Last updated April 2024.
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Many of the boats listed range further than the stated area, especially in summer.
Boats shown in alphabetical order. Delivery by road shown below. Useful links.
Boats no longer operating are shown in grey and have been moved to the foot of the page.
Alton Ambush Anne Aquilon Archimedes and Ara Ariel and Mercia Ascot and Beverley Ash Auriga Bellatrix Ben Bargus Baron Bletchley Callisto Clover Coalboat Dusty Eclipse and Echoes EcoFuelBoat Emu Fenny Frederick Fuel By Water Gosty Hill Greyhound Grimsby and Whitby Hadar Halsall Heart of Gold Hyperion Indus and Pictor Jackal Jubilee Jules Fuels Lion Luctor Lynx Merchant Mountbatten Newdigate Nuneaton and Brighton Ozzie Pegasus Roach Southern Cross St. Austell Stokie No.1 Stratford Tadworth Taurus The Coalboat Tipton Towcester Triumph Victoria
Name of boat
Proprietor(s)
Coal, diesel, etc. on sale
Area of operation
Alton
Brian & Ann Marie McGuigan
(07791 345004)
[website] [Facebook] [Twitter]
Diesel and solid fuel
also ropes, fenders, pumpout
Upper Peak Forest Canal, summit level of Macclesfield Canal, occasionally to Trent & Mersey North and River Weaver. (For T&M North, Weaver, Middlewich, SU, Chester, also see Halsall.)
Fortnightly deliveries by road to Lower Peak Forest, Ashton and Manchester, including New Islington & Droylsden Marinas.
Ambush wide beam barge
Derek Bent
(07837 428 588)
[Facebook]
Coal, gas, diesel, engine oil and other boating sundries
Leeds and Liverpool (Wigan to Burscough and Haskayne)
based at Crooke (Bridge 47)
also delivers by road
Anne
Stuart Hooper
Solid fuel
Upper Peak Forest Canal and summit level of Macclesfield Canal
Aquilon
Sarah and Lee
(07384 507192)
Coal, Diesel, Gas and Chandlery
Kennet and Avon Canal between Saltford (River Avon) and Wotton Rivers
Ariel and Mercia
Liam Hewlett
Trading as Midlands & Coast Canal Carriers
(07748 958303)
[website]
[Facebook]
Diesel and solid fuel, Calor Gas, Kindling and Logs, pre-ordered ropes and fenders, Elsan Blue
Bridgewater Canal
Ash
Noah Wakeham
07778 828565
Information, anyone?
Southern Grand Union Canal
Baron
Dominic
(07534 674128)
Diesel, gas, solid fuel, Blue, pumpout
London area - Watford to Brentford to River Lea (any more info?)
Bletchley and Bideford
Nick and Mary (07518 929472)
Trading as part of Jules' Fuels partnership
Diesel, solid fuel, calor gas, logs, kindling, firelighters, blue and grease.
Grand Union (Central): Cowroast to Stoke Bruerne.
Callisto
Mark or Steve
(07702 031718)
Diesel, gas, coal, Blue
Based at Stockton, covering Grand Union North, Warwick to Braunston and Grand Union Leicester Line
.
Name of boat
Proprietor(s)
Coal, diesel, etc. on sale
Area of operation
Dusty
Bob
(07496 109434)
Trading as part of Jules' Fuels partnership
[Website]
Coal, wood, diesel and gas
South Oxford Canal (deliveries every 2 to 3 weeks)
eCofuelboat
Now operating as 'Fuel By Water'
See 'Fuel By Water'.
Emu or Lion
Ben
(07495987863)
[Facebook]
[Instagram]
Coal, gas, diesel, wood products and small misc items.
Covering Ponders End to Hertford and the River Stort
Frederick the Fuel Boat
(Formerly 'The Coalboat')
Karen and Ed
(07508 904378)
gas, diesel, coal, wood, chandlery
Kennet and Avon - Wootton Rivers to Devizes (long pound only by boat, potentially van runs 15 miles either side, please call for details).
Fuel By Water
(formerly 'eCofuelboat')
Howard and Tracey
(07850582442 or 07526 106818)
[Facebook]
Red Diesel, Smokeless fuels, Ecoal, logs, charcoal, kindle, Calor Propane 13kg and 6kg
Based on River Soar below Cossington Lock where you can buy fuel from the boat whenever one of us is here.
Monthly run to Nottingham includes Mountsorrel, Barrow Upon Soar, Proctors, Loughborough, Zouch, Kegworth, Redhill, Trent Lock, Cranfleet, Sawley, Shardlow, Beeston and Nottingham.
Monthly run towards Leicester including Thurmaston.
Phone or check Facebook link to check on schedule.
Grimsby and Whitby
Viv
(07976 686130)
Coal and Gas also other items such as second-hand books
Now based at Sheet Stores at the bottom of the Erewash near Trent Lock.
Hadar
Keith and Jo Lodge
[website] [Facebook] [Twitter]
Kindling, fire lighters, toilet blue/green, canal gifts (no longer selling coal)
Moving around the system during summer months. See website or Facebook for current location.
