Blackwater Dawn Barge on Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation

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Book your group outing or celebration on one of our trip boats and enjoy a cruise along the glorious Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation in Essex with Chelmer Cruises. The Navigation offers nearly 14 miles of waterway to explore. Much of our wonderful waterway runs through tranquil Essex countryside, and is the perfect place to go for an afternoon cruise.

Flexible for You:
Charter trips can be arranged for any day of the week, with timings to suit hirers. The minimum hire period is 2 hours. The vessel is wheelchair and pushchair-friendly.

Spending time by the water is the fastest way to slow down, so perhaps just take a moment to sit back and enjoy our fantastic waterway.

​​​​One Hour Boat Trips:

Regular one-hour Chelmer Cruises boat trips run from Heybridge Basin on the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation.

www.waterways.org.uk/essex_waterways/chelmer_cruises/chelmer_cruises

Guide Prices

£6.50 each

Facilities

Accessibility

  • Disabled access

Children

  • Children welcome

Map & Directions

Chelmer Cruises - Heybridge Basin

Type:Boat Trips

Daisy Meadow Kiosk, Basin Road, Heybridge Basin, Essex, CM9 4RY

Tel: 01245 226245

Opening Times

* One hour boat trips operate from Heybridge Basin and Paper Mill Lock from Easter through to October - phone for details or go to the kiosk by Daisy Meadow car park

What's Nearby

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    0.19 miles away
  2. This waterway runs through a largely unspoilt part of rural Essex and connects the county…

    0.19 miles away
  3. Heybridge Basin's famous sea lock links the Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation to the…

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  1. Now moored permanently in Heybridge Basin, Maldon, Essex, the Sir William Arnold lifeboat…

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  3. The little church building behind the bus shelter in Heybridge Basin began life during…

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  4. The small lake at Promenade Park is perfect for model boating, and is regularly used by…

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  5. The World War Two Avenue of Remembrance at Promenade Park, beginning close to the boating…

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  7. Maldon's Promenade Park Beach Huts are located in the valley, with the Splash Park and…

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  8. The Deckchair Hut, operated by The Maldon Deckchair Company is offering deckchair hire at…

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  9. Welcome to Maldon Splash Park, Essex's favourite children's water park!

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  10. The Maldon Promenade Zoo is home to over 70 species of animals when we are open (please…

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  11. The Twinning Link sculpture was placed in Promenade Park in 1991 to celebrate the 22nd…

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  12. Millenium Wood is an extension of Promenade Park & is a wildlife area consisting of…

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  13. Northey is an island in the Blackwater Estuary in Essex, connected to the mainland by a…

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    Telephone

    01621854968

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    Telephone

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    Telephone

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    Telephone

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    Telephone

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    Telephone

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    Telephone

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    Church Street, Tollesbury, CM9 8QJ

    Telephone

    07908 776750

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    Telephone

    01621 776684

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    Bradwell-on-Sea

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