A Steamship Experience

10th June

Running From: - 10:30 AM

Canning Dock, Royal Albert Dock Complex, Liverpool - National Waterways Museum Ellesmere Port Tuesday 10th June 2025  1030 – 1530 hrs

This five-hour cruise starts within the Royal Albert Dock complex where we will be moored in Canning Dock, and finishes where the Shropshire Union Canal joins the Manchester Ship Canal at what is now the National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port.   We'll enter the River Mersey via the lock at Canning Half-tide entrance and you can sit back and take in the lovely Wirral and Liverpool Waterfronts whilst enjoying the sensory delights of a steamship!  A commentary will be provided by Captain Dan Cross, the founder and driving force behind the restoration of The Danny.   We will pass the Cammell Laird shipyard and the Tranmere Oil terminal during our cruise before entering the Manchester Ship Canal via Eastham Lock and continuing our journey to the National Waterways Museum at Ellesmere Port.

If arriving by car, we suggest you park at The National Waterways Museum car park (CH65 4FW) which is free of charge, and our coach will collect you at 0930 hrs and take you to the start of your cruise in The Royal Albert Dock. That way your car is waiting for you at the end of the cruise.  If you are making your own way to The Royal Albert Dock for the start of the cruise, there are excellent public transport connections with the nearest underground rail station being Liverpool James Street. Please note, if you make your own way to The Danny, that there is no coach transport back to Royal Albert Dock at the end of your cruise, but there is a rail station at Ellesmere Port approximately  20-minutes walk from our berth.  

All details will be on your ticket confirmation. More information on the cruise route can be found here.

14th June

Running From: - 11:00 AM

National Waterways Museum, Ellesmere Port to Mode Wheel Lock, Salford  - 14th June 2025

Yet again we are delighted to be taking The Danny back on her old routes on the Manchester Ship Canal….  This six-hour cruise takes in the scenery, both industrial and rural as we cruise from The National Waterways Museum in Ellesemere Port and pass through Latchford, Irlam and Barton locks, as well as going under a variety of bridges and an aqueduct, to our disembarkation point within Mode Wheel Lock itself, the last lock before Salford Quays.    We suggest you park in the National Waterways Museum car park, and your ticket includes return coach transfer back to the National Waterways museum car park at the end of your cruise.

15th June

Running From: - 11:00 AM

Mode Wheel Lock, Salford – Sutton Weaver Swing Bridge 15th June 2025 1100 – 1700 hrs

This six-hour cruise takes in the history and scenery, both industrial and rural and we set off from within Mode Wheel Lock itself, and pass through Barton, Irlam and Latchford Locks as well as going under a variety of bridges and an aqueduct.  We then join the Weaver Navigation via Marsh Lock to our disembarkation point at our berth below Sutton Weaver Swing Bridge.  From here your coach will return you to your cars at Salford Quays.

There are numerous places to park at Salford Quays and good public transport/tram links.  The nearest car park is Media City Multi-story car park.  At the end of your cruise our coach will be ready to take you back to Mode Wheel.