Tor Bay Harbour
Torquay, Devon · Tor Bay
£135 a year for a 10m yacht
Every site here with a published price, cheapest first, worked out for the same boat so the figures compare. Sites that sell diesel on site, at a fuel berth or from the boatyard.
151 sites · 15 with space now · 8 with a waiting list · typical £2,880 a year for a 10m boat (£135–£14,904 across 151 published tariffs)
Torquay, Devon · Tor Bay
£135 a year for a 10m yacht
Falkirk, Falkirk · Forth & Clyde Canal
£273 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Hugh Town, Isles of Scilly · St Mary's Harbour
£302 a year for a 10m yacht
Seahouses, Northumberland · North Sunderland Harbour
£320 a year for a 10m yacht
Neyland, Dyfed · Milford Haven Waterway
£336 a year for a 10m yacht
Ulva Ferry, Argyll and Bute · Sound of Ulva
£352 a year for a 10m yacht
Brightlingsea, Essex · Colne Estuary
£367 a year for a 10m yacht
Kingsbridge, Devon · Salcombe-Kingsbridge Estuary
£390 a year for a 10m yacht
Market Bosworth, Leicestershire · Ashby Canal
£463 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Dunbar, East Lothian · Firth of Forth
£580 a year for a 10m yacht
Lichfield, Staffordshire · Wyrley & Essington Canal and Coventry Canal
£1,283 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Lochmaddy, Na h-Eileanan Siar · Lochmaddy
£750 a year for a 10m yacht
Ramsey, Cambridgeshire · Middle Level Navigations
£1,557 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight · Western Solent
£1,010 a year for a 10m yacht
Falkirk, Falkirk · Forth & Clyde Canal
£1,798 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
March, Cambridgeshire · Middle Level Navigations
£1,079 a year for a 10m cruiser
Market Drayton, Shropshire · Shropshire Union Canal
£1,984 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex · Walton Backwaters
£1,227 a year for a 10m yacht
Shardlow, Derbyshire · River Trent
£1,242 a year for a 10m cruiser
Mallaig, Highland · Mallaig Harbour
£1,285 a year for a 10m yacht
Barby, Northamptonshire · Oxford Canal
£1,440 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire · Huddersfield Broad and Narrow Canals
£2,497 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire · Peterhead Bay, North Sea
£1,500 a year for a 10m yacht
Ballycastle, Antrim · North Channel
£1,560 a year for a 10m yacht
Lawrenny, Dyfed · Milford Haven Waterway, Eastern Cleddau
£1,716 a year for a 10m yacht
Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire · Forth & Clyde Canal
£3,042 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Kilsyth, North Lanarkshire · Forth & Clyde Canal
£3,054 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Falkirk, Falkirk · Forth & Clyde Canal
£3,054 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Wareham, Dorset · River Frome
£1,775 a year for a 10m yacht
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear · River Wear
£1,789 a year for a 10m yacht
Braunston, Northamptonshire · Grand Union Canal
£3,170 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Tollesbury, Essex · River Blackwater
£1,850 a year for a 10m yacht
Scholar Green, Cheshire · Macclesfield Canal
£3,221 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Nantwich, Cheshire · Shropshire Union Canal
£3,243 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Nuneaton, Warwickshire · Coventry Canal
£3,243 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Little Hallingbury, Essex · River Stort
£1,881 a year for a 10m cruiser
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire · River Nene
£1,945 a year for a 10m yacht
North Fambridge, Essex · River Crouch
£1,970 a year for a 10m yacht
