Canal & River Trust - Anderton Boat Lift

We just want to thank our customers, staff and volunteers for all the help and support you've given us through this difficult year. We plan to return with our lift trips and passage for boating customers in April 2023. We will be releasing our 2023 prices and schedules in late November 2022- please keep an eye on our Boat Trips page for details. From 1 Sept 2022, we will making our customers purchasing process quicker and smoother by trialling a 'Cashless' payment system. Please call 01606 786 777 for more information. Looking for the perfect day out in Cheshire? Visit Anderton Boat Lift, a giant three-storey-high iron edifice on the banks of the River Weaver Navigation. Winner of experience of the year 2019, The Anderton Boat Lift has earned its nickname of Cathedral of the Canals for a very good reason. Not only does it still do the job it was designed to do of lifting boats and barges the 50 feet from the River Weaver Navigation to the Trent & Mersey Canal, but it does it with the most ingenious and endearing character of any structure on the canal system. The mighty Anderton Boat Lift is one of the 'Seven Wonders of the Waterways' and together with its visitor centre, coffee shop, play area and nearby Northwich Woodlands, it makes for a great day out.