We look forward to seeing you onboard
Electra - canal cruises with a difference
Welcome to Electra, the all-electric 12-seater trip boat run by volunteers in Milton Keynes. Step aboard for a relaxing cruise on the Grand Union canal and get a whole new view of the city. Treat yourself to a food cruise. Or combine a cruise with a walk or a visit to a waterside pub. Electra makes a perfect day out with family, friends or colleagues. It’s great for celebrations too. Electra’s 2024 cruising programme is online now – time to book your cruise or use your Gift Voucher. Choose a public cruise or book a private group charter.
Choose your cruise
Enjoy Milton Keynes’ best-kept leisure secret! Our peaceful cruises on the Grand Union Canal run from mid-April to mid-December. Click on the cruise types above, or check out the calendar below which shows what’s on each month. Cream tea and coffee & cake cruises, fish & chip and fish & bubbles cruises are on the menu, along with half-day and Sunday ploughman’s lunch cruises. Relaxing return and one-way cruises with a Café Bar are also on available. Short family cruises will launch in May.
Have a look at our Cruise List. Click here.
You’ll see parts of Milton Keynes you have never seen before through Electra’s picture windows. You’ll be eye to eye with swans, herons and even the odd kingfisher. Stand in the bow and enjoy the breeze on a warm summer’s day, or watch as the leaves fall silently in autumn.
Make sure you have your camera in hand as we glide through parkland, past waterside art, alongside the local wildlife … and the occasional fisherman.
Walk & Glide Events on 11 & 12 May – now bookable online
Electra has teamed up with The Parks Trust to offer five Walk & Glide events on 11th & 12th May as part of their annual Walking Festival. Designed for different levels of fitness, each walk explores a different aspect of canalside parkland between Campbell Wharf and Great Linford Wharf, followed by a relaxing return cruise on Electra. Booking here: Walk & Glide Events on 11/12 May.
Click here to book online.
Electra Gift Vouchers – the perfect present
Give a Gift Card to the value of your choice and let family and friends choose the cruise they’d like to do. Or give a special couple the memorable experience of a Cream Tea or Coffee & Cake Cruise for Two on the date of their choice in 2024.
Calling all schools!
Calling all MK primary schools planning school trips: Electra is offering short educational trips at cost in spring 2024, covering many areas of the curriculum. Find out more here.
Get in touch
Electra is run by volunteers. Please email us with any booking queries, or to get updates on new cruises bookings.electra@bmkwaterway.org
Electra – Milton Keynes all-electric community boat – won the Silver Award in the New Tourism Business category of the 2023-2024 Beautiful South Tourism Awards Thanks to all our wonderful volunteers, supporters and guests who are making Electra such a success!