The Seven Wonders of the Fenland Waterways
April 20, 2025
From medieval bridges to royal intrigue, from engineering marvels to breath-taking scenery; take a canal journey through these hidden wonders.Read more ›
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Fascinating New Interactive Fens Waterways Map for Narrowboaters
September 1, 2023
The new Fox Narrowboats waterways map is now live, and includes images, icons and highlights so that you can always find what you want, when you want it.Read more ›
Family Friendly Activities Around the Cambridgeshire Waterways this Christmas
December 5, 2022
Meet Father Christmas at Wicken Fen with a winter walk. Anglesey Abbey has a winter show called “Nature by Night, Nature by Light” and see the gardens come to light. Festive food is being offer at Wisbech Fayre including mulled wine and chestnuts.Read more ›
Three Halloween Walking Tours For Fenland Boaters
October 25, 2022
Visit the mysterious Fens, these upcoming Halloween events. Hallowe’en Ghost Tours in Ely, The Haunted House Tour at Oliver Cromwell’s House and Witches and Witchcraft.Read more ›
9 Unexpected Things We Learned About Narrowboating in 2021
February 2, 2022
Did you go on holiday last year? Did you mainly work from home? Were you hoping it would be all back to ‘normal’ by now? If there’s one thing 2021 has taught us it’s to be flexible with whatever we…Read more ›
6 Things to do in Ely and Cambridge this Autumn 2021
August 19, 2021
Cambridge George and the Chocolate Factory – Open Cambridge This is a free children’s workshop. Discover the story of George Cadbury, a Quaker entrepreneur poor housing of workers in factories across Birmingham. There will be exciting storytelling, craft and of…Read more ›
As Ely hosts the Boat Race looking at the course on the Ely Ouse.
April 4, 2021
Today as the river Great Ouse hosts the boat race we are fortunate to have a guest post from David Goode Fellow and Praelector of Wolfson College Cambridge regarding the boat race channel on the river Great Ouse. My friend,…Read more ›
3 Amazing Things to do in Cambridge
August 10, 2019
Want to try narrowboating on England’s quieter rivers? Or taste champagne in a world famous college? View internationally acclaimed works of art? You may like to visit the ‘city of perspiring dreams’; a world famous University City. Cambridge is the…Read more ›
#RelaxationDay: 10 Ways to Chill When you Hire a Narrowboat
August 11, 2018
Where can you go to unwind and reconnect your mind, body and soul? (Hint: it’s in nature.) Head to the Fenland waterways, where the skies are big and the boats go slow! National #RelaxationDay is every August 15th, reminding us…Read more ›
