About Us

Welcome to White Horse Boats!

For canal boat hire on the Kennet & Avon Canal, Devizes, Wiltshire.

We are a family run canal boat hire business established in 1986 operating self-drive narrow boat hire for holidays on the Kennet & Avon canal from Devizes Wharf.

Many of our customers appreciate our high levels of service so much that they return year after year to experience at leisure the delights of hiring a narrow boat on the Kennet & Avon canal. When you hire our narrowboats you can meander through the beautiful Pewsey Vale, in the heart of rural Wiltshire, through the Savernake Tunnel and past the Crofton beam Engines towards Hungerford and Newbury eastwards or you can navigate westwards via Claverton Pumping Station and Bradford-on-Avon to the city of Bath.

Our narrow boat canal holidays are based at Devizes Wharf at the top of the famous Caen Hill flight of 29 locks but you can still take a lock free break if you cruise to Wootton Rivers and back on a two-day escape from the rush of modern life. There are plenty of Inns to dine at and interesting countryside, including the White Horse at Alton Barnes, to visit.

Our Narrowboat hire canal holidays for 2 – 6 people are taken aboard Moonraker, Moonfleet and Moonshine, which have all been fitted out to a high standard by us. They all have the necessary facilities that make for a pleasurable boating experience. Moonshine is our newest boat at 56’ sleeping up to 6 people was added to our fleet in 2009. We pride ourselves in ensuring that our boats are maintained to a high standard and welcome prospective customers to view the boats prior to booking their holiday.

We are easy to find and you can check out our location by looking at multimap or clicking here for our local map.

Call Sue or Ian on 01380 728504 for availability!

Please note that Kenavon Venture our 50 seat trip boat is to be operated by the Kennet & Avon Canal Trust until 2013. For details of public trips and private charters please call them on 0800 0283707 or email kenavon@katrust.org.uk. Visit their web site at: www.katrust.org.uk.

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