Hebden Bridge Cruises

Hebden Bridge Cruises

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Scenic Canal Boat Trips and Dining Cruises in the beautiful Calder Valley

Now offering a taste of Yorkshire platter served throughout the day and for evening dinner cruises at 5 and 7pm

We no longer offer Sunday lunches 

Welcome to Hebden Bridge Cruises

11th May 5pm and 7pm cruises available.1.5hrs, through a lock. Just the cruise or Taste of Yorkshire

  Stop  the world and get off and come onboard lovely Gracie, a traditional narrowboat.  

Treat yourself to a relaxing and scenic cruise along the Rochdale canal in the heart of the Calder Valley with our all female crew.

Book just for the cruise or enjoy a cream tea, afternoon tea or a taste of Yorkshire platter, as you relish in the tranquillity and beautiful scenery. Spot the multitude of wildlife whilst listening to informative commentary about the fascinating history of the canal, Hebden Bridge and surrounding areas

Everyone loves a party, and you can have yours onboard, from hen and stag parties, to birthdays, or anything else you want to celebrate. For groups over 8 people you have the boat to yourselves. Book in the evening for a 1.5hr cruise through a lock. Longer cruises can be arranged.

Our parties aren’t just for the adults, we do children’s parties too, so if you fancy something different we have various packages available. Please give me a ring or email with your inquiries.

As there’s so much history, wildlife and wonderful scenery we offer educational,  and informative cruises, so children can learn outside of the classroom.  We have a risk assessment in place and I’m also DBS checked.

Alternatively vouchers are available as a wonderful present for those special people in your life

Choose your cruise and book now or buy a voucher

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JUST THE CRUISE

 That’s it! No frills or whistles!

Taste of Yorkshire

Locally sourced charcuterie and cheeses, chutney, bread and crackers served on our evening cruises or throughout the day. Veg and vegan platters available

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TEA CRUISES

 Delicious home made scone with fresh cream and strawberry jam along with a pot of Yorkshire Tea served in our vintage china tea service or go for the full monty and have an afternoon tea

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CELEBRATION CRUISES

W hy not charter our narrowboat Gracie for that special celebration? Come on one of our scheduled trips or at a time that suits you. Different menus and cruise lengths available.  

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Boat cruise company in hebden bridge. rear of stubbing wharf, hebden bridge hx7 6lu, uk.

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Welcome to hebden bridge cruises, events with us..

Keep your eyes peeled for a programme of events over the next few months which will be announced in due course, you can keep up to date on these by following the link to our website at the top of this profile, and our facebook page which is also linked!

We also do children’s and adult’s parties as well as bespoke pirate cruises, just ask us for more details!

Where are we?

We are located on the canal at the rear of the Stubbing Wharf pub just a short walk along the towpath from the town centre heading towards Todmorden.

How to get here.

By car follow the A646 from Hebden Bridge towards Todmorden and watch out for the brown tourist signs. From the train station walk through Calder homes park, then take a lovely walk along the canal towpath for about 10 minutes.

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Leeds and liverpool canal & the calder and hebble navigation, the perfect destination for canal boat holidays in yorkshire.

Leeds to Hebden Bridge (return) can be completed in 10 days. This is based on between 7 and 9-hour days of summer light. The time scales here are just to show a guide of what can be found on the route.

1 day – Leaving Leeds

Leaving the mill in the distance heading south down the Leeds and Liverpool Canal you have 2 locks before you enter Granary Wharf (that those from Leeds would say is the START of the canal, the longest in the country). Granary Wharf has had some major yet sympathetic development and is now home to numerous restaurants, bars and pubs (all of which would have my recommendation) as well as being very literally a stone’s throw from the train station and the rest of the city.

Leaving Granary Wharf through River Lock you embark on a journey down the river Aire, the start of the still commercially active, Aire and Calder navigation. This takes you through the heart of the city, past Calls Landing and Brewery Wharf, to Clarence Dock (now Leeds Dock but once known as Tatty Basin due to potatoes being transported by barge) home of The Royal Armouries Museum.

