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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 and updated from time to time with information supplied by traders and customers. Last updated February 2012. If you think anything is incorrect or out of date, please email to help to put it right!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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Ariel |
Liam Hewlett (07748 958303)  [website] [Twitter] [Facebook] |
Bridgewater Canal, Trent and Mersey Canal North and the River Weaver |
Diesel and solid fuel, Kindling and Logs, pre-ordered ropes and fenders |
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Ambush wide beam barge |
John Bent (0759 587 0831)  |
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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Baron |
Chris (07774 166497) |
London area - Watford to Brentford to River Lea (any more info?) |
Diesel, gas, solid fuel, Blue, pumpout |
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Bletchley and Argus |
Peter Hawker (07984 900613) |
Gloucester and Sharpness |
Diesel and solid fuel |
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Callisto |
Mark or Steve (07702 031718)  |
Based at Stockton, covering Grand Union North, Birmingham to Braunston and Grand Union Leicester Line (new boat - started operating September 2010) |
Diesel, gas, coal, Blue |
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Dusty |
"Dusty" (Mark Boardman) (07986 189 074) |
Oxford Canal (fortnightly calls, including Oxford) |
Coal, wood, diesel and gas. |
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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] |
No longer trading |
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Hyperion |
M and P Canal Carrying Co. (07415 298 381) |
Southern Grand Union south of Marsworth (more details anyone?) |
Diesel and coal |
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Indus and Pictor |
Liz Skinner (07930 347558)  |
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 trading - see Towcester |
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Luctor |
Henk Meerdink (07919 487198) trading as Luctor Canal Boat Services  [Twitter] |
Kennet and Avon Canal between Devizes and Hanham Lock |
Coal, diesel, gas, kindling, pump-out |
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Monarch and Grimsby |
Viv (07976 686130) |
Shropshire Union, Staffs & Worcs, Trent & Mersey between Norbury and Fradley |
Coal and Gas also other items such as second-hand books |
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Mountbatten and Jellico |
Ivor Bachelor (07885 651926) |
Rode Heath / Harecastle area Reported to be no longer trading |
Diesel |
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Newdigate |
John and Madeline Forth |
No longer trading. |
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Nuneaton and Brighton |
Narrowboat Trust (contact: 07951 026530) |
River Thames, Kennet and Avon as far as Kintbury, River Wey, Oxford Canal and G.U. South |
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) 
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Trent and Mersey Canal from Sawley Marina to Fradley Junction |
Diesel and coal (will deliver anything else if ordered beforehand) |
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The Coalboat |
The Canal Carrying Company; Will Windsor (07834 703 713)  [website] |
Based at Bradford on Avon, covering Kennet and Avon between Bath and the bottom of the Caen Hill flight (new boat - started operating January 2012) |
Diesel, gas, coal, wood, etc. |
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Tipton |
Andy (07779 185375) |
Kennet and Avon Canal (Great Bedwyn to Bath) |
Diesel and coal |
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Towcester |
Julia Cook (07740 487222) (covering area previously worked by Jubilee) |
Winter: GU South: Berkhamsted, Tring, 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, Brian McGuigan and many others. Please use email link near top of page for any corrections, omissions or additional information. |
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