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

  1. This waterway runs through a largely unspoilt part of rural Essex and connects the county…

    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…

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

    0.22 miles away
  2. One of the highlights of a walk around Promenade Park is to walk along the extension,…

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

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

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

    0.46 miles away
  6. Lying alongside the sea wall and to the north of the Heybridge Basin's built-up area is…

    0.48 miles away
  7. The Deckchair Hut, operated by The Maldon Deckchair Company is offering deckchair hire at…

    0.54 miles away
  8. Maldon's Promenade Park Beach Huts are located in the valley, with the Splash Park and…

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

    Located in the…

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

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

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

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

    0.75 miles away
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    100 High Street, Maldon, Essex, CM9 5ET

    Telephone

    01621 841790

    Maldon

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    Telephone

    01621 862426

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    Telephone

    01621 488048

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    Telephone

    01621 891215

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    Telephone

    01621 741395

    Mayland

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  6. Address

    1-3 Foundry Lane, Burnham, CM0 8BL

    Telephone

    01621 784072

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    Telephone

    01621 854056

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    2 Chigborough Road, Heybridge, Essex, CM9 4RE

    Telephone

    07702244440

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    Telephone

    01245 380216

    Maldon

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    Bates Road, Heybridge, Maldon, Essex, CM9 5FA

    Telephone

    01621212606

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    Telephone

    07704 060482

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    Ulting Lane, Maldon, Essex, CM9 6QB

    Maldon

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    The site was first listed by Historic England in November 1985, and was constructed in around 1797 by engineer…

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    Telephone

    01621 854139

    Maldon

    The Club offers a variety of summer sailing programme and winter socials, RYA training courses and moorings. Both novice and experienced boat owners are welcome.

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    Hythe Quay, Maldon, Essex, CM9 5HN

    Maldon

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    Maldon

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    Telephone

    01621 857373

    Maldon

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    Telephone

    01245 223258

    Woodham Walter

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    Burnham

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