We are an Australian couple on our early sixties and we have now had two Black Prince holidays. The first was in June 2008 when when picked up our Duchess class from Chirk. The staff we most friendly and gave careful instruction on boat handling. We have had previous experience in small craft, mostly sail, but we still brushed up... More

Having used black prince for the last four years, we hired a "duchess" boat from their base at Chirk. Once again we were not disappointed, friendly and efficient service at the marina, clean and tidy boat (newly refurbished), a shower with a door and not one of those curtains that drips everywhere. they even lent us more windlasses at no... More

For our first-ever canalboat holiday, the friendly and helpful service made a lot of difference. The boat was without a flaw, the service was great from start to finish, we recommend Black Prince wholeheartedly. As for canalboating in general, it is a unique and amazing experience not to be missed. We hope to go again next year.

Friendly efficient boatyard (gave us a free upgrade to larger boat). Boat was good with 6 permanent beds central heating, showers etc- the living area was a bit cramped though. Locks are moderately hard physical work and you need at least 3-4 people to get thro locks efficiently. We did the Stourport ring. Probably cruised 5-7 hrs a day but... More

Two weeks on a canal boat for 2 couples We hired two of the smaller boats from Chirk rather that one large one as we felt that we would still be friends at the end this way. We were given instructions by the friendly staff on how to operate the boat (coming from Australia we had no experience with the... More

We had a great week and the team from black-prince were great. Thanks

Grandma and Grandad, kids, grandkids and dog were all catered for. The barge was tardis-like, in that it was amazingly spacious when you were in, and easy to manage. Great fun was had by all racing up and doing the locks, marching around on the roof, walking on the towpath and enjoying great dinners in the canal-side pubs. It was... More

Having just returned from our second Black Prince holiday, I can confirm that they just get better each time. The marina staff were brilliant, checking we knew all that we needed for the week and running through the 'technical' bits comprehensively. The boat had a manual with a reminder of the instruction in for the 'just incase' scenarios as well... More

I recently hired a narrow boat from the Black Prince base at Chirk for a shoirt holiday on the Llangollen canal and can report very favourably. The boats are modern (replaced after 4 years, so I understand), well appointed and clean. The staff at the Marina were helpful and friendly and made sure that everything on the boat was working... More