We will once again be providing opportunity for local community groups and organisations to enjoy short trips out on our boats to sample life on the Oxford and Grand Union Canals in and around Braunston, Northamptonshire.

LNBP will be offering either daytime trips – either full or half day – and evening trips to enjoy the peace, calm and gentle pace of the canals and the beautiful countryside in this picturesque part of central England.

As well as sampling life afloat with a trip on our boats, why not think about exploring the historic village of Braunston (perhaps with a visit to one of several pubs in the village or by the canalside) or by taking a stroll on one of the local walking routes close to LNBP’s mooring base.

LNBP will be running their 2024 Community Days across the following dates:-

• Tuesday 25 to Thursday 27^th June 2024
• Tuesday 2^nd to Thursday 4^th July 2024
• Tuesday 9^th to Thursday 11^th July 2024

Both of our boats Lancelot and Guinevere will be running on all of these dates and can be booked together (for a total of 24 persons) or individually (up to 12 persons) according to your size of group party.

These trips are offered free of charge to local community groups and organisations, although donations are always welcome and gladly received to enable us to continue our work and offer the opportunities we provide.

Bookings for our Community Days trips are always popular and dates and boats are therefore subject to availability.

For more details and to make a booking for your group or organisation, contact LNBP’s Booking Officer, Nigel Smith, on 07783 002073 or via email at bookings@lnbp.co.uk.

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We are already taking bookings from community group and organisations for weekend and midweek short breaks and longer holidays for next year, and in some cases 2025.

By planning ahead and booking now, you are safe in the knowledge that booking your group’s residential week or weekend is sorted and it is one less task to think about to until the new year.

With many dates in spring and summer already beginning to get reserved, don’t delay. Book now to avoid disappointment.

And here is an incentive to book and be an ‘early bird’.

Place a booking with us of two nights or more for your group or organisation by 31^st December 2023, and you will receive £50.00 off your total booking.

To check dates and current availability for 2024 and 2025, click here

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We continue to run a number of these programmes during the course of the season and once again this latest series of days were highly enjoyable and productive, and successful as the photos in the gallery below hopefully illustrate.

Many thanks to everyone who took part, and to Russ Baldwin for supplying these pictures.

If you or someone you know is interested to join us for one of our 2023 CCBM Training Days, please do get in touch with an early expression of interest. These places do tend to be popular and get booked out quickly once dates are announced. 

Email us at training@lnbp.co.uk or call Mike Wilton-Caley (Training & Assessment) on 07957 404603

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It is great to see the confidence in our clients keen and eager to get back to active outdoor life with their community groups and organisations, and we will be only too pleased to see and welcome them onto our boats.

So if you are looking to book your group for a weekend or midweek residential trip to enjoy the beauty of canals of central England, it is best to start planning now to secure the dates you really want.

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Equally what was great was the chance to catch up with current members and officials again (especially as in some cases we haven’t seen each other for some time due to the pandemic), and the opportunity to see old friends from the Project stretching back to its inception all those years ago, as well as welcome invited guests to join in with our celebrations.

Here are a selection of photos:-

• As we head into our fifth decade of operation, why not think about joining us and getting involved?

LNBP Community Boating is reliant on the efforts of volunteers who give their time to ensure the smooth running of the organisation and the canal boat experiences we can provide.

And we are always keen to welcome new volunteers to our organisation to assist with a wide range of roles.

So if you are 16 years old and over, why not consider getting involved?

To find out more and find out how to get in touch, click here

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We have had confirmation and clearance that we are open for bookings and able to welcome back community groups for overnight trips and residential breaks on our boats here on the canals of central England.

It goes without saying that the last 15 months or so has had a major impact on everyone. And that has also included LNBP as we have not been able to offer organised community groups such as Scouts, Guides and Cadets any of our organised trips or residential breaks.

But guidance has now been updated and these groups and others are now allowed to use our boats for overnight (nights away) trips.

As always, hirers are responsible for ensuring compliance with their own organisations rules / requirements.

So get planning and booking for autumn, and further ahead into 2022 now.

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2020 has seen so many of our lives put on hold and ideas and plans change because of Covid-19, but like us many of you are thinking positive and looking forward to more brighter sunnier times ahead in 2021 and beyond.

Over the last month or so we have seen a considerable number of bookings coming in for 2021 – and even 2022 – for weekend and midweek group residential trips. In particular, it is great to receive more bookings from a variety of Scout and Guiding groups – both locally and dotted around the country – all of whom are and keen to explore what we have here on the canals of central England (and there is so much to see and do after all)

Once again the level of bookings coming through shows us that many group leaders continue to be very pro-active in planning their group’s activities for the next 12 months, in some cases for the next two years.

With that in mind, our message to prospective groups who may be interested in joining us for a weekend or midweek group residential experience on our boats to explore the magnificent inland waterways of central England is…book early to avoid disappointment. 

Find out more about us and what we can offer for your community group or organisation: here.

If you have weekend or midweek dates (maybe both) in mind, take a look at our current availability on our online availability calendar here

Alternatively, if you would like to chat to us and find out more about what we can offer – including perhaps arranging a site visit to see our boats and arrange a short taster trip – contact Nigel on 07967 406875 or email him at bookings@lnbp.co.uk.

Remember also that there is £50.00 discount per group for bookings made with a deposit by 31st December 2020.

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TO BOOK YOUR PLACE ON OUR SEPTEMBER TASTER DAY WITH US, CONTACT NIGEL ON 07967 406 875 OR VIA EMAIL HIM AT: BOOKINGS@LNBP.CO.UK.

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FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE 2018 CRICK BOAT SHOW, CLICK HERE

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