Halsall
Brian & Ann Marie McGuigan & Rachel & Ian
trading as Four Counties Fuel Ltd.
(07491 149149)
[website] [Facebook] [Twitter]
Diesel, coal, solid fuels, logs, kindling, Calor Gas, pumpout, ropes, fenders, oils, greases, fuel additives and basic chandelry items
Monthly deliveries around the Four Counties Ring, plus Shrophshire Union to Chester and Ellesmere Port, plus River Weaver.
Also fortnightly deliveries T&M Preston Brook to Wheelock, Middlewich Branch & SU to Bunbury, Nantwich & bottom of Audlem.
Also occasional runs on Caldon Canal and monthly deliveries by road to Caldon Canal.
Kennet and Avon Canal between Devizes and Hanham Lock
Indus and Pictor
Coal Diesel and Gas Delivery Service
Tomek
(07380 399 996)
[Facebook]
Coal, red diesel, gas, blue, oil and batteries to order.
London areas of Grand Union Canal: Regents, Paddington Arm, Uxbridge to Brentford, plus Lee and Stort.
Jackal
Chris and Jan Deuchar
Solid fuel
Trent Lock, Long Eaton
.
Merchant
Chris Iddon
(07921694287 or 07902 851914)
[Website]
May have changed hands. Any information, anyone?
Coal, peat and diesel
Middle and Upper Thames
Mountbatten and Lindsay (and Jellicoe)
Richard Chamberlain 07946 239778 (new number)
[Website]
[Facebook]
Coal, diesel, gas, etc.
Llangollen Canal, Montgomery Canal, Shropshire Union from Barbridge to Autherley, Staffs and Worcs from Autherley to Awbridge.
Name of boat
Proprietor(s)
Coal, diesel, etc. on sale
Area of operation
Nuneaton and Brighton
Narrowboat Trust
(contact: 07951 026530)
Bags of coal (pre-ordered, but usually some spare available)
River Thames, Kennet and Avon as far as Kintbury, River Wey, Oxford Canal and G.U. South
Ozzie
Paul Diprose (07503 583523)
[Facebook]
Diesel, Coal, Gas, Logs, Kindling, Loo Blue / Green and Fire Lighters
Kennet and Avon
between Reading and Wooton Rivers
Pegasus, Clover or Emu
Michael or Nicola
(contact: 07725 754570)
[Facebook]
[Instagram]
Coal, gas, diesel, wood products and small misc items.
Ponders End, Hackney, Limehouse, including the Hertford Cut and Regents Canal towards Kensal Green.
Roach
Rich (07778 403657)
[Website]
[Facebook]
Coal, diesel, logs, kindling, firelighters, Elsan blue and pink, stern grease, mooring chains and pins
Worcester & Birmingham Canal; Stratford Canal; Staffs & Worcs Canal (Stourport to Autherley); Stourbridge Canal; BCN Old Main Line; Wyrley & Essington Canal
Southern Cross
Ryan Dimmock
07500 484906
Trading as part of Jules' Fuels partnership
Solid fuel, diesel, calor gas, logs, kindling, firelighters, blue and grease
Grand Union between Stoke Bruerne and Stockton; North Oxford to Barby.
St. Austell
Brian and Ann Marie McGuigan
(07791 345004)
Solid fuel
also ropes, fenders
Bollington Wharf, Macclesfield Canal,
Stokie No.1
Simon Bamford
07896 585036
Coal, gas, kindling
Fazeley (Coventry Canal) to Great Haywood (Trent & Mersey)
Occasionally continuing to Stone.
Stratford
Emma and Kevin (07526 485353)
B&W Fuels Ltd on NB Stratford
[Website]
[Facebook] [Twitter] [Instagram]
Email: 
Coal, Gas, Diesel, Logs, Kindling, Elsan and more.
GPS tracking on our website when we're open!
Grand Union Canal : Uxbridge to Tring (Bullbourne / Top of the Marsworth flight)..
Schedule : Weekly service (One week each way).
Tadworth and Bordesley
Andrew (07596 420220)
Trading as part of Jules' Fuels partnership
[Website]
[Facebook]
Solid fuel, diesel, calor gas, logs, kindling, firelighters, blue and grease.
Grand Union (South): Cowley to Bulbourne.
Paddington Arm, Bulls Bridge to Little Venice
Towcester
Jules
07740 487222
Trading as part of Jules' Fuels partnership
[Website]
[Facebook]
Smokeless coal, diesel, propane, logs, kindling, firelighters, etc.
Coventry Canal (Sutton Stop to Fradley) and Trent and Mersey (Shardlow to Great Haywood) - deliveries every 2 to 3 weeks.
APS Refuelling
Reported to be no longer delivering to boats.
Andy Bradwell
(mobile: 07803758362 yard: 01724 712957)
Diesel and solid fuel
also logs and other solid fuel
Reported to be no longer delivering to boats.
Stainforth & Keadby, Goole, Chesterfield Canal, Fossdyke, Selby Canal, Aire & Calder, Sheffield & South Yorks.
