Boating Holidays & Short Breaks on the Norfolk Broads.

Family-run boatyard specialising in great-value boating hire experiences providing a lifetime of memories. Our range of hire boats works for all budgets. Check out our Holiday Cruisers.

Please note that we no longer offer any Day Hire Boat Service.

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All our boats are dog-friendly

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Why Choose Freedom For your Broads Break?

Friendly People with a Passion for Norfolk

We are the Banner family; Nicola and Andy.
We love boats and the relaxation that the river provides and we want to share the Norfolk Broads with you.

Come and experience some good-old customer service from a small family boating business. We'll do what we can to help you, even if you decide to book elsewhere.

Like so many industries, boating holiday providers on the Norfolk Broads have dwindled since the 1970s with larger companies gaining size through acquition of smaller operators.

Whilst we can't stop this, we offer a service that is fading elsewhere; good old customer service. We might not be big and we might not have the newest boats, but what we lack in these areas we make up in spades in enthusiam.

We will do our absolute best to provide quality vessels at competitive, affordable prices, backed up by our knowledge of the area and true customer service.

We founded in 2007. At this time, we were the first new boat hire operator on the Norfolk Broads in over a decade. We started because of our love of the Broads and of Boats and our desire to be able to share this with others. We did things differently, offering any-day to any-day hires and remain the only company to this day to offer this.

Our history isn't actually in boats (well, not in business anyway); we come from far more boring backgrounds. But since moving to the Norfolk Broads, it seemed an entirely logical thing to do.

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Classic Cruisers to Modern Broads Boats

Select your Broads Holiday Cruiser

Photo of Hire Cruiser Absolute Freedom

Absolute Freedom

Sleeps 6 - 7
Photo of Hire Cruiser Commanding Freedom

Commanding Freedom

Sleeps 6 - 9
Photo of Hire Cruiser Fair Freedom

Fair Freedom

Sleeps 7 - 10
Photo of Hire Cruiser Fine Freedom

Fine Freedom

Sleeps 4 - 6
Photo of Hire Cruiser Lady of Freedom

Lady of Freedom

Sleeps 3 - 5
Photo of Hire Cruiser Rambling Freedom

Rambling Freedom

Sleeps 6 - 8
Photo of Hire Cruiser Song of Freedom

Song of Freedom

Sleeps 4 - 5
Photo of Hire Cruiser Spirit of Freedom

Spirit of Freedom

Sleeps 4 - 6
Photo of Hire Cruiser Sweet Freedom

Sweet Freedom

Sleeps 2
Photo of Hire Cruiser Tranquil Freedom

Tranquil Freedom

Sleeps 5 - 6
Relaxing

Life in the Slow Lane

Explore the Norfolk Broads and experience a real slow down in pace as you mosey-around at just a few miles per hour.

There's 125 miles of tranquillity waiting to be explored. Begin your exploration from Norwich where you will find a small but diverse fleet of holiday cruisers for all budgets. Bring your dogs along too on any boat for a small additional charge.

Travelling at little more than walking pace, your Freedom boating holiday will give you access to many areas that can only properly experienced by river. Calm waters give way to pretty riverside pubs and villages, giving you the opportunity to moor up and hop off for a wander, a pint or perhaps a spot of lunch.

Why not explore Norwich? It's just a 45 minute cruise right into the centre where this Fine City offers a diverse range of activities from the Norman Castle towering over the streets, to the Cathedral (with the second highest spire in England) to independent shops, the oldest street market in Western Europe and more.