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Boats Selling Coal and Diesel on the Canal System
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This information kindly supplied originally by George Boyle.
If you think anything is uncorrect or out of date, please help to put it right!
Many of the boats shown range further than the stated area, especially in summer. Boats shown in alphabetical order. |
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Name of boat |
Proprietor(s) |
Area of operation |
Coal or diesel on sale |
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Alton |
Brian McGuigan (07791 345004) [website] [Twitter] |
Upper Peak Forest Canal and summit level of Macclesfield Canal. Now also every other month to Trent and Mersey North and River Weaver (stoppages permitting). |
Diesel and solid fuel also ropes, fenders, pumpout |
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Ambush wide beam barge |
Derick Bent (07801 477457) |
Bridgewater Canal, Leigh Branch, Leeds and Liverpool (Wigan to Burscough and Haskayne) |
Diesel, solid fuel, wood, calor gas |
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Anne |
Stuart Hooper |
Upper Peak Forest Canal and summit level of Macclesfield
Canal |
Solid fuel |
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Archimedes and Ara |
Tom Hill (07973 915146) |
Southern Grand Union Canal and London |
Diesel, solid fuel and Calor Gas |
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Ascot and Beverley |
Gary Slater (07881 542953) |
Grand Union Canal - regular runs from Cosgrove through Milton Keynes into
Leighton Buzzard |
Diesel, Calor Gas, Coal, Toilet Blue and Green |
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Ben |
Rupert Smedley (07973 538690, 01538 385388) |
Caldon Canal, based at Hazelhurst (monthly runs during Winter) |
Diesel and solid fuel |
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Bletchley and Argus |
Peter Hawker (07984 900613) |
Southern Grand Union Canal |
Diesel and solid fuel |
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Dusty |
"Dusty" (Mark Boardman) (07986 189 074) |
Oxford Canal (fortnightly calls, including Oxford) |
Coal, wood, diesel and gas. Also Biodiesel (100% from registered sources using only waste vegetable oil; drum for drum exchange) |
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Fenny |
Chris Johnson |
No longer trading. |
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Gosty Hill |
Iain and Alison (07913 761 871) |
Oxford, Coventry and Ashby |
Diesel and solid fuel |
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Greyhound |
(details, anyone?) |
Coventry Canal |
Solid fuel not sure if for retail sale |
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Hadar |
Keith and Jo Lodge [website] [Facebook] |
Winter coal run (Oct - Mar) - Leicester Arm of Grand Union Summer: Continual Cruising |
Solid fuel |
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Indus and Pictor |
Liz (07973 915146) |
Rivers: Thames, Wey, Lee and Stort Grand Union Canal: Regents, Paddington Arm, Uxbridge to Brentford |
Solid fuel, diesel, gas - visits around every 4 - 6 weeks |
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Jackal |
Chris and Jan Deuchar |
Trent Lock, Long Eaton |
Solid fuel |
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Jubilee |
Mike Partridge (07966 503609) | Reported to be no longer operating - see Towcester |
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Mountbatten and Jellico |
Ivor Bachelor (07885 651926) |
Rode Heath / Harecastle area |
Diesel |
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Newdigate |
John and Madeline Forth |
Grand Union Canal, Itchington area and Oxford Canal |
Solid fuel |
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Nuneaton and Brighton |
Narrowboat Trust |
River Thames |
Bags of coal (pre-ordered, but usually some spare available) |
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Roach |
John and Jenny Jackson (07885 284812) |
Staffs and Worcs / Worcester and Birmingham / Shropshire Union Canals. Based at Awbridge also visits Weaver, Trent & Mersey, Middlewich Branch, Macc, Upper Peak Forest, BCN, Severn, Gloucester & Sharpness |
Solid fuel (may be ordered through their website coalboat.co.uk) |
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St. Austell |
Brian and Ann Marie McGuigan (07791 345004) |
Fools Nook, Macclesfield Canal, |
Solid fuel also ropes, fenders |
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Stokie No.1 (Under new ownership) |
Desiree and Neil Day trading as "All Day Trading Company" (07512 515030) (email alldaytrading @ live.co.uk) |
Trent and Mersey Canal from Sawley Marina to Fradley Junction |
Diesel and coal (will deliver anything else if ordered beforehand) |
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Tipton |
Andy (07779 185375) |
Kennet and Avon Canal (Hungerford to Bath) |
Diesel |
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Towcester |
Julia Cook (07740 487222) (covering area previously worked by Jubilee) |
Winter: Stoke Bruerne, Long Buckby, Braunston Summer: as above, plus Warwick, Tamworth, Fradley, Staffs & Worcs, Stourport |
Diesel and coal |
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Thanks to George Boyle, Simon Robinson, Brian Holt, Paul Myerson, Liam Hewlett, Mike Askin and Brian McGuigan . Please email any corrections, omissions or additional information. |
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