We are passionate about British quality

and source many of our products locally, paying particular attention to the quality of the steel hulls and wood (Our fully equipped workshop is an MDF free zone!!). We believe this is good for you by striving for the quality you deserve, good for the industry by strengthening our skills and talent and good for everybody by reducing the carbon footprint of every boat build.

The quality and design of our canal boats are outstanding and we invite you to visit our workshop anytime at Mercia Marina, Derbyshire. Call us on 01283 701041 to book an appointment, we’ll be happy to discuss your requirements and provide a quote.

Welcome Aboard!!

Be part of our canal boat builder team and track your boat build on our boat build blog.
Create your new lifestyle with Aqua Narrowboats.

Try before you buy

We have a luxury 5 star fleet of canal hire boats. If following your holiday you order your new canal boat with Aqua Narrowboats we will take the price of your holiday off your boat building costs. Our hireboat website can be found here.

Bespoke Canal Boat Builders.

If you are looking for a new canal boat that completely fits your lifestyle, then we can provide a design service and guidance to reach the right layout for you. You will be involved every step of the way with design meetings throughout the process with a full canal boat builder team consisting of project manager, carpenter and engineer that have been assigned your canal boat.

You are welcome to pop into the boat yard at any time to check on progress and we will keep you up to date with photos and commentary of the canal boat on our build blog.

Even our standard package canal boats The Hudson Range are tailor made and may be just what you’re looking for. The Hudson Range canal boats gives a standard specification whilst allowing you the flexibility of the layout of your choice, and with additional extras you can truly make this canal boat completely yours. Prices and specifications for these 57 and 60 foot canal boats can be found here.

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