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Skipton: 1-Hour Canal Cruise

Skipton: 1-Hour Canal Cruise

Welcome aboard the best 60 minutes of historic escapism you can find in Skipton. Enjoy a lively canal trip that proves you don't have to let planning or nasty weather get in the way of a good time. Keep your camera ready to capture the picturesque countryside scenery.  Your guide for the canal tour is award-winning comedian Dave Spikey of “Phoenix Nights” and “8 out of 10 Cats” fame. With his characteristic Northern patter, Dave takes you on a whistle-stop tour of Skipton and shares canal history that’s refreshingly different from your average commentary. Above the jokes and laughter, hear points of interest and fascinating stories of how the Leeds and Liverpool Canal delivered the lifeblood of the Industrial Revolution through Yorkshire. Food and drink are available onboard too for a fun twist on your lunchtime break.

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4.6
(616 reviews)

The canal cruise is well worth the money just to listen to the voice over by Dave spiky the comedian from Phoenix nights, really funny but also interesting giving you details of Skipton, the Mills and the canal Well worth it 👏

Pros - Grear trip. Great staff who helped aged, less mobile relation board and disembark. Cons - Shorter passengers had trouble seeing out of windows. Commentary was hard to hear over passenger chatter.

Lovely trip along canal guide was lovely so informative and funny we had a lovely time also got to sit at the front x

Wonderful and funny a great hour on the canal boat I would highly recommend a trip

Bought it for my friends 40th as part of her birthday gifts, she loved it x