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Boats Selling Coal and Diesel on the Canal System
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 If you think anything is uncorrect or out of date, please help to put it right!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
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Proprietor(s)
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Area of operation
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Coal or diesel on sale
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Alton
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Brian McGuigan
(07976 811073)
Upper Peak Forest Canal and summit level of Macclesfield Canal
Diesel and solid fuel
also ropes, fenders
Ambush
wide beam barge
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Derick Bent
(07801 477457)
Bridgewater Canal, Leigh Branch, Leeds and Liverpool (Wigan to Burscough)
Diesel, solid fuel, wood, calor gas
Anne
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Stuart Hooper
Upper Peak Forest Canal and summit level of Macclesfield Canal
Solid fuel
Archimedes and Ara
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Barney Richardson
Southern Grand Union Canal and London
Diesel, solid fuel and Calor Gas
Ascot and Beverley
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(details, anyone?)
Grand Union Canal, Milton Keynes area
Diesel and coal
Ben
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Rupert Smedley
(07973 538690, 01538 385388)
Caldon Canal, based at Hazelhurst (monthly runs during Winter)
Diesel and solid fuel
Bletchley and Argus
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Peter Hawker
(07984 900613)
Southern Grand Union Canal
Diesel and solid fuel
Dusty
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"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)
Fenny
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Chris Johnson,
Fenny Fuels
Trent and Mersey Canal, Northwich area
Solid fuel
Gosty Hill
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Iain and Alison (07913 761 871)
Oxford, Coventry and Ashby
Diesel and solid fuel
Greyhound
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(details, anyone?)
Coventry Canal
Solid fuel
not sure if for retail sale
Hadar
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Keith and Jo Lodge [website]
Continual Cruising
Solid fuel
Indus and Pictor
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Mr Russell
(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
Jackal
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Chris and Jan Deuchar
Trent Lock, Long Eaton
Solid fuel
Jubilee
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Mike Partridge (07966 503609) Winter: Stoke Bruerne, Long Buckby, Braunston
Summer: as above, plus Warwick, Tamworth, Fradley, Staffs & Worcs, Stourport
Diesel and solid fuel
Mountbatten and Jellico
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Ivor Bachelor (07885 651926)
Rode Heath / Harecastle area
Diesel
Newdigate
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John and Madeline Forth
Grand Union Canal, Itchington area
and Oxford Canal
Solid fuel
Nuneaton and Brighton
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Narrowboat Trust
River Thames
Bags of coal (pre-ordered, but usually some spare available)
Roach
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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)
St. Austell
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Brian and Ann Marie McGuigan
(07976 811073)
Birmingham Canal Navigations
Solid fuel
also ropes, fenders
Stokie No.1
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John and Brioni
Gloucester and Sharpness Canal
Diesel and solid fuel
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Thanks to George Boyle, Simon Robinson, Brian Holt and Liam Hewlett.
Please email any corrections, omissions or additional information.

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