Alton
Brian & Ann Marie McGuigan
(07791 345004)
[website] [Facebook] [Twitter]
Diesel and solid fuel
also ropes, fenders, pumpout
Fortnightly deliveries by road to Lower Peak Forest Canal, Ashton Canal and Manchester, including New Islington & Droylsden Marinas.
Inland Waterways Diesel & Pumpout Price Survey 
Potentially useful listing but please note that some of the prices listed may be out of date.
Police Numbers
The Keens family's list of non-emergency police contact numbers for each area
Pump-outs
The Keens family's list of pump-out locations
Canal Plan
Nick Atty's online canal route planner and gazeteer
Technical Help
Tony Brooks's information and frequently-asked questions about mechanical or technical matters concerning boats
Boat Registrations
Jim Shead's list of most boats registered on inland waterways
Archimedes and Ara
James Bill - Reported to be not trading at present.
Southern Grand Union Canal and London
Southern Grand Union Canal and London
Ascot and Beverley
Gary Slater (07881 542953)
Diesel, Calor Gas, Coal, Toilet Blue and Green
Reported to be no longer trading.
Grand Union Canal - regular runs from Cosgrove through Milton Keynes into Leighton Buzzard
Auriga
Rick Cooper (Gravenor Boating Company)
(07962 013199) [Facebook]
No longer operating
Diesel, gas, coal and smokeless fuel
Coventry, North Oxford, Ashby, Trent & Mersey Canals
Bargus
Jason
trading as Four Counties Fuel Ltd.
(07486 872158)
No longer operating - see 'Halsall'
[website] [Facebook]
Diesel, gas, coal, solid fuel, wood, pump outs, oils and greases
Shropshire Union (Ellesmere Port to Autherley), Staffs and Worcs (Autherley to Gt Heywood), Trent and Mersey (Gt Heywood to Middlewich), Middlewich Branch
See 'Halsall' for coverage of this area.
Bellatrix
See Ariel.
Ben
Rupert Smedley
(07973 538690, 01538 385388)
Diesel and solid fuel
Caldon Canal, based at Hazelhurst (monthly runs during Winter)
No longer trading - see Halsall
Eclipse and Echoes
Chamberlain Carrying Co
(07754 003834) [website]
[Facebook]
No longer trading - business transferred to Mountbatten and Jellicoe
Trent & Mersey Canal (Winter route: Sawley to Alrewas
No longer trading
Fenny
Chris Johnson
No longer trading.
No longer trading.
Gosty Hill
Not currently trading
Diesel and solid fuel
Oxford, Coventry and Ashby
Greyhound
Not currently trading
Solid fuel
Coventry Canal
Southern Grand Union south of Marsworth (Bulbourne to Cowley) See Towcester.
Jubilee
Mike Partridge (07966 503609)
No longer trading
No longer trading - see Towcester
Luctor
Henk Meerdink (07919 487198)
trading as Luctor Canal Boat Services
[Twitter]
See Heart of Gold and The Coalboat
Kennet and Avon Canal between Devizes and Hanham Lock
Reported to be no longer trading.
Lynx
Pete Wakeman
(07774 166497)
[Trading as 'Denham Day Boats]
Diesel, gas, etc. Reported not to be trading at present.
Thought to operate between Bulls Bridge and Watford.
Does anyone have any recent information?
Reported not to be trading at present.
Newdigate
John and Madeline Forth
No longer trading.
No longer trading.
The Coalboat
Reported to be no longer trading.
The Canal Carrying Company; Will Windsor
(07834 703 713)
Based at Bradford on Avon, covering Kennet and Avon between Bath and the bottom of the Caen Hill flight
Tipton
Reported to be no longer trading.
Andy (07779 185375)
Diesel and coal
Kennet and Avon Canal (Great Bedwyn to Bath)
Triumph
Reported to be no longer trading.
Adam
Mainly dropping Coal but can deliver Kiln dried logs, Gas, Kindling and Fire Lighters on request.
(Supplied by Charlton Whitehouse Fuels)
Staffs and Worcs Canal; Worcester and Birmingham Canal.
Victoria
Michael Askin (07414 707110)
Not actively trading at present
Diesel, Gas, Coal & smokeless fuels.
Moving around the system. Diesel & gas sold ad hoc.
Alton Ambush Anne Aquilon Archimedes and Ara Ariel and Mercia Ascot and Beverley Ash Auriga Bellatrix Ben Bargus Baron Bletchley Callisto Clover Coalboat Dusty Eclipse and Echoes EcoFuelBoat Emu Fenny Frederick Fuel By Water Gosty Hill Greyhound Grimsby and Whitby Hadar Halsall Heart of Gold Hyperion Indus and Pictor Jackal Jubilee Jules Fuels Lion Luctor Lynx Merchant Mountbatten Newdigate Nuneaton and Brighton Ozzie Pegasus Roach Southern Cross St. Austell Stokie No.1 Stratford Tadworth Taurus The Coalboat Tipton Towcester Triumph Victoria
Thanks to George Boyle, Simon Robinson, Brian Holt, Paul Myerson, Liam Hewlett, Mike Askin, Brian McGuigan, Graham Keens and many others.
Please send a message for any corrections, omissions or additional information.
