Coventry or Snarestone & return
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Coventry or Snarestone & return from Gayton Marina

Duration: 7 Nights
TOTAL LOCKS: 34
CRUISING TIME PER DAY: 6 - 8 HOURS (40 - 54 HOURS IN TOTAL)

Maps & Guides for this route: P6, P7, N1, N3, L14, L18 | Click here buy maps

With only 17 locks each way between Gayton and Coventry, this is one of the easiest one-week routes. The remote and rural Ashby Canal for Snarestone offers 23 miles of lock free cruising after Marston. 

Moor at Shenton for Bosworth Battlefield Visitor Centre. 

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Featured Boats from Gayton Marina, Northamptonshire

Two to Five berth Boats

Alvechurch Swift

Max: 4 People

Length: 49ft

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Max: 5 People

Length: 58ft

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Alvechurch Wren

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Length: 49ft

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Length: 69ft

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Max: 6 People

Length: 66ft (63ft from Falkirk)

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Length: 66ft

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Max: 10 People

Length: 70ft

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