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Join us every Saturday throughout the summer and bank holiday weekends for an afternoon of live music from local musicians by the water!
View our lineup for the summer here! ⬇️
SATURDAY SOUNDS BY THE WATERFRONT LINEUP
Enjoy great tunes, soak up the sun, and make unforgettable memories in a vibrant, family-friendly atmosphere.
✨ Hospitality at its best! Our licensed bar is open until late, serving beers, wines, cocktails, and soft drinks, along with delicious food.
Want the best spot? Bring a chair or picnic blanket and settle in!
⛺ If you want to make a night of it, why not stay on-site? Campers, glampers, and caravans welcome! Well-behaved dogs too!
Thank you to the Chamber for shortlisting us in the awards and another special thank you to Cheshire College – South and West for interviewing us at the judging stage and presenting us with the award on the evening.
Winning this award means a lot to us and it shows just how far we have come over the last 13 years as a business. Our whole team have gone above and beyond this year and to be recognised as South Cheshire Business of The Year proves that hard work pays off.
A company is only as good as the employees that work for you and we truly believe that our achievements are down to our great people. We look forward to see what the next 12 months bring for us in the ever-changing world.
Aqueduct Marina are delighted to be able to publish our Autumn 2022 newsletter.
Our here newsletter is here to provide you with all the latest information at the marina.
If there is anything in particular you would like to see featured in our newsletter, please email marketing@aqueductmarina.co.uk
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Friday 23rd December |
8.00am – 5.00pm | 9:30am – 4:30pm |
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Saturday 24th December |
8.00am – 12.00pm |
9:30am – 11:30am |
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Sunday 25th December |
Closed |
Closed |
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Monday 26th December |
Closed |
Closed |
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Tuesday 27th December |
Closed |
Closed |
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Wednesday 28th December |
9.00am – 4.00pm |
9:30am – 3:30pm |
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Thursday 29th December |
9.00am – 4.00pm |
9:30am – 3:30pm |
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Friday 30th December |
9.00am – 4.00pm |
9:30am – 3:30pm |
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Saturday 31st December |
8.00am – 12.00pm |
9:30am – 11:30am |
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Sunday 1st January |
Closed |
Closed |
| Monday 2nd January | Normal Office Hours |
Normal Office Hours |
Aqueduct Marina are delighted to be able to publish our Summer 2022 newsletter.
We hope you enjoy reading our latest updates and news of the marina, we hope you have also had a fantastic summer and excellent cruising season!
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Aqueduct Marina is officially a Clean MarinaThis year’s Crick Boat show proved to be the ideal place for The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA) to present Aqueduct Marina with the first Clean Marina award for an inland marina. Many of the marina’s staff attended the event at which MD Robert Parton and Jon White, TYHA’s General Manager, spoke after the presentation to staff members of a certificate of compliance and Clean Marina flag.
During the presentation, Jon White praised the team at Aqueduct for the amount of work they put in to gain the award, saying, “They have put a tremendous amount of time, effort and hard work, alongside some financial investment into gaining this award. When we first visited, we provided a report with an action plan, and they went away, committed to the plan and have delivered outstanding results.”
Jon White went on to say that gaining a Clean Marina Award is not a box-ticking exercise. “After the initial assessment, the marina is given an action plan, which may require some investment on their part, communications to berth holders or the introduction of new ways of working. They then have to provide evidence that they have committed to and fulfilled the plan and achieve an 80% score in each of the different components that make up the award.”
Robert Parton, Managing Director, Aqueduct Marina, said, “We are naturally delighted to achieve the new Clean Marina standard here at Aqueduct Marina. The inspection was rigorous, so we had to amend a few activities and embed some company policies, making the exercise a useful project. We are, without a doubt, a better and more environmentally aware marina as a result. Aqueduct Marina has, for some time, had an ongoing focus on reducing its environmental impact. We are delighted to win the accreditation and to be the first inland marina. Having already installed electric car charging, introduced greener products in the Chandlery and now offering HVO diesel, we aim to reduce our carbon footprint even more. And we’re pleased to say our customers are fully engaged and supporting the effort.”
