Bronte Boats

Bronte Boats operates from a marina on the Rochdale Canal in Hebden Bridge, trading under the registered name Bronte Boats Limited, incorporated in 2006 as a family-run narrowboat hire and repair business. Two boats, named Jimmy and Ocam's Razor, are available for day hire with cooking and toilet facilities on board, running from around 9:30am and carrying up to twelve people, alongside weekend, midweek and week-long holiday hire further along the canal towards Sowerby Bridge or Todmorden. The yard also carries out servicing and repairs for other canal boat owners. Day trippers typically cruise east towards Sowerby Bridge to see the historic wharf buildings or west towards Todmorden, mooring up for a walk or picnic before returning. The business asks that hirers avoid organised drinking parties aboard, reflecting its focus on families and casual day trips rather than stag or hen groups.