Stoke BruerneBoat Company

Stoke Bruerne Boat Company runs canal boat trips from outside the Canal Museum in Stoke Bruerne, a village on the Grand Union Canal a few miles from Towcester. Its narrowboat, Charlie, carries passengers on regular public trips that need no advance booking, heading toward the mouth of Blisworth Tunnel, at a mile and three quarters one of the longest tunnels on the English canal network. Alongside the public sailings, the company runs private charters, including an evening trip, and takes school groups out for canal history and boat-handling sessions. Stoke Bruerne is a lock-and-tunnel village with the canal running through its centre, and the boat trips are one part of a wider day out that includes the museum, canalside pubs and towpath walks. The company trades as a single independent operator rather than as part of a larger boating group.