Hire Bluebell
You can hire our boats and crew for very reasonable hourly rates. Bluebell will carry up to 12 passengers and we cater for birthday parties and other family celebrations. Contact Ian for details.
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Bluebell & the Union 10 celebrationsOn the 10th anniversary of the re-opening of the Union Canal from Edinburgh to Falkirk, "Bluebell" took part in a flotilla of boats travelling from Edinburgh to Falkirk over the weekend of 25/26 September 2010. The flotilla set out from Edinburgh Quay at 8am on Saturday 25th October, aiming to get to Linlithgow by Saturday evening. Bluebell had the honour of leading the flotilla from the Almond Aquaduct to Winchburgh on Saturday. We had a piper (John Hughes) on the Bows and she was lined with garlands and decorations. We gave her a fresh coat of paint on Saturday 11th September to help her look good for the event. The weather was beautiful. The sun was out and the wind stayed light. For more information, see: STV News from 6th September, or Union Canal history by the Edinburgh Photographic Society. |
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Bridge 19-40 Canal SocietyThe Bridge 19-40 Canal Society exists to encourage the people living in the communities alongside our patch of canal to take an interest in the canal and help maintain it as a pleasant amenity. The Society is a non-profit organisation supported by donations, volunteers and good will. Please help support our activities and consider joining in. With support from the local community, we can continue to promote our local canals. We focus on the stretch of the Union Canal between Bridge 19 (Just east of the M8), to Bridge 40 (Just west of Philpstoun), which is how the society gets its name. However our main passenger operations run from Port Buchan, just off West Main Street in Broxburn. You can Hire bluebell by the hour for events and parties. Please contact Ian for details (See below). |
Narrow Boat "Bluebell"Our main boat is Bluebell, a narrow boat suitable for most canal networks. You can read more about Bluebell and our other boat, Roseann on our Boats page. |
The Canal
You can read all about the Union Canal on a larger scale, by following some of the links to the left, under the heading "Canals in Scotland". For the purposes of this brief description, I'll focus on our patch of the canal between Bridge 19, which is a bridge carrying farm traffic over the canal just West of the magnificent Almond aqueduct, to Bridge 40 which carries road traffic over the canal.
Bridge 19 is about 10.5 miles from Edinburgh Quay (regarded as the start of the canal), and Bridge 40 is 17.3 miles from Edinburgh Quay, which gives the Bridge 19-40 Canal Society around 7 miles of canal to look after.
Broxburn
Broxburn is the base for our society and trips on the Union canal. To lift the lid on Broxburn and understand more about the town, its industries, history and current useful information, please refer to http://broxburn.org/.
Thanks
The Bridge 19-40 Canal Society has been supported by many companies and individuals over the years, please refer to our About Us to see the list of supporters to which we owe immense thanks.