Walk-ashore berths on the River Soar

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.

3 sites · 1 with space now · 1 with a waiting list · typical £1,782 a year for a 10m boat (£1,782–£1,782 across 1 published tariffs)

Licence: Environment Agency. About licences

At a glance

3 sites, all on rivers.
1 of the 3 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Willow Moorings.
Keeping a waiting list: Sileby Mill Mooring Basin.
Only Willow Moorings publishes a price for a 10m boat: £1,782 a year.
Longest boat taken: 21.9m (72ft) at Sileby Mill Mooring Basin.
Of the 3, 2 have electric hook-up, 1 a pump-out, 1 diesel and 1 visitor berths.
2 of the 3 allow liveaboards, outright or by arrangement.

Rivers Berths available

Willow Moorings

Kegworth, Leicestershire · River Soar

£1,782 a year for a 10m cruiser (from)

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Rivers Waiting list

Sileby Mill Mooring Basin

Sileby, Leicestershire · River Soar

Prices on request

Seen on their website 8 days ago · Liveaboard

Rivers

Redhill Marina

Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire · River Soar

Prices on request

Liveaboard

Compared: prices for a 10m boat

Site	Where	A year, 10m boat	Berths	Space
Willow Moorings	Kegworth, River Soar	from £1,782	linear moorings	Berths available
Sileby Mill Mooring Basin	Sileby, River Soar	On request	pontoon berths, linear moorings	Waiting list
Redhill Marina	Ratcliffe-on-Soar, River Soar	On request	pontoon berths	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 on the River Soar have space now?

1 of the 3 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Willow Moorings. Each page shows the date they told us and what they have.

Can you live aboard at walk-ashore berths on the River Soar?

2 of the 3 say you can: Sileby Mill Mooring Basin (liveaboards allowed) and Redhill 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, 2 need Environment Agency registration (Thames, Medway, Anglian waterways) and 1 need the navigation's own licence. Coastal marinas usually need none.

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