Blenkhorn's Boat Hire — Attraction in Great Britain

There is another place that hire boats for £8 per adult but there was a queue. When we saw this place & saw that they charge £10 per adult, we asked them why their price was higher? they said they’ll teach us how to paddle. They assured us that many people coming here are beginners. So we paid, and the staff member who was supposed to teach us, spoke to us for less than 20 seconds & pushed our boat into the water even though we told him we were not ready & still trying to figure out how to control the paddles! We spent 15 mins in water & then got out, we tried to let them know that the staff member did not teach us well, and their response was very passive and disappointing which ruined the...

Definitely a fun thing to do!

Prices have gone up considerably within a short amount of time - from £7 to £10 between my last two visits, but kinda to be expected with the ever rising cost of living.

It is worth it though if it's just for an experience. Done it a few times with family and makes some fun memories with remembering how to row and steer and avoiding other boats. Pretty views, too, especially in summer, of course - and duckies!!

Would recommend to people visiting Knaresborough to...

Me and my husband rented a boat for a hour. The price was £14, which is quite decent. It was our first experience such as this. The staff didn't provide us with any information. It would be useful to give customers some advice as there were quite few people struggling. The boat was quite old, it wasn't cleaned before we took over, the paddles didn't have like a wire or a circle around to help us, we weren't offered a vest. The place was really busy and people were just banging around each...