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- Narrowboating

Our two narrowboats 'Lady Mildmay' and 'Opportunity' are available for use by youth, community, educational, welfare and family groups. They have large open foredecks enabling all passengers to have unobstructed views of the canal, its wildlife and architecture.
Private and corporate events can also be accommodated.

The skippered day or half-day trips enable passengers to steer the boat and operate the locks on the way to their destination which in one direction might be Victoria Park for a picnic, or through the long (960yard - 878metre) Islington tunnel to the London Canal Museum or for some shopping at Camden Market in the other.

A full days trip could take you onward through London Zoo in Regents Park to Little Venice.

Please see 'What's On' for prices.

The Lady Mildmay is fitted with a ramp and lift which enables wheelchair users and people with mobility difficulties to have full access to the boat.

Longer, residential, trips can be arranged using other boats to explore the River Lee and Stort or the Grand Union Canal to the West of London.

TRAINING

Laburnum boat Club is a registered training centre for both R.Y.A and N.C.B.A boat handling courses. We are able to offer one or two day R.Y.A Inland Waterways Helmsman’s certificate, the N.C.B.A Complete Crew course, and also the N.C.B.A certificate in Community boat Management (by arrangement only).

Please contact the club for details of upcoming courses, (we can also arrange courses on request providing there are sufficient candidates and we are able to work it into our timetable).