About us

Bygone Boating is a fairly new company to the boating holiday industry, having just finished our 7th season!!

We are still relatively small, and will never be too big to not give a personal service. 

We are now also going to be hiring out Day Boats – again wooden – by the hour or day. 

 See ‘Our Boats’.

Personal Friendly Individual

Did you know?

On average there is one dead body hauled out of the Thames each week. Perhaps this is due to the POLAR BEAR in the Thames. In 1252 King Henry III received a bear as a gift from Norway. He kept it in the Tower of London and used to let it swim in the river to catch fish. Maybe the bear has ancestors… I feel we are spreading a Loch Ness Monster scale rumour here!

Our philosophy:

  • To always go that extra mile.
  • Treat our guests' holiday, as if it were our own.
  • Fit our boats out to be as comfortable and as functional as possible

Please note that our season (and most hire boat businesses on the Thames) runs from April to October. The last few Octobers have been very wet, and the Thames has been in flood. This makes the river dangerous for boats, therefore we have made the decision to close  after the first week of October for the foreseeable future – sorry!

We always welcome your feedback, Facebook best option, or email us.

We love wooden boats. We love our wooden boats and we hope you do too! 

We do all the work on them ourselves – although, admittedly, Jeff definitely does the bulk of the work – but I help as much as I can.

We have now added day boats to our little fleet. They are again from bygone days – 50’s and 60’s! Wooden, clinker built with engines, either inboard or outboard. We have Windy, from Lake Windemere, Mistral  from Cornwall and Breeze a locally sourced boat.

Further updates soon…….

Sue 🙂

 

We are the only holiday hire company on the upper Thames who hire out classic wooden motor cruisers. We have a Bates Star Craft, known for it’s style and innovation in the Industry, built in 1952, and a 28ft cruiser- totally refurbished – quite possibly from Dunkirk times!

Please note – we do require there to be at least one capable person on board, who has previous boating experience.

We also have a small fleet of wooden Day Boats, to hire by the  hour or day. Canoes and rowing boats will be added soon.

We hope you enjoy looking at our website! Please give us a ring, or drop us an email, if you have any questions at all – be great to hear from you.

Happy Boating !

Bygone Boating - Self drive boating holidays , and Day Boats, on the River Thames

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