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Local Hotels acting in partnership with Airedale Cruising in 2010
Rendezvous Hotel, Snaygill near Skipton: www.rendezvous-skipton.com
Herriots Hotel, Broughton Road, Skipton: www.herriotsforleisure.co.uk
Local Canal Boat Hire Companies (for when you're ready to "Go-it-Alone"!)
Pennine Cruisers (Skipton): www.penninecruisers.com
Snaygill Boats (just outside Skipton): www.snaygillboats.co.uk
Silsden Boats: www.silsdenboats.co.uk
Shire Cruisers (Sowerby Bridge): www.shirecruisers.co.uk/
Local Canalside Public Houses/Restaurants
Bradley: The Slaters Arms: www.theslatersarms.co.uk
Kildwick: The White Lion: www.yorkshire-escapes.com/yorkshire/food/white-lion-kildwick/
Canal Information
British Waterways: www.waterscape.com
Film about British Waterways' Boaters' Guide: www.waterscape.com/watch
Information on all Pennine Canals including a photo-tour from Skipton to Gargrave: www.penninewaterways.co.uk
Information on using the canal sytem safely and considerately:http://www.considerateboater.com
A basic map of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal: www.geoprojects.net/leedsliverpool.htm
Leeds & Liverpool Canal Society: www.llcs.org.uk
History of the Leeds & Liverpool Canal: http://silsden.net/useful/Leeds_andLiverpool_canal_timeline.htm
Plan your canal trip (anywhere in Europe), see photos of the canal in Skipton and go for a virtual canal trip using Google Maps! www.canalplan.org.uk
Lots of information and links on Jim Shead's website:
www.jim-shead.com/waterways/canal.php?wpage=L-L&name=Leeds%20and%20Liverpool%20Canal
Local Tourist Information
Bronte Country: www.bronte-country.com
Chartering/Hiring Narrowboats elsewhere in the UK
Distictive Charters: www.distinctivecharters.com
GB Canal Boat Hire information: www.gbcanalboathire.co.uk
Future adventures?
For details of a great book detailing a narroboat voyage from the Midlands to south-west France (including going across the English Channel!) see: www.narrowdog.com
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