Braidbar Boats
{{Short description|Boatbuilder in Poynton, Cheshire, England}}
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| image = Braidbar Boats, Lord Vernon's Wharf, Higher Poynton - geograph.org.uk - 3065548.jpg
| image_caption = The boat yard at Lord Vernon’s Wharf
| type = Private
| industry = Boat building
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| founded = 1983
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| hq_location_city = Poynton, Cheshire
| hq_location_country = United Kingdom
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| products = Narrowboats
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| website = {{URL|braidbarboats.co.uk}}
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Braidbar Boats are a narrowboat building company based at Lord Vernon’s Wharf on the Macclesfield Canal at Poynton, Cheshire.{{cite web |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06512096 |title= Braidbar Boats |author= |date=2 October 2022 |website=Companies House |publisher=Companies House |access-date=2 October 2022 |quote=}}
History
In 1983 Braidbar Boats was established as a narrowboat building business in Lord Vernon’s Wharf on the Macclesfield Canal at Poynton, Cheshire.{{cite web |url=https://www.braidbarboats.co.uk/about |title=About Braidbar Boats |author= |date=2 October 2022 |website=Braidbar Boats |publisher=Braidbar Boats Ltd |access-date=2 October 2022 |quote=}} The company produces around 7 quality narrowboats each year{{cite web |url=https://www.nmdg.co.uk/member/braidbar-boats/ |title=Braidbar Boats |author= |date=2 October 2022 |website=National Maritime |publisher=National Maritime |access-date=2 October 2022 |quote=}} and has won many awards, including Favourite Boat in Show at the Crick Boat Show in 2000, 2007 and 2018.
Lord Vernon’s Wharf
Lord Vernon’s Wharf was constructed as a short arm to the Macclesfield Canal in 1831 shortly after the canal was completed for use by the Poynton Collieries which was owned by the Baron Vernon from 1832 until 1935. In the late 1950s the site was used by Constellation Cruises who started with a 70ft boat which had 7-8 berths.{{cite news |author= |title=Lakes and Country |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000272/19580606/294/0014 |newspaper=Manchester Evening News |location=England |date=6 June 1958 |access-date=2 October 2022 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription }}