A Steamship Experience

19th July

Running From: - 12:30 PM

FISH & CHIP CRUISE – ANDERTON BOAT LIFT – NATIONAL WATERWAYS MUSEUM, ELLESMERE PORT    Saturday 19th July 2025   1230 – 1900 hrs

This six-and-a-half-hour cruise takes in the history and scenery, both industrial and rural along the magnificent Weaver Navigation, all the way from our berth below the Anderton Boat Lift to Marsh Lock, where we join the Manchester Ship Canal to our destination at the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port.  En route we will call in at our berth at Sutton Weaver to collect our Fish & Chip supper provided by  4 Season Fish & Chips Shop in Frodsham at approx 16:30. More information on what can be seen on this route can be found here. 

Please park at Anderton Boat Lift (CW9 6FW) in time for the 1230hrs cruise departure. Parking charges payable.   At the end of your cruise, our coach will be waiting to return you to your car at The Anderton Boat Lift. .

Please note the National Waterways Museum will not be open when we arrive at approx 1900 hrs. 

Access to the Danny berth at Anderton Boat Lift is via a steep, step-free, path from the visitor centre and car park at the higher level. This may prove challenging to those with mobility difficulties.

20th July

Running From: - 11:00 AM

National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port – Latchford – Sutton Weaver Swing Bridge - Sunday 20th July 2025   1100- 1700 hrs

This six-hour cruise gives you an opportunity to take in the scenery, both industrial and rural as we cruise from The National Waterways Museum in Ellesemere Port to Latchford, before turning and joining the Weaver Navigation via Marsh Lock to our berth at Sutton Weaver Swing Bridge. You can park free of charge in the National Waterways Museum car park, or there is a rail station nearby.  Why not visit the museum before your cruise!  Our coach will collect you from Sutton Weaver at the end of your cruise and return you to your car at the National Waterways Museum.

10th August

Running From: - 12:00 PM

Canning Dock, Royal Albert Dock, Liverpool – Sutton Weaver Swing Bridge 10th August 2025     1200 – 1800 hrs.

This six-hour cruise starts within the Royal Albert Dock complex where we will be moored in Canning Dock.  We'll enter the River Mersey via Canning Half-tide entrance and you can sit back and take in the lovely Wirral and Liverpool Waterfronts whilst enjoying the sensory delights of a steamship!  A commentary will be provided by Captain Dan Cross, the founder and driving force behind the restoration of The Danny.   We will pass the Cammell Laird shipyard and the Tranmere Oil terminal during our cruise before entering the Manchester Ship Canal via Eastham Lock,   we’ll pass where the Shropshire Union Canal joins the Manchester Ship Canal at what is now the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port.  A bit further on we will join the Weaver Navigation at Marsh Lock before finishing our cruise at our berth at the Sutton Weaver Swing Bridge, where our coach will collect you and return you to Royal Albert Dock.

There is plenty of parking in and around the Royal Albert Dock, and there are also excellent public transport connections,  with the nearest underground rail station being Liverpool James Street.