1-Hour Public Cruise: Guided Tour Featuring Countryside Views
4.4
231 Ratings
North Yorkshire

This tour is enjoyable come rain or shine, and offers the best landscape vistas without you having to walk.
• Tour that lasts one hour
• Occurs every day from March through October
• Comical cruise commentary provided by Dave Spikey

Duration: 1 hour
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Skipton Boat Trips - Admission is free
  • Aireville Park - Aireville Park is a large open space with sporting facilities and play areas in the heart of Skipton. It dates back to the 1830s when it was created by Henry Allcock as part of the Aireville Estate. Upon his death, wealthy Skipton mill owners, the Dewhurst family, purchased the estate and Aireville Hall.
What's Included
  • One-hour boat ride
  • Access to bathroom as needed.
What's Not Included
  • Alcoholic drinks (available to purchase)
  • Drinks
  • Gratuities
Additional Information
  • Children must be accompanied by an adult
  • Minimum drinking age is 18 years
Location
Skipton Pie & Mash Shop
Coach Street
For those with Sat-Nav – use the postcode BD23 1LH. We are on Coach St, which is just off the main High Street via Swadford Street. Feel free to use our free carpark if there is a spot. Just make sure you tell us your registration number when you arrive.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
4.4
(231 Ratings)
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Nigela564
May 12, 2024
AWESOME - Staff friendly, views were stunning and our captain navigated the ship with consummate skill. To have the brilliant comedian Dave Spikey actually on board giving us an hilarious running commentary was just the cats Meow. Our fellow shipmates made the whole experience truly wonderful. Land ahoy came too soon.
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Declano950
May 7, 2024
Lovely canal boat trip. - Lovely canal boat trip. Captain was very informative and had great humour. Beautiful views on the canal. Boat was clean and well organised.
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Kym_t
May 2, 2024
Surprise + love adventure with partner on the boat. - The boat was clean, the staff were polite, informative, funny and helpful. Safe environment and beautiful smooth ride and experience. Was a surprise trip for my partner and he loved it.
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Jackiem895
Apr 24, 2024
Lovley way to spent an hour - We booked on line and Had a lovely 1 hour trip on one of the canal boats you can pay on the day and you are seated by numbers on your ticket so there was no need to rush just make sure your there 15 min early the Dave spikey talk was so funny all the staff were very friendly really enjoyed it.Thank you
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Lynnturneryork
Jan 8, 2024
Great trip - Comfy seats and drinks available. The river cruise was relaxing and the tour guide was really informative and funny, we enjoyed our trip.
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Samk19195
Nov 5, 2023
Definitely worth a visit - Went in the holidays with kids and friends. It was a beautiful cruise and host was funny lol ot did start raining towards the end but we were inside the boat so it didn't bother us. More of an adult activity. Kids these days find sitting boring. Nice view on the way
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Marie
Oct 30, 2023
Pass an hour on the Leeds - Liverpool canal - Lovely calm hour on the canal very funny but informative guide . Lots of interesting facts about the mills and locks worth a visit .
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M3280xejudithl
Oct 8, 2023
Fun and relaxing - Very relaxing and enjoyable despite the rain! Commentary very amusing!! Crew very helpful and friendly.
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Laura_g
Apr 6, 2024
Not great, for the price! - Family trip with kids aged 8 and 12 during Easter hols. All families were seated on benches with consecutive numbers but were diagonally opposite due to the way row numbers worked. Frustrating! The commentary by some famous guy was not very engaging and you had to have that sense of humour to get it. The kids were bored so for £30+, it would have been more enjoyable to walk, even in the rain. Wouldn't really recommend, sorry!
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Susiel66
Oct 3, 2023
Suggest walking along the Canal instead. - Feel a bit mean writing this ... but we weren't impressed with this trip at all. The boat is comfortable and the windows give unrestricted views. The views? Not sure what we were expecting but it was mostly nothing remarkable and we had no choice but to listen to the recorded commentary played for way too long - some of it, granted, was amusing but after a while it started to get a little annoying. The boat made it's way up the canal and then moored up for about 15 minutes to allow other craft through the open swing bridge. Once through the swing bridge, it turned round and headed back. We couldn't wait to get off. We wish we had chosen to talk a walk along the canal bank instead.
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