New Mills, Derbyshire · Peak Forest Canal
£3,434 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Blisworth, Northamptonshire · Grand Union Canal
£3,565 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Kirkintilloch, East Dunbartonshire · Forth & Clyde Canal
£3,595 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Nantwich, Cheshire · Llangollen Canal
£3,365 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Whitchurch, Shropshire · Llangollen Canal
£3,597 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Lochboisdale, Na h-Eileanan Siar · Lochboisdale
£2,103 a year for a 10m yacht
Huddlesford, Staffordshire · Coventry Canal
£3,671 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Wallasea Island, Essex · River Crouch
£2,160 a year for a 10m yacht
Goytre, Gwent · Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal
£3,742 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Ely, Cambridgeshire · Rivers Great Ouse and Cam
£2,178 a year for a 10m cruiser
Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire · River Lee Navigation
£2,232 a year for a 10m cruiser
Oundle, Northamptonshire · River Nene
£2,250 a year for a 10m cruiser
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire · River Great Ouse
£2,266 a year for a 10m cruiser
Oban, Argyll and Bute · Loch Feochan
£2,350 a year for a 10m yacht
Nether Heyford, Northamptonshire · Grand Union Canal
£3,020 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Preston, Lancashire · River Ribble
£2,400 a year for a 10m yacht
Willington, Derbyshire · Trent & Mersey Canal
£3,803 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Ellesmere, Shropshire · Llangollen Canal
£4,158 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Trowbridge, Wiltshire · Kennet & Avon Canal
£4,158 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Anderton, Cheshire · Trent & Mersey Canal
£4,247 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Beccles, Suffolk · River Waveney
£2,475 a year for a 10m cruiser
Alvechurch, Worcestershire · Worcester & Birmingham Canal
£4,460 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Stone, Staffordshire · Trent & Mersey Canal
£3,725 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Worcester, Worcestershire · Worcester & Birmingham Canal
£4,574 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Leighton Buzzard, Buckinghamshire · Grand Union Canal
£4,603 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Rochester, Kent · River Medway
£2,671 a year for a 10m yacht
Lincoln, Lincolnshire · Fossdyke Navigation
£4,690 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Inverness, Highland · Caledonian Canal
Prices not published
Thurmaston, Leicester, Leicestershire · River Soar
£2,724 a year for a 10m cruiser
Teynham, Kent · Conyer Creek and the Swale
£2,730 a year for a 10m yacht
Selby, North Yorkshire · Selby Canal
£2,750 a year for a 57ft narrowboat (from)
Maryport, Cumbria · Solway Firth
£2,775 a year for a 10m yacht
Gosport, Hampshire · Portsmouth Harbour
£2,810 a year for a 10m yacht
Droitwich Spa, Worcestershire · Droitwich Junction Canal
£3,390 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Gillingham, Kent · River Medway
£2,850 a year for a 10m yacht
Hartlepool, County Durham · Tees Bay (North Sea)
£2,850 a year for a 10m yacht
Hoveton, Norfolk · River Bure
£2,855 a year for a 10m cruiser
Inverness, Highland · Caledonian Canal
£5,003 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Church Minshull, Cheshire · Shropshire Union Canal (Middlewich Branch)
£4,536 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Audlem, Cheshire · Shropshire Union Canal
