Narrow Boat Hire In Birmingham.

Begin your narrow boat hire holiday from either Alvechurch or Worcester on the Worcester and Birmingham Canal to explore the Birmingham. The city has something to offer everyone whether you are looking for the cosmopolitan shops and bars or history and culture. As Birmingham is reputed for having more miles of canals that Venice, over 100 miles are still accessible you can explore the whole city on your narrow boat hire holiday.

Moor your narrow boat close by to The National Sea Life Centre where you will see everything from a starfish to a shark. Meet the centres largest residents, two enormous giant sea turtles named Molokai and Gulliver. Discover the secrets of the deep or join in with feeding time.

From Gas Street Basin take a tow path walk and view the city in a whole new light. Gas Street Basin was the hub of Birmingham's canal system and today it is well worth a visit for its range of waterside pubs and to see the pretty narrow boats moored there. Take a pleasant stroll into the city centre to discover a whole world of shopping experiences from the Chinese quarter to the controversial Selfridge's building. There have been markets at the Bull Ring for over 800 years and it is still home to indoor and outdoor markets today.

At the Black County Museum travel back in time to when narrow boats where in their hey day. Meet the characters who lived and worked in this era and see the historic building brought to life. With over 26 acres of living history to explore the Black Country Museum offers you an insight to a fascinating world of bygone times.

No visit to the area would be complete without a visit to the world famous Cadbury Museum where you can learn about the history of chocolate. See if you can spot your favourites being made or step back in time to the Aztec's when chocolate tasted a whole lot different.

Cadbury's moved their chocolate factory from Birmingham to its present site at Bournville and in 1893 they purchased 120 acres of land and built the village of Bournville for their workforce. The Cadbury's were concerned for the health and the welfare of their employees and included in the village was a lido, sports pitches and a running track. No public houses were built as the Cadbury family where strict Quakers. The Cadbury's also owned a fleet of immaculate maintained narrow boats which transported goods to and from the factory.

Opened in 1976 and situated in the heart of Birmingham's canal network is the National Exhibition Centre or NEC. Hosts to some of the largest events such as Fashion Week and the Car Show and venue to some of the world’s greatest entertainers. What not combine your narrow boat hire holiday to one of the speculator events and simply book your tickets and moor up.

Not far from the centre of Birmingham and easily reach on your narrow boat are the delightful Zoological Gardens at Dudley and here is home to some of the worlds rarest and exotic animals in the world. Dudley Zoo is helping to save some of the world’s most endangered species such as the Asiatic lions and the Sumatran tiger. Dudley Castle was founded by the Normans around 1071 and was used by the Royalist during the Civil War.

Make a visit and find out what daily life would have been like and find out facts about medical food, the past Earls of Dudley and how it would have looked during the Norman and Tudor times.

When you have finished exploring the delights of Birmingham, and if you have time, why not explore these other great narrow boat destinations in the area

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