The Clean Marina award was launched in 2021 to help marinas get the basics right such as blackwater capture and treatment, correctly managing segregated and hazardous waste, spill prevention and treatment, wash-down capture and filtration, drain interception, using sustainable products and preventing plastic pollution, and of course, influencing tenants, contractors and boaters to be more sustainable too. Initially launched in Australasia, the award has been gained by five coastal marinas, with a number of others currently looking to achieve the award.
April is usually seen as the start of the season for most people, and this year the team at Aqueduct began the 2022 season with an opportunity for people to come along and meet the team. The event gave visitors the chance to talk to a number of staff members and ask questions about moorings, maintenance and sales.
In preparation, marina staff undertook a spring clean to plant up the flower beds, spruce up areas that needed a lick of paint and even renovate the Elsan point! As a result of the spring clean, the marina was ready to welcome visitors with drinks and canapés.
The event saw good numbers of people participate and take the opportunity to discuss the coming season with staff in an informal setting. Phil Langley (Marina and Operations Director) led the event and said, “The Staff site maintenance day was a great success, giving all the team a chance to do something constructive and different around the marina; we also mixed people up, so we were not working with our normal colleagues, leading to some great inter-team bonding.”
Phil went on to say, “The meet the team day also had a positive impact on our customers who enjoyed seeing office staff out in their overalls. A couple of days later, this was followed by our meet the managers afternoon and marina customers social, which also saw a good-sized crowd attend. As a result, we booked in some extra work as well as gaining a couple of new moorers. It also allowed our existing customers to catch up with their fellow Aqueduct boaters while enjoying a glass of wine”.
These are just the first of a number of events planned throughout the 2022 season at the Church Minshull marina. Details of these will be posted on the marina’s website and social media channels.
Aqueduct Marina Newsletter – Spring 2022
Aqueduct Marina are delighted to be able to publish our Spring 2022 newsletter.
We hope you enjoy reading our latest updates and news of the marina, here’s to a fantastic summer ahead!
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RIVERS Project underway again at Aqueduct MarinaThe COVID pandemic halted many projects over the past two years, and those that did continue did so at a much-reduced pace. Such was the case at Aqueduct Marina when work began on an important project funded by the European Regional Development Fund just before the first lockdown.
Working with partners across the EU, Aqueduct and the Canal and River Trust embarked on constructing a workboat testbed to allow various power systems to be trialled in real-world situations. The projects aims are to reduce or eliminate the pollutants from conventional internal combustion engines. The objective is to achieve this by using Oxy-fuel combustion technology for diesel engines and capturing and storing all CO2 emissions. It is also hoped that as a result, fuel consumption could be reduced by up to 15%. The project’s goal is to design, develop, and integrate dedicated carbon capture and storage systems into inland waterway vessels, both commercial and leisure.
However, despite the test boat’s construction getting underway some time ago, work had to stop when lockdowns were imposed; even after lifting restrictions, progress has been slow due to supply chain issues. However, work on the project, including vessel adaptations, has commenced with a tilt test recently taking place at Aqueduct Marina.
As well as undertaking the practicalities of the preparatory work, progress has also been made on the funding and timeline of the remainder of the RIVERS project. Funding is now all in place to complete this project by December 2022. With that in mind, the team at Aqueduct are on track to complete the work on the boat by April 2022. This will then allow enough time to fit all of the testing equipment. This equipment has arrived at the workshops in Cheshire in preparation for installation onto the testbed boat.
With the world’s attention focused on the COP26 conference over recent months, it is timely that this important work is underway once again. The hope is that it will help develop new modes of propulsion and the capture and storage of carbon and other damaging gasses. Hopefully, these developments will eventually see their way into mainstream use in the not too distant future.
