This is information and listings of various sources for Holidays on the Waterways of the UK compiled by Lisa Osta 1994.

Here is some info I have collected on my own and culled from various online sources:

Hotel and Self Hire boats:

Thames Hotel Voyages
Le Sans Egal 
7 Foxcombe Drive
Tilehurst
Reading, Berks.
RG3 5HT
England
Tel 0734 426311
Fax 0734 452473
I took this trip September 1994 , I highly recommend it , great food, excellent trip! £700 per person

Actief Barge Cruising Holidays
3 & 6 Day Cruises on the Thames
Agent Abercrombie & Kent IntÕl
Chicago 312-954-2944
London 081-730-9600 and (fax?) 081-235-9761


UK Boat Rental Agencies:
Blakes    +44 (0)603-782911
Hoseasons +44 (0)502-500505
In the US try Blakes (800-628-8118) and Hoseasons  (800-662-2628)

England Afloat
Box 2083
Springfield, MA 01101
cost about $600 week
Canal trips 
(413)562-9296

Willow Wren Cruising Holidays
PO Box 2
Rugby, Warwickshire
CV21 1NR
phone 0788 509153
fax 0788 540540
Christine or Andy
Boat: Rose of Brecon, Monmouth and Brecon Canal
this was recommended by Rob Jones of Le Sans Egal

LLangollen Canal Wales and 6 other bases nationally
Anglo-Welsh  Holidays phone 011 44 858-466910 fax , 011-44-858-434618
10 Canal Basin,
Mkt Harborough, Leics.
LE16 7BJ
36 page brochure
Carol Palmer is their head reservations clerk.

Alvechurch Boat Centres Limited
Scarfield Wharf
Alvechurch
Birmingham B48 7SQ
021-445-2909

Kennet & Avon Canal & River Thames rentals 2-12 berth narrowboat or Thames Cruiser.
Bridge Boats Ltd
FryÕs Island
Reading, Berks
RG1 8LD
Tel (0734) 590346

Information Sources:

British Tourism Authority (BTA) very  helpful  (800-462-2748)  for all kinds of info.  The BTA  bookstore was also a great source  (800-448-3039)

The Heart of England Tourist Board
2/4 Trinity St.,
Worcester WR1 2PW
tel. 0905 613132

Waterways Contact Forum
for those seeking or offering good old fashioned friendship
SAE to:
Lucy Orion
31 Chapel Place
Ramsgate, Kent
CT11 9SB

Association of Pleasure Craft Operators
35A High Street
Newport
Shropshire
TF10 8JW
(0952) 813572

Brochure of crew supplied and self skippered boats in UK, Ireland and France
U.K.W.H. LTD
1 Port Hill
Hertford
SG14 1PJ
Tel (0992) 550616 Fax (0992) 587392

British Waterways
The Locks
Bath Road
Devizes, Wiltshire
SN10 1HB
Tel (0380)722859

Books, maps on the Kennet & Avon send SAE for information
The Kennet & Avon Canal Trust, central sales
Canal Centre
Couch Lane
Devizes
Wilts
SN10 1EB
tel(0380)729489

Books:

The Shell Book of Inland Waterways by Hugh McKnight (1975), published by David and Charles, ISBN 0 7153 6884 2, Library of Congress Catalogue Card no. 74-20470

Insight Guides Waterways of Europe published by Houghton Mifflin

The Alternative Holiday Guide to The Waterways of Britain and Europe by Eric and Ruth Bailey ISBN 1-85253-188-6 printed in the UK

UK Magazines

Waterways World
Kottingham House
Dale St.
Burton-on-Trent
Staffs. DE14 3TD
£34.20 per year overseas

Canal & Riverboat
AE Morgan Publications Ltd.
Subscription Dept.
Stanley House
9 West St.
Epsom, Surrey
KT18 7RL