This is a recommended canal boat holidays route.
Starting from the small boating centre of Aldermaston Wharf, cruise west to the picturesque market town of Newbury.
There are some nice pubs at the canalside village of Kintbury before arriving at Hungerford, stop off and visit the numerous antique shops and admire the charming canalscape.
Then it’s on to Great Bedwyn and Crofton Pump Station, home to the world’s oldest working beam engine. Don’t miss the historic conservation village at Wootton Rivers on your way to the traditional village of Pewsey with its beautiful thatched cottages.
Book From : Aldermaston Marina
7 day canal boat hire.
6.5 Hours cruising per day.
90 Locks.
Newbury Race Course | Website Telephone : 01635 40015 |
The Living Rain Forest | Website Telephone : 01635 202444 |
Hungerford Tourist Information | Website Telephone : 01635 202444 |
Crofton Beam Engines | Website Telephone : 01672 870300 |
Beale Park Wildlife Gardens | Website Telephone : 0844 826 1761 |
Shaw House was built in 1581 by Newbury clothier Thomas Dolman. This fine Elizabethan building was home to successive Dolman families, the flamboyant Duke of Chandos and the Andrews and Farquhar families. Shaw House then began a new life as a school for g | Website Telephone : 01635 279279 |
Newbury Tourist information | Website Telephone : 01635 279279 |
Basildon Park, an 18th century Gerogian mansion restored in the 1950 | Website Telephone : 0118 984 3040 |
Bucklebury Farm Park offers a magical experience and a great value day out in the countryside | Website Telephone : 0118 971 4002 |
Highclere Castle, home to Lord & Lady Carnarvon and where Downton Abbey was filmed | Website Telephone : 01635 253210 |
Donnington Castle. The striking twin-towered 14th-century gatehouse of this castle, later the focus of a Civil War siege and battle, survives amid impressive earthworks. | Website Telephone : 0870 333 1181 |
Shaw House was built in 1581 by Newbury clothier Thomas Dolman. This fine Elizabethan building was home to successive Dolman families, the flamboyant Duke of Chandos and the Andrews and Farquhar families. Shaw House then began a new life as a school for g | Website Telephone : 01635 279279 |
The Nature Discovery Centre offers a great day out for all the family. This fantastic visitor centre is packed full of interactive wildlife and natural history displays | Website Telephone : 01635 874381 |
The Reading paintballing centre is one of the largest in the UK and offers six huge paintball game zones, such as the epic London Apocalypse | Website Telephone : 0844 477 5115 |