Fenland Boats provides a range of boat services on the River Lark, including moorings, boat repair, advertising, sales, and gas supply.

The business was originally set up by Tony Palmer in 1972, and is now owned and run by Jackie Palmer (his daughter). 

The River Lark rises in Suffolk at Bradfield Combust near Bury St Edmunds. It flows westwards to join the River Ouse at Branch Bridge, which leads to Ely, Littleport, Cambridge and eventually out to sea. It is navigable from the Judes Ferry public house at West Row.

From Branch Bridge the river runs towards Prickwillow in a straight artificial channel, possibly made by the Romans. The name Prickwillow is derived from the ‘pricks’ or skewers made from local willow. There is a particularly interesting Drainage Engine Museum, located close to the River Lark at Prickwillow.

The river then flows northeast in the bed of an ancient stream, which then changes into a pleasant, natural, meandering river towards Isleham. Just before Fenland Boats, on the left hand river bank, there is an eight-sided building along this stretch of the Lark called the Pepperpot – this is one of the few surviving fenland windmill pumps. There is a public footpath from Isleham to Prickwillow that is located on top of the wash bank.

At the medieval village of Isleham there is a lock you need to go through to continue to the Judes Ferry. There are many old buildings in Isleham – The Priory was built around 1090 – and there was a very large hoard of Bronze Age artefacts found in the village.

The other side of the lock is where for hundreds of years they used to do baptism. They only stopped using the river in the 1970s. This takes you along another pleasant part of the river, to the Judes Ferry public house.

NEW – Gardening Services