Continuing downriver through Leeds Lock (automated as are future locks on the Aire and Calder) you start to leave the city and the river through Knostrop Lock and pass Thwaites Mill Industrial Museum, still home to a beautiful and operational steam-powered crane. Leaving the urban sprawl greenery starts to take over.

Once you’ve navigated under the M1 and passed through Fishpond Lock you enter the wonderful Woodlesford.   Surrounded by Greenery, the river to your left and the village on your right, it’s the perfect location for any kind of evening. The village is home to 2 supermarkets, 3 pubs, 1 restaurant, a hand full of takeaways, and a chippy that has never let me down.

Leaving Woodlesford through Woodlesford Lock it’s a short cruise to Lemonroyd Lock which is situated next to St Aidan’s Nature Reserve. As much as you have cruised for more minutes and will feel a little more out of the way, Woodlesford Village is only a 10-minute walk away so you still have access to its amenities.

Locking through Lemonroyd Lock can be exciting for experienced boaters let alone novices due to its sheer scale, being one of the deepest locks in the country (13.6 feet) and being built to accommodate the Aire and Calder barges. Once the vast gates have opened you are now back on the river, it’s easy to forget where you are when the trees are in full foliage and you navigate the river’s romantic natural bends.  

After about 45 minutes you will come to Allerton Bywater, historically important to the area’s waterway heritage as somewhere Tom Puddings would be loaded. Now it is a comforting village surrounded by nature reserves and open space. Home to a riverside pub and other amenities you might expect on your canal boat holiday in Yorkshire.

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Day 2 – Disembarking from Allerton Bywater

Disembarking from Allerton Bywater heading down river you will shortly arrive at Castleford junction. For the Calder and Hebble Navigation, you want to take a sharp right at this junction heading up the river Calder. After around 40 minutes or so you should arrive at Woodnook Lock which will take you off the river and back onto the man-made navigation.

Once pend through Woodnook Lock it will take about an hour and a half, including 2 locks, to arrive at Stanley Ferry. The first thing you will pass through is the Stanley Ferry aqueduct built in 1836 to take the Aire and Calder Navigation over the River Calder.

As you pass you will also notice the lock workshop on your right, run by the Canal and River Trust, this is where the majority of the lock gates are made bespoke to each lock. With an array of boats to gongoozle (boat spot), Southern Washlands Nature Reserve and The Stanley Ferry pub canal side the visitor moorings here are definitely worth using.

Another hour cruise through Stanley Ferry flood lock (should be open and no need to operate) Back on the river you will come to Fall Ing Lock, be sure to open the paddles gradually penning uphill as the current on these paddles can be extremely aggressive. Once through and a couple of bends later you will arrive at Wakefield visitor moorings with the Ruddy Duck pub opposite. You are now in the heart of Wakefield city centre, a city that is renowned for its rhubarb, cathedral, and for its eclectic mix of watering holes due to its mining heritage. You are also now navigating the Calder and Hebble Navigation.

Leaving Wakefield on the Calder and Hebble Navigation you now have a pleasant and scenic hour-and-a-half cruise including only 2 locks to Calder Grove and the Navigation Inn. The first of these locks, Thorne Lock, is the first time you will encounter the need for a Hand Spike, a lock tool unique to the Calder and Hebble Navigation, a favourite Yorkshire canal boat holidays destination.

Once through Broad Cut Low Lock, you will find The Navigation Inn canal side pub, nestled between the beautiful metal work of Waller Bridge and red brick Broad Cut Railway Bridge. It would almost be rude not to make the 20 steps from boat to bar.

