Shire Cruisers, Sowerby Bridge
Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire · on the Calder & Hebble Navigation
Availability
Berths available as their website said when we checked, 8 days ago
Generally room for boats not being lived on; no space for new residential boats.
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Prices for 2025
£1,640 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
| What | Price | Your boat |
|---|---|---|
| Mooring Against the bank or a finger, no boats alongside; same rate for hard standing Includes parking; electricity extra |
£10.55 per metre a month | |
| Mooring Against the bank or a finger, no boats alongside; same rate for hard standing Includes parking; electricity extra |
£30.65 per metre a quarter | |
| Mooring Tied alongside other boats, not against the bank Includes parking; electricity extra |
£8.20 per metre a month | |
| Mooring Tied alongside other boats, not against the bank Includes parking; electricity extra |
£23.60 per metre a quarter |
Prices include VAT. Prices from 1 January 2025. 50% supplement for widebeams. Electricity by quarterly credit meter at 27.00p per unit plus a standing charge of £3.20 a month or £10.50 a quarter. Billed in advance on the first day of the month or quarter. From their published tariff, checked October 2026. Confirm before you book.
About Shire Cruisers, Sowerby Bridge
A hire base and boatyard in Sowerby Bridge Wharf, where the Calder & Hebble meets the Rochdale Canal, with about 50 boats on bank, pontoon and breasted moorings.
Shire Cruisers runs its hire fleet and boatyard from Sowerby Bridge Wharf, the restored terminal basin of the Calder & Hebble Navigation at its junction with the Rochdale Canal. The listed warehouses around the basin hold a pub, restaurants and a coffee shop.
About 50 boats are kept on its moorings and hard standing. Some berths are against the bank or a pontoon; others are breasted up alongside other boats, so moorers step across neighbouring boats. The yard is locked at night, metered electricity reaches most moorings, and parking is free for moorers.
Prices are published per metre by the month or quarter, with a 50% supplement for widebeams. The yard was not taking new residential boats when checked, but usually had room for boats that are not lived on.
Berths
- Kinds: linear mooring, pontoon berth, hard standing
- Takes: narrowboats, widebeams
- Liveaboards allowed: Some moorers are residential, but the site says it has no space for new residential boats at present.
Facilities
On the berth
- Electric hook-up
Shore
- Parking
- Secure gated access
Boatyard
- Hard standing
- Repairs and engineering
Nearby
- Café
- Pub or restaurant