Cheapest walk-ashore berths in the North West

Every site here with a published price, cheapest first, worked out for the same boat so the figures compare. Berths you step off onto a pontoon, quay or bank: no tender, no rowing out to a buoy. Easier for loading, for a dog, and for getting aboard after dark.

12 sites · 3 with space now · typical £2,777 a year for a 10m boat (£545–£3,661 across 12 published tariffs)

At a glance

12 sites: 6 on canals, 1 on the Broads or a lake, 3 on estuaries and tidal rivers and 2 on the open coast.
3 of the 12 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Skippool Creek Moorings, Burscough Bridge L1 Leisure and Venetian Marina.
For a 10m boat, published prices run from £545 a year (Skippool Creek Moorings) to £3,661 a year (Liverpool Marina); the middle of 12 is £2,777 a year.
Longest boat taken: 65m (213ft) at Whitehaven Marina.
Of the 12, 7 have electric hook-up, 7 a pump-out, 7 diesel, 3 a boat hoist and 4 visitor berths.
1 of the 12 allow liveaboards, outright or by arrangement.

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Skippool Creek Moorings

Thornton Cleveleys, Lancashire · River Wyre

£545 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Canals Berths available

Burscough Bridge L1 Leisure

Burscough, Lancashire · Leeds & Liverpool Canal

£2,191 a year for a 57ft narrowboat

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Broads, lakes & lochs

Royal Windermere Yacht Club

Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria · Windermere

£2,779 a year for a 10m cruiser

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Douglas Boatyard

Hesketh Bank, Lancashire · River Douglas

£1,800 a year for a 10m yacht

Canals

Heritage Marina

Scholar Green, Cheshire · Macclesfield Canal

£3,221 a year for a 57ft narrowboat

Canals Berths available

Venetian Marina

Cholmondeston, Cheshire · Shropshire Union Canal (Middlewich Branch)

£3,254 a year for a 57ft narrowboat

Seen on their website 8 days ago · Liveaboard

Canals

Swanley Bridge Marina

Nantwich, Cheshire · Llangollen Canal

£3,365 a year for a 57ft narrowboat

Canals

Overwater Marina

Audlem, Cheshire · Shropshire Union Canal

£3,998 a year for a 57ft narrowboat

Canals

Aqueduct Marina

Church Minshull, Cheshire · Shropshire Union Canal (Middlewich Branch)

£4,536 a year for a 57ft narrowboat

Coast & harbours

Maryport Marina

Maryport, Cumbria · Solway Firth

£2,775 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Whitehaven Marina

Whitehaven, Cumbria · Solway Firth approaches (Irish Sea), Whitehaven Harbour

£3,010 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Liverpool Marina

Liverpool, Merseyside · River Mersey

£3,661 a year for a 10m yacht

Compared: prices for a 10m boat

Site	Where	A year, 10m boat	Per metre a year	Berths	Space
Skippool Creek Moorings	Thornton Cleveleys, River Wyre	£545	£54.50	drying berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Berths available
Burscough Bridge L1 Leisure	Burscough, Leeds & Liverpool Canal	£2,191	£219.10	linear moorings	Berths available
Royal Windermere Yacht Club	Bowness-on-Windermere, Windermere	£2,779	£277.86	pontoon berths	Not reported
Douglas Boatyard	Hesketh Bank, River Douglas	£1,800	£180	pontoon berths, linear moorings	Not reported
Heritage Marina	Scholar Green, Macclesfield Canal	£1,865	£186.45	pontoon berths	Not reported
Venetian Marina	Cholmondeston, Shropshire Union Canal (Middlewich Branch)	£3,140	£314.03	pontoon berths, linear moorings	Berths available
Swanley Bridge Marina	Nantwich, Llangollen Canal	£2,080	£208	pontoon berths	Not reported
Overwater Marina	Audlem, Shropshire Union Canal	£2,999	£299.90	pontoon berths	Not reported
Aqueduct Marina	Church Minshull, Shropshire Union Canal (Middlewich Branch)	£2,988	£298.80	linear moorings, hard standing	Not reported
Maryport Marina	Maryport, Solway Firth	£2,775	£277.50	pontoon berths, hard standing	Not reported
Whitehaven Marina	Whitehaven, Solway Firth approaches (Irish Sea), Whitehaven Harbour	£3,010	£301.03	pontoon berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Not reported
Liverpool Marina	Liverpool, River Mersey	£3,661	£366.10	pontoon berths	Not reported

From each site's published tariff. "–" means the site doesn't say. Prices change; confirm with the site.

Questions

How much does a mooring for a 10m boat cost in the North West?

Across the 12 cheapest walk-ashore berths here that publish a price, a 10m boat costs from £545 a year at Skippool Creek Moorings to £3,661 a year at Liverpool Marina. The middle figure is £2,777 a year. Check what each includes: electricity, water and VAT vary.

What are the cheapest cheapest walk-ashore berths in the North West?

For a 10m boat, Skippool Creek Moorings is cheapest at £545 a year in Thornton Cleveleys.

Which cheapest walk-ashore berths in the North West have space now?

3 of the 12 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Skippool Creek Moorings, Burscough Bridge L1 Leisure and Venetian Marina. Each page shows the date they told us and what they have.

Can you live aboard at cheapest walk-ashore berths in the North West?

1 of the 12 say you can: Venetian Marina (liveaboard by arrangement). Living aboard can need planning consent and council tax; ask each site about its terms.

Do I need a licence as well as a mooring?

On top of the mooring fee: of these, 6 need a Canal & River Trust boat licence, 1 need lake registration where the lake authority requires it and 1 need the navigation's own licence. Coastal marinas usually need none.

Broader

Cheapest walk-ashore berths in the North West, by county

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