Heading another 50 minutes on, including 1 lock, you will head through one of my favourite stretches of canal, with steel and iron bridges reminiscent of Van Gogh’s ‘Water Lillies’ and open space with wide views. This will lead you to the Bingley Arms Inn, yet another canal-side pub house in the village of Horbury Bridge.

Another hour and 30 minutes, including 3 locks, have your handspike ready, and you will approach Dewsbury Arm Junction visitor moorings at the feet of Thornhill Double Locks. If wanting to venture up the Dewsbury arm, I would advise doing this by foot as moorings are limited in the basin and manoeuvring can be difficult. But The Leggers Inn pub in the basin is well worth the 10-minute walk and a further walk to explore Dewsbury Market and Sea Urchin fish and chips may be seen by some as a justified venture.

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Day 3 – The Calder and Hebble Navigation

Heading up Thornhill Double locks along the Calder and Hebble Navigation you have varied scenery as you leapfrog between river and navigation sections. Within 2 hours you will arrive at Shepley Bridge Lock. Once pend up the river you will pass Shepley Bridge Marina and services on your right.

If you continue another 20 minutes you will come to the heart of Mirfield and available mooring spots. The town has all the amenities including 3 supermarkets and yet another Navigation Inn that’s canal side with its own visitor mooring.

Leaving Mirfield past Mirfield Marina you will then join another section of the river. After a short cruise, you will be approaching Battyeford Lock which is the way to go to continue along the Calder and Hebble Navigation.

You will see signs directing all craft in that direction, but… if you fancy a very small detour and lesser-known mooring spot, continue upriver for a very short time and you will see The Pear Tree pub on your right with a jetty attached to the beer garden (take care on the jetty as it’s a little flood battered), enjoy some food or spend the evening and simple reverse or turn back to Battyeford Lock landing.

Passing though, out of Battyeford Lock, you will see South Pennine Boat Club, a fine spot for some gongoozling. Within 40mins you will be penning through Cooper Bridge lock and Cooper Bridge visitor moorings will be just around the bend. Immediately after these moorings you will find a junction in which you will be presented with a choice, turn sharp right for the Huddersfield broad and narrow canals (see Huddersfield section) or turn left to continue on your Yorkshire canal boat holidays on the Calder and Hebble Navigation towards the Rochdale canal.

Continuing along the Calder and Hebble Navigation you have just short of a 2hr cruise to Brighouse basin including 4 locks (1 of which will take you out of the lower basin, but visitor moorings are also located there). This is a very pretty little journey that takes you through the Kirklees lock where there is some lovely scenery. Certainly a nice overnight location or at least to stop for a brew.   Once at Brighouse you have entered Calderdale and have all the delight the town has to offer. The charity shops here are definitely worth a scan as I’ve left without a golden find.

Day 4 – Leaving Brighouse

Leaving Brighouse behind you have almost 5hrs, including 10 locks) till you arrive at Sowerby Bridge and the start of the Rochdale Canal. You pass through the picturesque Cromwell nature reserve and head on through Elland that’s home to a selection of ale houses. You will then approach Salterhebble locks, this is a ‘picture postcard’ set of locks, the first of which has and electric guillotine as its bottom gates. The water point after the second lock may be worth a visit.

The third lock leads to you Salterhebble Junction where you take a sharp left (right taking you for a very short trip up a dead end) to Sowerby for a lock-free cruise. Ideally once entering Sowerby Bridge turn left at the basin entrance to find visitor moorings and lock No1 of the Rochdale canal.

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Day 5 – The Locks to Hebden Bridge

You now have a 3-and-a-half-hour journey including 7 locks to Hebden Bridge. Find out more about Hebden Bridge at Visit Calderdale. The third of which is Tuel Lane Lock, the deepest in the country 19’8” deep. To the most experienced boaters, this is still an exciting occasion to be pend through by the lock keepers manning the feat of engineering.

