Specialists in floating plant & BarGE hire,

infrastructure & ENGINEERING support

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Specialists in floating plant & barge hire, water transport and civil engineering support

Wood Hall & Heward Ltd supply tugs, barges, workboats & floating plant with competent, qualified personnel to operate the craft and equipment. We own and operate a large fleet of specialist craft designed to meet a range of customer requirements on the UK’s rivers and canals.
**OUR SERVICES**
• Tugs & Towage
• Construction Support
• Bridge Maintenance
• Inland Waterways Maintenance
• Cable Installation and Maintenance
• Waterside Civil Engineering
• Dredging & Flood Defence
• Safety & Rescue Services & Training
• Filming Support
• Utilities Support
• Freight Transport
• Waste By Water

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Our reputation matters

Wood, Hall & Heward Ltd was established in 1997 by Tim Wood, Charles Hall and Gerald Heward. The founding directors each have over 30 years experience in the marine, inland waterways and construction industries.
The company was originally set up to fill a gap in the market for a knowledgeable and professionally run inland waterways workboat, freight and infrastructure support company in London and across the UK.

With over 25 years of experience in delivering projects on and around water we’re able to guide clients through effective use of waterways to offer value for money, access to challenging sites and a more sustainable method of moving materials.
Planning policy and wider environmental concerns are increasingly favouring alternative transport modes to relieve road congestion and reduce pollution. Against this background we have continued to expand the company, investing in R&D and specialist equipment to expand our ability to support the diversified use of the waterways.
We operate across the UK and support a wide range of sectors, from construction, utilities and infrastructure to maintenance of the waterways themselves.
We now run a fleet of over 60 boats including large and small tugs, crane and hiab barges, bulk material hoppers and general purpose barges, pontoons, work-flats, welfare, safety and rescue boats!

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Our fleet

Our motto has always been: ‘taking the load off the road’. We supply tugs, barges, workboats & floating plant with competent, qualified personnel to operate the craft and equipment. We own and operate a large fleet of specialist craft designed to meet a range of customer requirements on the UK’s rivers and canals.

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Recent Activity

Spring is in the air in and we're feeling inspired! 🌷🌸🌼🌻

We moored up our Bantam Tug Barnet by some of the canalside planters at @paddingtoncentral l and we might have an early entry for Bantam in Bloom 2023. what do you think?
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We're excited to share that WHH's Camden operations are featured not once, but twice in the latest issue of @towpathtalkofficial. To read this go to the link in their bio.

Check out page 2 for a feature on the restoration of the towpath bridge over

Last week was a busy one for WHH Barges! Here's a quick recap of what we were up to:

🔧 We supported maintenance works at Carpenters Rd Lock in the Olympic Park
🛟 Our safety boat services were required in Brentford where a new footbridge was instal

We've been hard at work mobilising vessels for a project with Murphy Group. Weve had a few boats on the move, including this somewhat unusual double header of a push for our Bantam Tug Scouser with welfare / utility flat and a small barge.

We're of

Celebrating a job well done yesterday by our team at WHH Barges! We're pleased to have been able to responded quickly to a call for help following the recent timber footbridge collapse in Ealing.
Our grab barge was mobilised to site in record time, a

Another canal clear! Our vegetation management team has hopped across town to tackle offside vegetation growth and a couple of fallen trees in the Olympic Park for @canalrivertrust . Our experienced team is well trained and equipped to deal with even

We were delighted to assist @goboatldn in relaunching a couple of their fleet in Paddington after their winter refurbishment! With the help of our rather over-spec'd crane barge "Jumbo" and our experienced team the relaunch took no time at

Swipe to see the incredible transformation! Our team recently cleared offside vegetation at Harefield on the Grand Union Canal for @canalrivertrust

The "before" photos shows how overgrown the area was, making it difficult for boats to pas

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Specialists in floating plant & BarGE hire,

infrastructure & ENGINEERING support

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