£3,998 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Whitehaven, Cumbria · Solway Firth approaches (Irish Sea), Whitehaven Harbour
£3,010 a year for a 10m yacht
Bangor, Down · Belfast Lough
£3,030 a year for a 10m yacht
Topsham, Devon · River Exe
£3,060 a year for a 10m yacht
Burgh St Peter, Norfolk · River Waveney
£3,080 a year for a 10m cruiser
Littlehampton, West Sussex · River Arun
£3,090 a year for a 10m yacht
Inverness, Highland · Caledonian Canal / Inverness Firth
£3,100 a year for a 10m yacht
Farndon, Nottinghamshire · River Trent
£3,105 a year for a 10m cruiser
Bowling, West Dunbartonshire · Forth & Clyde Canal
Prices not published
Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex · Blackwater Estuary
£3,128 a year for a 10m yacht
Greenock, Inverclyde · Firth of Clyde
£3,180 a year for a 10m yacht
Horning, Norfolk · River Bure
£3,220 a year for a 10m cruiser
London, Greater London · River Lee Navigation
£3,264 a year for a 10m cruiser
Mylor, Cornwall · Carrick Roads (Fal Estuary)
£3,420 a year for a 10m yacht
Woolverstone, Suffolk · River Orwell
£3,444 a year for a 10m yacht
Dover, Kent · English Channel
£3,450 a year for a 10m yacht
Lowestoft, Suffolk · Lake Lothing
£3,492 a year for a 10m yacht
Southampton, Hampshire · River Hamble
£3,500 a year for a 10m yacht
Fareham, Hampshire · Portsmouth Harbour
£3,520 a year for a 10m yacht
Liverpool, Merseyside · River Mersey
£3,661 a year for a 10m yacht
Ipswich, Suffolk · River Orwell
£3,673 a year for a 10m yacht
Maidstone, Kent · River Medway
£3,691 a year for a 10m cruiser
Brightlingsea, Essex · Colne Estuary
£3,725 a year for a 10m yacht
Pyrford, Surrey · River Wey Navigation
£3,729 a year for a 10m cruiser
Oban, Argyll and Bute · Ardentrive Bay, Firth of Lorn
£3,740 a year for a 10m yacht
North Shields, Tyne and Wear · River Tyne
£3,980 a year for a 10m yacht
York, North Yorkshire · River Ouse
£4,010 a year for a 10m cruiser
Upton-upon-Severn, Worcestershire · River Severn
£4,043 a year for a 10m cruiser
Amble, Northumberland · River Coquet
£4,250 a year for a 10m yacht
Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex · River Crouch
£4,250 a year for a 10m yacht
Dartmouth, Devon · River Dart
£4,420 a year for a 10m yacht
Lochgilphead, Argyll and Bute · Craobh Haven
£4,440 a year for a 10m yacht
Reading, Oxfordshire · River Thames
£4,501 a year for a 10m cruiser
Exmouth, Devon · Lyme Bay
£4,520 a year for a 10m yacht
Ardrossan, North Ayrshire · Firth of Clyde
£4,530 a year for a 10m yacht
Penarth, South Glamorgan · Severn Estuary
£4,550 a year for a 10m yacht
Inverkip, Inverclyde · Firth of Clyde
£4,620 a year for a 10m yacht
Shotley Gate, Suffolk · River Orwell and River Stour
£4,630 a year for a 10m yacht
Portishead, North Somerset · Bristol Channel
£4,690 a year for a 10m yacht
Bursledon, Hampshire · River Hamble
£4,704 a year for a 10m yacht
Aberystwyth, Dyfed · Cardigan Bay
£4,720 a year for a 10m yacht
Newhaven, East Sussex · River Ouse
£4,781 a year for a 10m yacht
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh · Union Canal
£8,633 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Ipswich, Suffolk · River Orwell
£5,056 a year for a 10m yacht
Emsworth, West Sussex · Chichester Harbour
£5,100 a year for a 10m yacht
Rhu, Argyll and Bute · Firth of Clyde
£5,110 a year for a 10m yacht
Campbeltown, Argyll and Bute · Campbeltown Loch
£5,520 a year for a 10m yacht
Windsor, Berkshire · River Thames
£5,691 a year for a 10m cruiser
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh · Union Canal
£5,898 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Plymouth, Devon · Plymouth Sound