The cruise to Hebden Bridge is as scenic as you would imagine. Once arriving in Hebden Bridge try and moor up one of our beautiful boats on the park side before the entrance to the dry dock, as this may be where you will be turning around unless continuing the climb up and over the Pennines, to the highest lock in the country and the summit of the Rochdale canal. Hebden Bridge itself is a village full of art, music, crafts, culture, walks, waterfalls and beer.

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Hebden Bridge Cruises offer a unique and special way to discover the canal that runs through Hebden Bridge , forging the town’s heritage and history, onboard a traditional narrowboat exploring the beautiful waterway that runs through the Calder Valley. Learn about Rochdale Canal’s past uses, its influence on the surrounding towns and villages, and explore the tranquil scenery and wildlife that’s to be found along the way. Cruises start from behind Hebden Bridge’s Stubbing Wharf, a traditional pub with a fire, serving real ales and classic pub food, and last from 50 minutes to an hour and a half or more if booked specially.

Various Hebden Bridge Cruises trips have a foodie focus to tempt you: there’s a cream or afternoon tea cruise, with either a homemade scone with fresh cream and jam served on vintage china or a full afternoon tea with a selection of homemade sandwiches and cakes. These run daily; the fish and chips cruise, meanwhile, runs on Friday evenings and features freshly battered haddock, home cooked chips, mushy peas, and bread and butter, all prepared by the chefs at the Stubbing Wharf pub. The Sunday lunch cruises, which include a lock experience, have the likes of slow roast topside of beef, roast pork, lamb and a nut roast with a Yorkshire pudding and gravy on the menu, and are a fantastic introduction to the narrowboat community living on the canal.

Celebration cruises, perfect for birthdays, hen and stag dos, work outings and more, have the option of either a one to two course menu from the Stubbing Wharf pub, or a gourmet picnic menu, with a glass of fizz included in the price. You can choose your specific time slot and book on to a unique experience. The Hebden Bridge Cruises are even a brilliant option for an unusual children’s party, with dressing up encouraged, the chance to feed the geese and ducks, and the option of a packed lunch, cake and party bags should you choose. At their heart though, these trips along the Rochdale canal are an incredible way to experience the ancient woodland, weirs and waterfalls that surround Hebden Bridge, from the water.

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Bronte boats canal cruising, contact details.

  • The Marina, New Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 8AD
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Enjoy a day out on the beautiful Rochdale Canal, where the Pennine scenery and wildlife is spectacular.

The Eleanor Rose is a luxurious 57ft cruiser stern boat. She has 4 berths consisting of a fixed double and a kitchen/dinette.

She has a full size kitchen with gas cooker, full size fridge, shower room and a very comfortable living area. For more details, price and availability, please contact us on 01706 815103 or visit our website for more information.

The boats come with cutlery, plates etc. Tea & coffee is also provided.

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Discover this lovely old textile mill town on the Rochdale Canal . The spectacular scenery and quirky, independent shops, galleries and cafes in Hebden Bridge, make for a great family day out.

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People who know their canals put the Rochdale Canal among their top canals, which is just as well because its summit is the second highest in England. It's not a specially long canal, at 33 miles, but it packs in a lot of locks - 91. It has to, with the Pennines to cross. The Rochdale Canal also packs in a huge variety of scenery, from crags and woods beside the infant Calder to views of the moors, and from stone-built hamlets, villages and small towns to vast red-brick mills and shining new tower blocks on the way into Manchester.

Most of the Rochdale Canal's traffic is now on the Yorkshire side, which starts right in our boatyard in Sowerby Bridge. Climbing swiftly away, via the new Tuel Tunnel Lock (the deepest canal lock in England), you soon find yourself half way up the hillside with the edge of town spread below. Then secluded wooded stretches lead to more open views as you progress up the valley. Passing through the unpronounceable Mytholmroyd, you soon approach Hebden Bridge. Some boaters stick here, absorbed by the alternative atmosphere, the interesting life, the beguiling layout of the town, piled up the hillside, and the opportunities for walks.

