Narrow Boats for sale

You may see a Narrow boat for sale but never considered owning one, this may be down to many factors including not believe that there is much use for one, this is actually further from the truth and the United Kingdom is home to over 100 active canal which stretch up and down England, Wales and Scotland. After reading this you may think twice when you see that narrow boats for sale.

History of canals

Many people believe that canals were first built in the 1800’s to accommodate the boom of industrialisation, this is not entirely correct, the first canals were actually built by the Romans, they used canals for irrigation and transport. It wasn’t until the 1700’s onwards that canals grew to the amount that we see today (actually more as some of them need restoration to take them up to their full functional glory) Canals were used to transport goods to and from different parts of the good, they were especially good for transporting fragile goods. This was because the roads of the time weren’t up to the standards of today’s modern roads. Its was from this transportation of goods that allowed us to have an extensive network of canals that mean we can travel and transport goods across the UK.

Future of Canals

Although canals are rarely used these days in the transportation of goods, they are becoming widely used in the leisure industry; more and more people are getting the canal boat bug and are looking for canal boats for sale or to rent. Picture the scene; you are out on your canal boat with your family, friends or partner, it is a summers day, you are enjoying the scenery and waving to all the friendly people you see on the pathway on your way, you then spot a pub further up. You then moor up and go and have a wonderful pub lunch and wash it down with that well earned pint, what could be better?

Consider

Whether you are looking for Narrow boats for sale or to rent, you really should consider exploring the UK with this really historic tradition, you will find wonders and beautiful locations that you didn’t even know existed.



Notts-boats.co.uk can supply a wide range of narrow boats for sale, with traditional, semi-traditional, cruiser stern narrow boats available and more.