£5,920 a year for a 10m yacht
Stromness, Orkney Islands · Stromness Harbour
£6,012 a year for a 10m yacht
Conwy, Conwy · River Conwy
£6,150 a year for a 10m yacht
Deganwy, Clwyd · Conwy Estuary
£6,171 a year for a 10m yacht
Kirkwall, Orkney Islands · Kirkwall Harbour
£6,204 a year for a 10m yacht
Portsmouth, Hampshire · Langstone Harbour
£6,420 a year for a 10m yacht
Falmouth, Cornwall · Fal estuary and Penryn River
£6,850 a year for a 10m yacht
Portland, Dorset · Portland Harbour
£7,090 a year for a 10m yacht
Shepperton, Surrey · River Thames
£7,200 a year for a 10m cruiser
Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh · Union Canal
£7,450 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Falmouth, Cornwall · River Fal
£7,465 a year for a 10m yacht
Portsmouth, Hampshire · Portsmouth Harbour
£7,560 a year for a 10m yacht
Chatham, Kent · River Medway Estuary
£8,040 a year for a 10m yacht
Lymington, Hampshire · Lymington River
£8,210 a year for a 10m yacht
Bray, Berkshire · River Thames
£8,778 a year for a 10m cruiser
Windsor, Berkshire · River Thames
£8,778 a year for a 10m cruiser
Plymouth, Devon · Plymouth Sound
£9,984 a year for a 10m yacht
Lymington, Hampshire · Lymington River
£10,193 a year for a 10m yacht
Brixham, Devon · Tor Bay
£10,536 a year for a 10m yacht
Plymouth, Devon · Sutton Harbour
£10,680 a year for a 10m yacht
Hythe, Hampshire · Southampton Water
£10,740 a year for a 10m yacht
Poole, Dorset · Poole Harbour
£11,454 a year for a 10m yacht
Hayling Island, Hampshire · Chichester Harbour
£12,684 a year for a 10m yacht
Hayling Island, Hampshire · Chichester Harbour
£13,224 a year for a 10m yacht
Hamble, Hampshire · River Hamble
£14,904 a year for a 10m yacht
| Site | Where | A year, 10m boat | Per metre a year | Diesel | Space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tor Bay Harbour | Torquay, Tor Bay | £135 | £13.50 | Yes | Waiting list |
| Kelpies Marina | Falkirk, Forth & Clyde Canal | £273 | £27.26 | Yes | Not reported |
| St Mary's Harbour | Hugh Town, St Mary's Harbour | £302 | £30.16 | Yes | Not reported |
| North Sunderland Harbour | Seahouses, North Sunderland Harbour | £320 | £32 | Yes | Not reported |
| Neyland Yacht Haven - Upper Basin | Neyland, Milford Haven Waterway | £336 | £33.60 | Yes | Waiting list |
| Ulva Ferry Pontoon | Ulva Ferry, Sound of Ulva | £352 | £35.20 | Yes | Not reported |
| Brightlingsea Harbour | Brightlingsea, Colne Estuary | £367 | £36.72 | Yes | Not reported |
| Kingsbridge Harbour | Kingsbridge, Salcombe-Kingsbridge Estuary | £390 | £39.05 | Yes | Not reported |
| Bosworth Marina | Market Bosworth, Ashby Canal | £463 | £46.30 | Yes | Berths available |
| Victoria Harbour | Dunbar, Firth of Forth | £580 | £58 | Yes | Waiting list |
| Lichfield Cruising Club | Lichfield, Wyrley & Essington Canal and Coventry Canal | £743 | £74.25 | Yes | Berths available |
| Lochmaddy Marina | Lochmaddy, Lochmaddy | £750 | £75 | Yes | Not reported |
| Bill Fen Marina | Ramsey, Middle Level Navigations | £901 | £90.13 | Yes | Berths available |
| Yarmouth Harbour | Yarmouth, Western Solent | £1,010 | £101.04 | Yes | Waiting list |
| The Falkirk Wheel Linear | Falkirk, Forth & Clyde Canal | £1,035 | £103.49 | Yes | Not reported |
| Fox Narrowboats Marina | March, Middle Level Navigations | £1,079 | £107.90 | Yes | Waiting list |
| Talbot Wharf | Market Drayton, Shropshire Union Canal | £1,148 | £114.84 | Yes | Full |
| Titchmarsh Marina | Walton-on-the-Naze, Walton Backwaters | £1,227 | £122.70 | Yes | Not reported |
| Shardlow Marina | Shardlow, River Trent | £1,242 | £124.16 | Yes | Berths available |