Above Hebden Bridge, the valley becomes more romantic with lots to see on the way to Todmorden, a grand small town with impressive buildings, a market and a good selection of restaurants and pubs. Todmorden is the home of Incredible Edible, so you will notice vegetables growing along the towpath for anybody to pick.Then you pass the Great Wall of Tod, supporting the railway high above, and start climbing more steeply towards the summit, with the county boundary with Lancashire just below. Across the short summit, the canal drops fast down to Littleborough, with its interesting second hand bookshop. The canal levels out for a bit, and leads through Rochdale, which is unusual for not yet having woken up to the possibilities its restored canal offers.

The last bit of open scenery leads you to the edge of Manchester, and an intense lock experience through alternately challenging and fascinating urban scenery leading to the impressive new buildings surrounding the junction with the Ashton Canal. A final brief descent under and past a kaleidoscope of buildings, though a much-frequented area of canalside bars, leads to the imposing end of the canal, where it meets the first English canal (the Duke of Bridgewater's) at Castlefield.

A trip across the whole Rochdale Canal is an exhilarating and unforgettable experience. see below for how get a taste of this amazing canal.

The Rochdale Canal - a little history

First discussed as early as 1766, construction started in 1794 and the Rochdale Canal was the first of the trans-Pennine canals to open, in 1805. Projected as a narrow canal, it was built broad and with longer locks than the Calder & Hebble Navigation, which had reached Sowerby Bridge in 1770.

The Rochdale Canal was an immediate success, carrying coal, grain from Lincolnshire, stone and merchandise of all sorts including of course the textiles for which the area was famous. Boats were a mixture of flats and keels, with their origins on the west and east side respectively - though keels would not have been satisfactory, being shorter and deeper-draughted they could not be fully loaded on the Rochdale. At any rate, it's not clear that the intermediate gates, intended to save water with the shorter boats, were ever fitted..

Traffic did well while the railway was being built alongside, but then suffered. there were also water shortages in dry summers, despite many more reservoirs being built. the blockade of the Humber ports in the First World War was never recovered from. the last through traffic was in 1937, by which time the reservoirs had been sold for public water supply, and the canal was legally closed in 1952.

After a period of dreary stagnation, with bridges being dropped and long sections filled in, people who had seen the Ashton restored in 1974 said 'why not the Rochdale?'. all sensible people agreed that the Rochdale could not possibly be restored, but soon local authorities saw the possibility for reopening the towpaths with job creation schemes, and before long it seemed a good idea to make the odd lock gate. By the mid 80s, all the local authorities along the route were working on their sections, and a temporary access of money when the county councils were abolished allowed some serious blockages to be removed.

The outer Manchester ring road (M60) was planned to obliterate the canal, and somehow the Rochdale Canal Society, local authorities and other objectors managed to get this threat changed into the construction of 1km of new canal through a motorway intersection. After that it was only a matter of time, and by 2001 the Rochdale Canal was open from end to end.

The reopening has enabled and encouraged many millions of pounds of property development, refurbishment and other regeneration, so the public money invested is earning a good return. And local people make very good use of the canal in many ways, of which boating is only one.

Further reading

Pennine Pioneer - The Story of the Rochdale Canal by Keith Gibson

Rochdale Canal by John Evans

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Coming into Lock 1, Sowerby Bridge

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ah looks like a great afternoon out and those scones look lush. I've never been to Hebden Bridge before

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Embarrassing confession but I’d never actually heard of Calder Valley! So I’ve learnt something today! This looks like such a great day trip. I’ve always wanted to go on a canal boat and the food looks lovely!

