Kennet & Avon Canal & River Thames rentals 2-12 berth narrowboat or Thames Cruiser.
Bridge Boats Ltd
Fry╒s 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