Due to the festive season, Our hours will be adjusted over the Christmas period. Please see our Christmas and New Year hours to plan your visit to us✨
Wed 24th 08:00-12:00
Thu 25th Closed
Fri 26th Closed
Sat 27th 09:00-16:00
Sun 28th 09:00-16:00
Mon 29th 09:00-16:00
Tue 30th 09:00-16:00
Wed 31st 09:00-16:00
Thu 1st Closed
Fri 2nd 08:00-17:00
Set in the heart of Cheshire, Aqueduct Marina is more than just a place to moor, Located on the Shropshire Union Canal, We have easy access to all canal networks and fantastic on site facilities. Whether you’re stopping over for a night, a week, or a few months, our new temporary linear moorings give you the flexibility to enjoy the marina lifestyle without a long-term commitment.
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Just over a month ago, our MD Robert Parton visited Emsworth Marina. Robert is part of the British Marine board and often assesses some apprentices work at different marinas which was his reason for visiting.
During his visit, Robert got chatting to Jessie Wooden. Jessie is a member of the front-of-house office staff and can be found behind the desk, on the phone, or out on the yard lifting boats out of the water (there isn’t much that Jessie doesn’t get involved in!). Whilst Robert was there, Jessie expressed an interest in understanding how an inland marina works as opposed to a coastal marina, so what better way for her to learn than have her come and visit for a week?!
After a discussion with Jessie’s manager, a date was set for Jessie to travel from Emsworth to Nantwich (over 200 miles away and 3.5 hours!). Jessie arrived at Aqueduct on Sunday 20th June and stayed over in a local hotel. It’s fair to say come Monday morning and once all of the Aqueduct staff had arrived, it was as if Jessie had been here forever.
Jessie started her week in the office with the Aqueduct team, learning our systems, CRM and seeing how our processes work. Then throughout the rest of the week, Jessie well and truly got stuck into all aspects of the role, especially on the yard! Jessie came armed with her steel-capped toe boots and her high vis vest ready to help with the gantry lift and all yard maintenance. Although we didn’t manage to get her on the tractor moving any boats! A few of our team took Jessie out for a meal one evening and showed her the sights of Nantwich town, we think she fully enjoyed being a tourist in Cheshire!
We would like to say a huge thank you to Jessie for coming up and thank you for all your hard work. We will miss you and we hope to see you soon!
There are talks for a member of staff or 2 from Aqueduct to also go on a job swap down at Emsworth Marina, so watch this space!
For all of your narrowboat requirements and needs, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us by calling 01270 525040 or filling in our online quote form.
We are delighted to be welcoming back old and new faces to the marina and we can’t wait to see what this boating season will have in store for us.
January 2021 was certainly gloomier than the average January, not only was the weather poor but we were back in full Lockdown. This meant that boat owners were unable to visit their boats or the marina for the foreseeable.
On Valentine’s Day we had to hold our annual moorers and storer wine and canapes event as a Facebook live virtual event. As much as we missed having our usual sociable afternoon, we had a tremendous level of viewings and we were extremely grateful for the support
Thankfully, a week after out event, Boris Johnson unveiled his roadmap. The first key date was 29th March when owners could re-visit, though were not allowed to stay overnight. Even still, this did create more footfall on the marina, but there was no great tidal wave of customers returning; probably as a result of the miserable weather. We also quietly reopened the café for takeaways only on this date.
Before we knew it, the big day arrived. The key date that everyone had been looking forward to, April 12th – holidays could restart and cruising could begin. The waterways were officially open!
As if by magic, the sunny spring weather arrived (though frosty in the mornings) and our customers returned. Now we are a few weeks on and Aqueduct Marina feels much more normal, with people sat on tables and benches outside of the café and making the most of the blue skies. There is definitely a buzz about the place!
Our fully stocked Chandlery is back accepting customers as normal and there seems to be lots of movement as boats head back out on to the water. Some however, have been taking the opportunity for work to be conducted on their narrowboat. Our boat yard has also been busy – with DIY blackings taking place or the Aqueduct team carrying out the highly-skilled work.
Brokerage viewings were also able to commence on the 12th April – although we are sticking to viewings by appointment only to help maintain COVID protocols and to uphold the improved service we have been able to provide to buyers and sellers through this policy. We were able to sell a few boats virtually over the lockdown which is great and the demand for boats still remains very strong. This combined with our free collection service has resulted in a few boats arriving on the brokerage and quickly going under offer – some even before they have even hit the market!
The rest of the season and the year is definitely looking promising and the Aqueduct team are in the midst of putting together plans to make up for our missed anniversary event; all to be revealed soon! In the meantime, if there is anything we can do to help or answer any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with our team.
The Marina is open:
Mon - Sat: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
The Cafe is open:
Sun - Thurs: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
Fri & Sat: 9:30 am - 4:30 pm
The Chandlery is open:
Mon - Sat: 8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sun: 9:00 am - 5:00 pm
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