anglers of all levels. Over looking the lakes is the tackle and bait shop and terrace cafe open all day every day serving fresh hot and cold food. Our established waters are heavily stocked with Carp, Perch, Tench & Barbel.

Visit the home of watersports in Congleton, at Astbury Mere Country Park. With so much to choose from, we’re more than happy to deliver your perfect water or land-based pursuit. With paddle boarding, raft-building, canoeing, kayaking and even more, age and ability are no limit on a truly windswept experience. For all instructed sessions advanced booking is essential. Boat Hire runs from April to October. We also offer water and land based holiday clubs for children which is a great child care solution! Our adventure experience is now also available to book for your school, youth and uniform group in Staffordshire and Cheshire! We are close to Stoke on Trent, Holmes Chapel and Biddulph, Please check our website for the latest times and to book activities!

Overwater is an award winning inland waterways marina in the heart of rural Cheshire, set on the Shropshire Union Canal. At the marina you will find a cafe, shop and boat brokerage, as well as a caravan site. At weekends from Easter to the end of October you can take a trip with the Audlem Lass Boat Service which raises funds for the RNLI. For less able users we also have the Overwater Wheelyboat.

We're a family business, running half-hour and two-hour sightseeing cruises along Chester's beautiful River Dee. We also host special events, such as afternoon teas, fish & chip cruises and curry & quiz nights for an outing with a difference. And when the sun goes down, we're ready to party! We run a wide range of party themes with disco, on-board bar and buffet supper. Book cruise, event and party tickets online and save! We have three boats in our fleet - the Lady Diana, the Mark Twain and the Jackie - which can all be chartered privately to create your own bespoke celebration.