Broads, lakes & lochs
Berths available
Beccles Quay
Beccles, Suffolk · River Waveney
£380 a year for a 10m cruiser
Visitor moorings with a slipway in the East of England
Places that take boats for a night or a few: visitor berths with a published nightly rate, or that say they keep space for visitors. Prices are worked out for one night. Sites with a slipway for launching and recovering trailed boats.
14 sites · 2 with space now · 1 with a waiting list · typical £16.90 a night for a 10m boat (£9–£44.55 across 9 published tariffs)
At a glance
- 14 sites: 1 on a canal, 3 on rivers, 5 on the Broads, lakes and lochs and 5 on estuaries and tidal rivers.
- 2 of the 14 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Beccles Quay and Bill Fen Marina.
- Keeping a waiting list: Fox Narrowboats Marina.
- For a 10m boat, published prices run from £9 a night (Bill Fen Marina) to £44.55 a night (Lee Valley Marina, Stanstead Abbotts); the middle of 9 is £16.90 a night.
- Longest boat taken: 24m (79ft) at Woolverstone Marina.
- Of the 14, 10 have electric hook-up, 7 a pump-out, 8 diesel and 3 a boat hoist.
- Groups running more than one: Tingdene Marinas (4).
Canals
Berths available
Bill Fen Marina
Ramsey, Cambridgeshire · Middle Level Navigations
£1,557 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Rivers
Waiting list
Fox Narrowboats Marina
March, Cambridgeshire · Middle Level Navigations
£1,079 a year for a 10m cruiser
Estuaries & tidal rivers
Blackwater Marina
Maylandsea, Essex · River Blackwater
£1,600 a year for a 10m yacht
Estuaries & tidal rivers
Bradwell Marina
Bradwell-on-Sea, Essex · Blackwater Estuary
£3,128 a year for a 10m yacht
Broads, lakes & lochs
Broadlands Marina
Lowestoft, Suffolk · Oulton Broad
£2,111 a year for a 10m cruiser
Broads, lakes & lochs
Brundall Bay Marina
Brundall, Norfolk · River Yare
£2,447 a year for a 10m cruiser
Rivers
Hartford Marina
Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire · River Great Ouse
£2,266 a year for a 10m cruiser
Rivers
Lee Valley Marina, Stanstead Abbotts
Stanstead Abbotts, Hertfordshire · River Lee Navigation
£2,232 a year for a 10m cruiser
Broads, lakes & lochs
Oulton Broad Yacht Station
Lowestoft, Suffolk · Oulton Broad
£1,196 a year for a 10m cruiser
Estuaries & tidal rivers
Stour Sailing Club Moorings
Manningtree, Essex · River Stour
£102 a year for a 10m yacht
Estuaries & tidal rivers
Titchmarsh Marina
Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex · Walton Backwaters
£1,227 a year for a 10m yacht
Broads, lakes & lochs
Waveney River Centre
Burgh St Peter, Norfolk · River Waveney
£3,080 a year for a 10m cruiser
Estuaries & tidal rivers
Woolverstone Marina
Woolverstone, Suffolk · River Orwell
£3,444 a year for a 10m yacht
Compared: prices for a 10m boat
| Site | Where | A night, 10m boat | Slipway | Space |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beccles Quay | Beccles, River Waveney | £16 | Yes | Berths available |
| Bill Fen Marina | Ramsey, Middle Level Navigations | £9 | Yes | Berths available |
| Fox Narrowboats Marina | March, Middle Level Navigations | £12 | Yes | Waiting list |
| Blackwater Marina | Maylandsea, River Blackwater | £25 | Yes | Not reported |
| Bradwell Marina | Bradwell-on-Sea, Blackwater Estuary | – | Yes | Not reported |
| Broadlands Marina | Lowestoft, Oulton Broad | £20 | Yes | Not reported |
| Brundall Bay Marina | Brundall, River Yare | – | Yes | Not reported |
| Hartford Marina | Huntingdon, River Great Ouse | £18.50 | Yes | Not reported |
| Lee Valley Marina, Stanstead Abbotts | Stanstead Abbotts, River Lee Navigation | £44.55 | Yes | Not reported |
| Oulton Broad Yacht Station | Lowestoft, Oulton Broad | – | Yes | Not reported |
| Stour Sailing Club Moorings | Manningtree, River Stour | – | Yes | Not reported |
| Titchmarsh Marina | Walton-on-the-Naze, Walton Backwaters | – | Yes | Not reported |
| Waveney River Centre | Burgh St Peter, River Waveney | £15 | Yes | Not reported |
| Woolverstone Marina | Woolverstone, River Orwell | £16.90 | Yes | Not reported |
From each site's published tariff, for one night. "–" means the site doesn't say. Prices change; confirm with the site.
Questions
How much is a night on a visitor berth for a 10m boat in the East of England?
Across the 9 visitor moorings with a slipway here that publish a price, a 10m boat costs from £9 a night at Bill Fen Marina to £44.55 a night at Lee Valley Marina, Stanstead Abbotts. The middle figure is £16.90 a night. Check what each includes: electricity, water and VAT vary.
What are the cheapest visitor moorings with a slipway in the East of England?
For a 10m boat, Bill Fen Marina is cheapest at £9 a night in Ramsey.
Which visitor moorings with a slipway in the East of England have space now?
2 of the 14 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Beccles Quay and Bill Fen Marina. Each page shows the date they told us and what they have.
Do I need a licence as well as a mooring?
On top of the mooring fee: of these, 1 need a Canal & River Trust boat licence, 1 need Environment Agency registration (Thames, Medway, Anglian waterways), 5 need Broads Authority tolls and 2 need the navigation's own licence. Coastal marinas usually need none.
Broader
Visitor moorings with a slipway in the East of England, by county
Visitor moorings with a slipway in other areas
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