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Aqueduct Marina Newsletter – Winter 2021Aqueduct Marina are delighted to be able to publish our Winter 2021 newsletter.
We hope you are still all well and keeping safe and have a brilliant Christmas with your family, friends, and boat of course!
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South Cheshire Chamber Award WINNERSWe are absolutely delighted to announce that we WON the South Cheshire Chamber Business Award for “Excellence in Customer Service”.
All of our team have worked so hard to achieve this award and to be recognised for the thorough customer journey we provide is an honour.
As a business, we would like to say a huge thank you to the South Cheshire Chamber who shortlisted us in the awards. We would also like to thank KPI Recruiting (sponsors of Excellence in Customer Service), in particular, Amanda Heywood and Andrew Wragg for visiting Aqueduct Marina at the judging stage and then presenting us with the award on the evening.
Keynote speaker, Simon Weston, was so inspiring and it was a joy to listen to him. Simon spoke of all of the struggles he has faced throughout his life including his life-changing injuries and how he has managed to overcome them. Simon reminded us of how we as businesses should learn to do the same in this “new world” we are living in post-pandemic and make the most of every opportunity.
We had an excellent evening and on behalf of all of Aqueduct Marina, we would like to say congratulations once again to all of the finalists and winners.
We’re look forward to seeing what the next year holds for us as a business and will strive to keep delivering an outstanding service to all.
Aqueduct Marina are delighted to be able to publish our Autumn 2021 newsletter.
We hope you are still all well and keeping safe and have had a fantastic summer with your family, friends, and boat of course!
Even though the end of the season is looming, it is still extremely busy here and we are making lots of plans for next year. Watch this space!
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Midland Marinas Collaborate to Raise Awareness for TYHA Gold Anchor SchemeA sunny late September Wednesday saw a hive of activity in Cheshire for The Yacht Harbour Association (TYHA) Marina event.
Overwater Marina and Aqueduct Marina came together to co-host the Midlands-based event that celebrated the TYHA Gold Anchor award scheme.
Attendees of the event spent the morning at the heart of the Shropshire Union Canal at Overwater Marina near Audlem. Guests enjoyed a tour of the Marina led by the marina owners Angus and Janet Maughan, with an exclusive viewing of their new touring caravan site and luxury glamping wagons, with a presentation from TB Electrics on their newly installed electric car charging points. This stimulated a group discussion on diversifying marina income and attracting new leisure customers.
The Aqueduct Marina team greeted over twenty guests including TYHA’s Jon White, Gold Anchor Assessor Tony Dwyer, and attendees from Wave International, Havenstar, Swanley, Walcon, Barrus, Savills and more.
A buffet networking lunch was followed by brief talks from Jon White on the newly launched Clean Marina programme and Tony Dye on the Certified Marina Managers course and training for staff.
A discussion on electric boats, alternative fuels and the future of sustainable boating was initiated by Phil James of Barrus while Darren North from Rolec highlighted his experience in electric car charging and the impact of boating on the marina infrastructure.
Aqueduct Marina MD and owner, Robert Parton commented on the day “We were delighted to be able to give the group a tour of our facilities including the service jetty, new chandlery and showcase what goes on in our busy workshops.
“I was especially pleased to be able to show everyone the steps we have made to be more environmentally aware and sustainable with our wash-bay feature that catches excess water and any debris coming from the boats.
“The day was a terrific opportunity to meet fellow gold anchor winning marinas and the supply chain businesses associated with our sector of the industry. Being onsite at both Overwater and our Marina gave us all the opportunity to showcase our USPs, raise more awareness for the Clean Marina scheme and nurture discussions on the future of clean, green propulsion.”
For all of your narrowboat needs, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us by calling 01270 525040 or emailing info@aqueductmarina.co.uk.
The Marina is open:
Mon - Sat: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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The Cafe is open:
Mon - Fri: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
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Mon - Sat: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
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