I've always wanted to go on a canal boat, to feel like Rosie and Jim! Looks like so much fun xx

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These photos have made me feel even more Autumnal! Your children are so cute x

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ELECTROSTAL HISTORY AND ART MUSEUM: All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go (with Photos)

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  • (0.25 mi) Pechka
  • (0.26 mi) Mazhor

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  1. A Canal Cruise along the Calder Valley with Hebden Bridge Cruises

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  3. Canal cruises in Hebden Bridge

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  6. Hebden Bridge Cruises, West-Yorkshire

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VIDEO

  1. From Littleborough to Hebden Bridge via Rochdale canal 4K

  2. Visiting Every Station... by boat?

  3. Norwegian Cruise Lines, The Haven, pure luxury!

  4. 052 Todmorden to Hebden on the Rochdale Canal

  5. Episode 3: I travel from Hebden Bridge to Huddersfield, and have some whacky experiences on the way!

  6. CANAL AT HEBDEN BRIDGE

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  1. Hebden Bridge Cruises

    Welcome to Hebden Bridge Cruises. Stop the world and get off and come onboard lovely Gracie, a traditional narrowboat. Treat yourself to a relaxing and scenic cruise along the Rochdale canal in the heart of the Calder Valley with our all female crew. Book just for the cruise or enjoy a cream tea, afternoon tea or a taste of Yorkshire platter ...

  2. Hebden Bridge Cruises

    Welcome to Hebden Bridge Cruises! We offer scenic canal boat trips and dining cruises in the beautiful Calder Valley. Treat yourself to a relaxing and scenic canal cruise on one of our traditional narrowboats. ... Boat Cruise company in Hebden Bridge. Rear of Stubbing Wharf, Hebden Bridge HX7 6LU, UK. Call us anytime 07966808717

  3. Wonderful Canal Boat Holidays to Hebden Bridge, Yorkshire

    Day 5 - The Locks to Hebden Bridge. You now have a 3-and-a-half-hour journey including 7 locks to Hebden Bridge. Find out more about Hebden Bridge at Visit Calderdale. The third of which is Tuel Lane Lock, the deepest in the country 19'8" deep. To the most experienced boaters, this is still an exciting occasion to be pend through by the ...

  4. HEBDEN BRIDGE CRUISES

    Hebden Bridge Cruises. Treat yourself to a relaxing and scenic canal cruise on our traditional narrowboat Gracie, with our all female friendly crew. Sit back and watch the world go by in the heart of the Pennine hills in the beautiful Calder Valley. From a 50 minute scenic cruise with a cream tea or afternoon tea, to a chartered party cruise at ...

  5. Hebden Bridge Cruises

    Hebden Bridge Cruises. Treat yourself to a relaxing and scenic canal cruise on our traditional narrowboat Gracie, with our all female friendly crew. Sit back and watch the world go by in the heart of the Pennine hills in the beautiful Calder Valley. From a 50 minute scenic cruise with a cream tea or afternoon tea, to a chartered party cruise at ...

  6. Cream Tea Canal Cruise

    Hebden Bridge Cruises: Cream Tea Canal Cruise - AMAZING! - See 57 traveller reviews, 54 candid photos, and great deals for Hebden Bridge, UK, at Tripadvisor. ... We visited Hebden Bridge Cruises last Sunday for my partners birthday. The whole day was thoroughly enjoyable. The day was organised well...the food was good ( from the pub next door ...

  7. HEBDEN BRIDGE CRUISES

    Hi Tammy, We will be up and running on June 4th for the Cream Tea Canal Cruise. The following weekend weekend we will be running the Sunday Lunch Cruise. You can phone to book either on 07966808717. Mary Hebden Bridge Cruises

  8. Hebden Bridge

    Address: King Sreet, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, HX7 6LU ... Hebden Bridge Cruises; Boat trips: Bronte Boats; Hebden Bridge Cruises; Picnic spot: Picnic spots in Calder Holmes Park ... Canal & River Trust is a charity registered with the Charity Commission no. 1146792 and a company limited by guarantee registered in England & Wales no ...

