Friday 9th & Saturday 10th August 2024. The best seats in the house! Watch the fireworks from the water in a canoe.
Events at Hire a Canoe
Special events
Meet us by the river in Shrewsbury at 5.45pm for 1 hour on the water and some dog fun!
Sunset Paddle on Friday the 2nd of June from 8-9 pm for visitors and participants at Vanlife Festival UK in Shrewsbury.
Stand Up Paddle Board 🤙 lessons on Saturday and Sunday at 3pm for visitors and participants at Vanlife Festival UK Shrewsbury. Only bookable in advance!
Doggy Paddle on Sunday the 4th of June from 10-11am for visitors and participants at Vanlife Festival UK in Shrewsbury.

Litter Picks: dates announced on our FB, Twitter & Instagram pages

Absolutely fabulous. Fun, friendly, professional. We went from Montford Bridge, such a pretty part of the river.
Had an amazing and fun evening with friends, we were laughing and smiling the whole trip even the couple of times we mis judged our steering and ended up in the trees by the banks 🤣🙈
Booking online was super easy, staff were friendly and it was amazing value for money :) we were lucky enough that the sun came out and had a beautiful paddle down the river severn watching the sunset.
Me and my friend took part in Montford to Shrewsbury Litter Picking project a few days ago and it could not have been better! We were picked up from shrewsbury, talked through all the safety points and set off with a complimentary piece of lemon drizzle. Kieran was super nice and really helpful with everything on and before the day of the trip. Will definitely be back for another adventure!
This was an excellent trip and very good value. We went up stream first and took a little picnic so pulled over and had this, then down stream for the fireworks, which was such a unique way to see the fireworks and a great trip. 100% recommend it and we maybe back with a group next year as people saw our live feed from the boat and lots want to join us next year! We did it as a couple, but really suits anyone.
Absolutely fantastic evening on Ellesmere canal. Complete novices with a couple of really nervous group members and the guy running it was kind patient and sympathetic and ALL of us went on to have a totally fabulous fun evening. Highly recommend giving them a try!!