| Mallaig Yachting Marina | Mallaig, Mallaig Harbour | £1,285 | £128.50 | Yes | Not reported |
| Barby Moorings | Barby, Oxford Canal | £1,440 | £144 | Yes | Not reported |
| Aspley Wharf Marina | Huddersfield, Huddersfield Broad and Narrow Canals | £1,445 | £144.54 | Yes | Berths available |
| Peterhead Bay Marina | Peterhead, Peterhead Bay, North Sea | £1,500 | £150 | Yes | Not reported |
| Ballycastle Marina & Harbour | Ballycastle, North Channel | £1,560 | £156 | Yes | Not reported |
| Jenkins Point Moorings | Lawrenny, Milford Haven Waterway, Eastern Cleddau | £1,716 | £171.60 | Yes | Not reported |
| Kirkintilloch Linear | Kirkintilloch, Forth & Clyde Canal | £1,751 | £175.14 | Yes | Not reported |
| Auchinstarry Marina | Kilsyth, Forth & Clyde Canal | £1,758 | £175.80 | Yes | Not reported |
| The Falkirk Wheel Basin | Falkirk, Forth & Clyde Canal | £1,758 | £175.80 | Yes | Not reported |
| Ridge Wharf Yacht Centre | Wareham, River Frome | £1,775 | £177.50 | Yes | Waiting list |
| Sunderland Marina | Sunderland, River Wear | £1,789 | £178.89 | Yes | A few berths left |
| Braunston Marina | Braunston, Grand Union Canal | £1,835 | £183.55 | Yes | Berths available |
| Tollesbury Marina | Tollesbury, River Blackwater | £1,850 | £185 | Yes | Berths available |
| Heritage Marina | Scholar Green, Macclesfield Canal | £1,865 | £186.45 | Yes | Not reported |
| Nantwich Canal Centre | Nantwich, Shropshire Union Canal | £1,878 | £187.77 | Yes | Not reported |
| Springwood Haven Marina | Nuneaton, Coventry Canal | £1,878 | £187.77 | Yes | Not reported |
| Hallingbury Marina | Little Hallingbury, River Stort | £1,881 | £188.10 | Yes | Waiting list |
| Wisbech Yacht Harbour | Wisbech, River Nene | £1,945 | £194.50 | Yes | Not reported |
| Fambridge Yacht Haven | North Fambridge, River Crouch | £1,970 | £197 | Yes | Not reported |
| New Mills Marina | New Mills, Peak Forest Canal | £1,988 | £198.83 | Yes | Not reported |
| Gayton Marina | Blisworth, Grand Union Canal | £2,064 | £206.42 | Yes | Not reported |
From each site's published tariff. "–" means the site doesn't say. Prices change; confirm with the site.
Across the 151 cheapest moorings with diesel here that publish a price, a 10m boat costs from £135 a year at Tor Bay Harbour to £14,904 a year at Port Hamble Marina. The middle figure is £2,880 a year. Check what each includes: electricity, water and VAT vary.
For a 10m boat, Tor Bay Harbour is cheapest at £135 a year in Torquay.
15 of the 151 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Bosworth Marina, Lichfield Cruising Club, Bill Fen Marina, Shardlow Marina, Aspley Wharf Marina, Sunderland Marina, Braunston Marina, Tollesbury Marina and 7 more. Each page shows the date they told us and what they have.
23 of the 151 say you can: Kelpies Marina (liveaboards allowed), Auchinstarry Marina (residential moorings with planning consent), Nantwich Canal Centre (liveaboard by arrangement), Springwood Haven Marina (liveaboard by arrangement), Gayton Marina (liveaboard by arrangement), Southbank Marina (residential moorings with planning consent), Kings Orchard Marina (liveaboard by arrangement), Goytre Wharf Marina (liveaboard by arrangement) and 15 more. Living aboard can need planning consent and council tax; ask each site about its terms.
On top of the mooring fee: of these, 33 need a Canal & River Trust boat licence, 11 need Environment Agency registration (Thames, Medway, Anglian waterways), 4 need Broads Authority tolls, 13 need a Scottish Canals licence and 12 need the navigation's own licence. Coastal marinas usually need none.
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