Canals
Berths available
Bridge Inn Horton
Devizes, Wiltshire · Kennet & Avon Canal
Prices not published
Walk-ashore berths near Swindon
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.
11 sites · 1 with space now · 4 with a waiting list
At a glance
- 11 sites: 8 on canals and 3 on rivers.
- 1 of the 11 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Bridge Inn Horton.
- Keeping a waiting list: Cotswold Boat Hire, Lechlade Marina, Wootton Rivers L1 Leisure and Great Bedwyn.
- None publishes a price for a 57ft narrowboat; ask each site.
- Longest boat taken: 18.3m (60ft) at Bridge Inn Horton.
- Of the 11, 4 have electric hook-up, 2 a pump-out and 2 visitor berths.
- Groups running more than one: Canal & River Trust (5).
- Closest to Swindon: Cotswold Boat Hire, 15.2km north-east of the centre. 0 of the 11 within 10km.
Rivers
Waiting list
Cotswold Boat Hire
Buscot, Oxfordshire · River Thames
Prices not published
Rivers
Waiting list
Lechlade Marina
Lechlade, Gloucestershire · River Thames
Prices not published
Canals
Waiting list
Wootton Rivers L1 Leisure
Wootton Rivers, Wiltshire · Kennet & Avon Canal
Prices not published
Canals
Waiting list
Great Bedwyn
Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire · Kennet & Avon Canal
Prices not published
Canals
Full
Great Bedwyn (Above Lock) L1
Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire · Kennet & Avon Canal
Prices on request
Canals
Full
Hungerford L1 Leisure
Hungerford, Berkshire · Kennet & Avon Canal
Prices not published
Canals
Full
Devizes Flight
Devizes, Wiltshire · Kennet & Avon Canal
Prices on request
Rivers
Friars Court - Radcot Bridge Cottage Moorings
Radcot, Oxfordshire · River Thames
Prices on request
Canals
Pewsey Wharf Boat Club
Pewsey, Wiltshire · Kennet and Avon Canal
Prices on request
Canals
Chasing Ducks Moorings
Wilcot, Wiltshire · Kennet and Avon Canal
Prices not published
Compared: prices for a 57ft narrowboat
| Site | Distance | A year, 57ft narrowboat | Berths | Space |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bridge Inn Horton | 24.4km south-west | – | pontoon berths | Berths available |
| Cotswold Boat Hire | 15.2km north-east | – | linear moorings | Waiting list |
| Lechlade Marina | 15.9km north | – | linear moorings | Waiting list |
| Wootton Rivers L1 Leisure | 22.4km south | – | linear moorings | Waiting list |
| Great Bedwyn | 24.1km south-east | – | linear moorings | Waiting list |
| Great Bedwyn (Above Lock) L1 | 24.3km south-east | On request | pontoon berths | Full |
| Hungerford L1 Leisure | 24.6km south-east | – | linear moorings | Full |
| Devizes Flight | 28.2km south-west | On request | pontoon berths | Full |
| Friars Court - Radcot Bridge Cottage Moorings | 20km north-east | On request | linear moorings | Not reported |
| Pewsey Wharf Boat Club | 23.6km south | On request | linear moorings | Not reported |
| Chasing Ducks Moorings | 24.3km south | – | linear moorings | Not reported |
From each site's published tariff. "–" means the site doesn't say. Prices change; confirm with the site.
Questions
Which walk-ashore berths near Swindon have space now?
1 of the 11 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Bridge Inn Horton. Each page shows the date they told us and what they have.
What is the nearest walk-ashore berth to Swindon?
Cotswold Boat Hire, 15.2km north-east of the centre of Swindon, on the River Thames.
Do I need a licence as well as a mooring?
On top of the mooring fee: of these, 8 need a Canal & River Trust boat licence and 3 need Environment Agency registration (Thames, Medway, Anglian waterways). Coastal marinas usually need none.
Broader
Walk-ashore berths near other towns
- Bristol 12
- Reading 7
- Oxford 13
- Gloucester 14
- Cheltenham 14
- Basingstoke 7
- Bath 13
- Andover 9
- Bicester 13
- Trowbridge 14
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