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I've found my first geocache!
30 Jul 2010 at 1:53pm
Geocaching is something I always thought I'd leave until I had some retirement time. But last weekend, while we were taking Granny from Streethay to Birmingham, Christine asked me "What is this gee...

L & L closure is chance to fix Red Rock Bridge
29 Jul 2010 at 6:40pm
The upcoming stoppage of the drought-stricken Leeds & Liverpool Canal is a golden opportunity to do some maintenance. Fix this historic bridge, reports Wigan Today, about a bridge strike from last ...

New Marsworth wharf plans still don't take account of boats
29 Jul 2010 at 10:59am
BW's abortive effort last year to redevelop the land at Marsworth Junction (see 'How was this Marsworth application slipped through...?') has been followed by another one, with planning documents l...

An Inland Voyage - Robert Longden exhibition running until Aug 30th
28 Jul 2010 at 12:14pm
You've got a month to see the Robert Longden exhibition An Inland Voyage at the Herbert Gallery in Coventry, before it closes at the end of August. The exhibition, I mean, not the gallery. I previe...

Meandering Matriarch's week on hotel narrowboats Snipe and Taurus
27 Jul 2010 at 1:13pm
The blog Meandering Matriarch is the 'travel notes' of Sue Ellen, a lady who does a lot of post-retirement travelling. She's just spent a week on hotel narrowboat pair Snipe & Taurus, travelling fr...

Mercia Marina holiday lodges
25 Jul 2010 at 2:16pm
I should be grateful for the mercies granted me. Mercia Marina used its open weekend festival earlier this month to launch the 18 new 'waterside lodges' they are erecting in a corner of the site, o...


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Here at Oxon Boat Painting we are dedicated to producing some of the finest craftmanship on the Canal Network. This means we have produced some of the best painted boats around!

A fully rounded preliminary service is available to our customers including:
• Free no obligation quotations
• Free consultations
• Planning and Scheduling

Our Narrowboat Painting services include:
• Shotblasting
• Traditional Coach Painting by brush
• Traditional Canal Decoration
• Airless Spray Painting (2 pack)
• Signwriting
• Blacking (Bitumen)
• Blacking (2 pack Epoxy Pitch)

Above Left: Narrowboat Hannah
Above Right: Mark Phelps (OBPCo. Partner)
Below Left: Narrowboat Royden
Below Right: Chris Weston (OBPCo. Partner)

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Latest news, videos and pictures from Oxon

1st November 2009
Oxon in Waterways World!
Dynamic Photographer and Journalist Tony Jones gets down to the nity grity and asks 'what is the real cost for a professional paint job?'

'The Cost of Owning a Narrowboat' is the tittle for his November article in which he asks Oxon what kind of money traditional Boat Painters are charging for their services. A thoroughly informative and pleasant read, Tony's article can be found here.

 


1st July 2009
Oxon featured on Channel 5
In March 2009 we were contacted by Twofour Broadcast in regard to re-painting the superb cruising Hotel and Restaurant boat the African Queen for the Channel Five programme 'The Hotel Inspector'.

We gave the boat a complete repaint using Blakes paints.
The programme about the African Queen airs on August 10th 2009.

The African Queen website


1st March 2009
Historic Motor 'Snipe'
We are very proud to announce that we have just completed a re-paint for the famous historic Narrowboat the Snipe. Snipe is one of the eight Cowburn and Cowpar motors built by Yarwoods around 1934/35....
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