  9. Canal cruises in Hebden Bridge

    The Sunday Lunch Cruise is a 90-minute cruise that includes a two-course roast lunch from the Stubbing Wharf pub. These cruises operate at 12.30pm and 3pm, although the 3pm cruise only operates if the 12.30pm cruise is fully booked. £33. Hebden Bridge Cruises operates scenic cruises on traditional narrowboats on the Rochdale Canal in Hebden ...

  10. Hebden Bridge Cruises

    Hebden Bridge Cruises. Hebden Bridge Cruises offer a unique and special way to discover the canal that runs through Hebden Bridge, forging the town's heritage and history, onboard a traditional narrowboat exploring the beautiful waterway that runs through the Calder Valley.Learn about Rochdale Canal's past uses, its influence on the surrounding towns and villages, and explore the tranquil ...

  11. Bronte Boats Canal Cruising

    Hebden Bridge | Bronte Boats Canal Cruising . Contact details. The Marina, New Road, Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire HX7 8AD ; 01706 815103; https://www.bronteboats.co.uk ... Specialist; Wildlife & Nature; Enjoy a day out on the beautiful Rochdale Canal, where the Pennine scenery and wildlife is spectacular. The Eleanor Rose is a luxurious 57ft ...

  12. Hebden Bridge

    Hebden Bridge was badly affected back in 2015 - read some of our stories about rebuilding canals in the heart of flood-hit communities ... Cycling; Fishing; Walking; Canoeing; Sightseeing; Places to eat: The Stubbing Wharf; Hebden Bridge Cruises; Boat trips: Bronte Boats; Hebden Bridge Cruises; Picnic spot: Picnic spots in Calder Holmes Park ...

  13. Hebden Bridge Cruises

    Hebden Bridge Cruises, Hebden Bridge. 2,423 likes · 3 talking about this · 628 were here. Scenic canal boat trips and dining cruises in the beautiful Calder Valley.

  14. Rochdale Canal holidays

    It's not a specially long canal, at 33 miles, but it packs in a lot of locks - 91. It has to, with the Pennines to cross. The Rochdale Canal also packs in a huge variety of scenery, from crags and woods beside the infant Calder to views of the moors, and from stone-built hamlets, villages and small towns to vast red-brick mills and shining new ...

  15. A Canal Cruise along the Calder Valley with Hebden Bridge Cruises

    At 12:55, we headed to the canal behind the pub and were greeted by narrowboat Gracie, our captain and host. Cream Tea Cruises should be pre-booked ( you can do it online here) and each sailing only takes 12 people so it's nice and intimate. Cream Tea Cruises are £15 per adult and £10 per child including a scone and refreshments.

  16. Walk: Hebden Bridge Canal

    Walk Description. Starting at Hebden Bridge Station, join the towpath of the Rochdale Canal and turn left. Heading along the towpath you will soon approach the town and marina. Look out for the buildings that are old textile mills, full of heritage and character. Hebden Bridge was, and still is, known for the production of corduroy.

  17. Elektrostal, Moscow Oblast, Russia

    Elektrostal Geography. Geographic Information regarding City of Elektrostal. Elektrostal Geographical coordinates. Latitude: 55.8, Longitude: 38.45. 55° 48′ 0″ North, 38° 27′ 0″ East. Elektrostal Area. 4,951 hectares. 49.51 km² (19.12 sq mi) Elektrostal Altitude.

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  19. APELSIN HOTEL

    Apelsin Hotel. 43 reviews. #1 of 4 hotels in Elektrostal. Noginskoye hwy, 36B, Elektrostal 144008 Russia. Write a review. Check availability. View all photos ( 19)

  20. Electrostal History and Art Museum

    Art MuseumsHistory Museums. Write a review. All photos (22) Suggest edits to improve what we show. Improve this listing. Revenue impacts the experiences featured on this page, learn more. The area. Nikolaeva ul., d. 30A, Elektrostal 144003 Russia. Reach out directly.