Your barge trip starts at Sowerby Bridge (near Halifax) or Foulridge (near Colne).

Details of the possible routes for each barge appear when you click ‘Routes for this boat’ after doing an availability search.

Or to see lots of pictures and details including timings, go to our main site and click ‘Routes’.

Short breaks
On a short break from Sowerby Bridge, travel up the Calder Valley to Hebden Bridge and Todmorden, or down the valley to Brighouse and Huddersfield.

See our main site for much more on weekend breaks.

Weeks and longer
On a week's barge holiday from Sowerby Bridge, you can go up into the hills, or down to the bright lights of Wakefield.

Click for more on week holidays.

If you have a fortnight or three weeks, you can explore further afield.

Click for more on longer trips.

Leeds & Liverpool Canal
From Barnoldswick, you can discover the edge of the Yorkshire Dales on your way to Skipton. Travel through remote countryside and pretty villages, enjoy amazing landscapes and meet friendly people.

Click for more on Leeds & Liverpool Canal holidays.