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Seagull Trust Cruises

Free Canal Cruising in Scotland for People with Special Needs

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Formerly the Seagull Trust


ã Seagull Trust Cruises
January 2008

Bookings

Bookings for any of our cruises, from any of our branches, can be made by following the instructions detailed on this page. Use the map, select the Branch closest to you and contact them, or click the link below.

Please note that our cruises are only open to families, groups or organisations that care for the disabled.

Falkirk    Inverness    Kirkintilloch    Ratho

Falkirk

Falkirk Branch has the facility to offer both day and holiday cruising using canal boats specifically designed for the purpose.

The Falkirk day boat, Govan Seagull, can be booked for part or full day cruises either on the Union Canal or to and from the Falkirk Wheel. When we conduct a Wheel cruise we usually take one party from our boathouse down the Wheel and bring a different party back up the Wheel.

Govan Seagull

To organise a cruise on the Govan Seagull please contact:

Mr. George Graham.

Phone: 01324 563628

To arrange a talk contact Mrs Elinor Milne, 01324 622196

Marion Seagull

Falkirk Branch can also offer Holiday Cruising to a family or group with a disabled member on our new boat Marion Seagull. She is kept at the Falkirk Wheel so cruising to Falkirk, Glasgow or Edinburgh are all possible from this central start point.

To organise a holiday on the Marion Seagull please contact:

Mr. Peter Killeen, Ben-Holm, Maddiston Road,

Brightons, Falkirk. FK2 0JN

Phone: 01324 720096

A copy of our Pre-Booking Information and Booking Form, for the Marion Seagull, can be downloaded in PDF Format by clicking on the links below and printed. If you do not have Adobe’s PDF Reader this can be downloaded free by clicking on the “Get Adobe Reader” button and following the links.

Pre-Booking Information

Booking Form

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Please note that we will ONLY accept enquiries for the Marion Seagull in writing, either by letter or the attached Booking Form. E-mail and telephone enquiries will not be accepted.

 

Inverness

Highland Branch of the Seagull Trust, based in Inverness, operate the Highland Seagull on the Caledonian Canal.

Highland Seagull

To organise a cruise on the Highland Seagull please contact:

Miss Heather Smart,  Service Point Officer,  Service Point Highland Council,  Memorial Hall,  Fort Augustus.  PH32 4DJ.  

Phone:  01320 366733,   Fax: 01320 366774, 

E-mailheather.smart@highland.gov.uk.

To arrange a talk contact Mr Bill Fraser, 01463 233345

 

Kirkintilloch

Yarrow Seagull

Marjorie Seagull

The Kirkintilloch Branch of the Seagull Trust operate two boats, the Yarrow Seagull and Marjorie Seagull from their boathouse on the Forth & Clyde Canal in Kirkintilloch.

To organise a cruise from Kirkintilloch please contact:

The Booking Officer.

Phone: 0141 777 7165

To arrange a talk contact Mr Ian Hall, 0141 777 7165

 

Ratho

St. John Crusader II

Mackay Seagull

The Ratho Branch also operate two boats, the St. John Crusader II and the Mackay Seagull from their reception centre adjacent to the Bridge Inn on the Union Canal at Ratho near Edinburgh.

To organise a cruise from Ratho please contact: 

The Booking Officer.

Phone: 0131 335 3318,
(Monday to Friday between 10am and 4pm)

E-mail: seagull@saltire.org

To arrange a talk contact Mr David Mieras, 0131 445 2022

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 Scottish Charity Number SC027163. Incorporated in Scotland as a Company Limited by Guarantee. Company Number SC179736
Registered Office: 19 Dean Terrace, Edinburgh EH4 1NL