Today the canal is frequently used in weekend and holiday narrowboat pleasure boating. The village is accessible by narrowboat along a rural canal. Today, the canal is also a popular route for narrowboat trips. He has traversed much of the British canal network in his narrowboat. Canal trips are provided on this Llanymynech stretch by the narrowboat "George Watson Buck". The open sections of canal are popular with walkers, cyclists, fishermen, and narrowboat users. This places Stourbridge on the Stourport Ring, navigable by narrowboat and popular with holidaymakers. The Prentices take a narrowboat holiday, but mutiny is in the air. Rosie and Jim's home is the narrowboat "Ragdoll". Operation continued until 1990, becoming one of the last commercial narrowboat runs. Marriott used the money to buy a narrowboat. Jack has a dog called Dalgliesh and a narrowboat called Patonia. This stretch has an old double-fronted pub "The Narrowboat", one side accessed from the towpath. The tunnel is designed for a single standard narrowboat, so passing is not possible.