Canals
Waiting list
Mayroyd Moorings
Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire · Rochdale Canal
£1,929 a year for a 57ft narrowboat
Moorings and marinas on the Rochdale Canal
The Rochdale Canal runs 51.8km from Sowerby Bridge to Manchester, past Manchester, Rochdale, Middleton, Failsworth, Todmorden and Littleborough. Arms and branches: New Islington Branch. It meets the Ashton Canal, the Bridgewater Canal, the Calder & Hebble Navigation, the Calder & Hebble Navigation Sowerby Cut and the Manchester and Salford Junction Canal. Boats here need a Canal & River Trust boat licence as well as a mooring. 3 sites on it, with the ones that have told us they have space first.
3 sites · 2 with a waiting list · typical £1,929 a year for a 57ft narrowboat (£1,929–£1,929 across 1 published tariffs)
Licence: Canal & River Trust. About licences
At a glance
- 3 sites, all on canals.
- None has told us in the last six weeks that it has space.
- Keeping a waiting list: Mayroyd Moorings and New Islington Marina.
- Only Mayroyd Moorings publishes a price for a 57ft narrowboat: £1,929 a year.
- Longest boat taken: 18.3m (60ft) at Hebden Bridge L1 Leisure.
- 1 of the 3 allow liveaboards, outright or by arrangement.
Canals
Waiting list
New Islington Marina
Manchester, Greater Manchester · Rochdale Canal
Prices not published
Canals
Full
Hebden Bridge L1 Leisure
Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire · Rochdale Canal
Prices not published
Course, length and connections from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Close to Rochdale Canal
On other water, within 5km of it.
- Shire Cruisers, Sowerby Bridge 0.0km away · Calder & Hebble Navigation
- Droylsden Marina 3.1km away · Hollinwood Branch Canal
- Salterhebble Basin 3.2km away · Calder & Hebble Navigation
Compared: prices for a 57ft narrowboat
| Site | Where | A year, 57ft narrowboat | Space |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mayroyd Moorings | Hebden Bridge, Rochdale Canal | £1,929 | Waiting list |
| New Islington Marina | Manchester, Rochdale Canal | – | Waiting list |
| Hebden Bridge L1 Leisure | Hebden Bridge, Rochdale Canal | – | Full |
From each site's published tariff. "–" means the site doesn't say. Prices change; confirm with the site.
Questions
Which moorings and marinas on the Rochdale Canal have space now?
None of the 3 has told us in the last six weeks that it has space. We ask every site regularly; the list above updates as they reply.
Can you live aboard at moorings and marinas on the Rochdale Canal?
1 of the 3 say you can: Mayroyd Moorings (residential moorings with planning consent). 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, 3 need a Canal & River Trust boat licence. Coastal marinas usually need none.
Broader
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- Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal 8
- Ashton Canal 3
- Basingstoke Canal 8
- Beeston Canal 3
- Birmingham and Fazeley Canal 10
- Brent Canal Feeder 4
- Bridgewater Canal 9
- Broadmead Cut 6
- Burwell Lode 5
- Calder & Hebble Navigation 10
- Calder and Hebble Navigation 5
- Calder and Hebble Navigation Kirklees Cut 3
- Caledonian Canal 3
- Caledonian Canal 3
- Cape Arm Canal 5
- Cassington Cut 6
- Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation 4
- Chesterfield Canal 3
- Chet 3
- Clifton Cut 4
- Coventry Canal 19
- Cranfleet Cut 8
- Crinan Canal 5
- Culham Cut 3
- Derwentwater 2
- Desborough Cut 8
- Droitwich Barge Canal 5
- Droitwich Junction Canal 5
- Engine Arm Canal 5
- Erewash Canal 9
- Fleet Dyke 5
- Forth and Clyde Canal 15
- Fossdyke Navigation 5
- Gloucester and Sharpness Canal 10
- Grand Union Canal 84
- Grand Union Canal 16
- Hertford Union Canal 9
- Huddersfield Broad Canal 4
- Huddersfield Narrow Canal 4
- Icknield Port Loop Canal 5
- Intake Channel 8
- Kennet and Avon Canal 26
- Lancaster Canal 20
- Lee Navigation 8
- Lee Navigation 3
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal 36
- Lichfield Canal 7
- Limehouse Cut 10
- Llangollen Canal 15
- Loch Creran 2
- Loch Fyne 2
- Loch Linnhe 2
- Loch Lomond 2
- Lough Erne 3
- Lough Neagh 3
- Macclesfield Canal 9
- Manchester Ship Canal 8
- Monk's Lode 4
- Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal 5
- New Junction Canal 3
- New River 8
- North Walsham and Dilham Canal 3
- Nottingham Canal 3
- Oulton Broad 2
- Oulton Dyke 4
- Ouse 3
- Oxford Canal 37
- Peak Forest Canal 8
- Reach Lode 7
- Regent's Canal 17
- Ribble Link 4
- River Aire 8
- River Ancholme 2
- River Ant 11
- River Avon 18
- River Avon 11
- River Bann 2
- River Bure 14
- River Calder 8
- River Cam 8
- River Chelmer 3
- River Chelmer 3
- River Chet 2
- River Clyde 6
- River Colne 8
- River Dee 3
- River Frome 2
- River Great Ouse 19
- River Great Ouse 5
- River Kennet 11
- River Lea 8
- River Lea 4
- River Lee 9
- River Lee Navigation 14
- River Lee Navigation (Hackney Cut) 10
- River Medway 9
- River Mersey 6
- River Nene 14
- River Nene Navigation 10
- River Ouse 5
- River Severn 14
- River Soar 13
- River Soar 8
- River Stort 7
- River Thames 91
- River Thurne 7
- River Trent 19
- River Ure 3
- River Usk 5
- River Waveney 9
- River Weaver 8
- River Wey 10
- River Wey Navigation 16
- River Witham 8
- River Wreake 3
- River Yare 11
- River Yare, Norfolk Broads 2
- Sawley Cut 8
- Selby Canal 3
- Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation 5
- Shropshire Union Canal 31
- Soham Lode 3
- Soho Loop Canal 6
- Spon Lane Locks Branch Canal 4
- Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal 10
- Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal 3
- Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal 10
- Staines Reservoirs Aqueduct 8
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- Stourbridge Canal 5
- Stratford-upon-Avon Canal 9
- Stroudwater Navigation 4
- Swaffham Bulbeck Lode 4
- Tame Valley Canal 6
- Thames & Severn Canal 3
- The New Cut 3
- Thurne 3
- Titford Canal 3
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- Trent and Mersey Canal 9
- Trent and Mersey Canal 9
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- Union Canal 14
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- Wast Hill Tunnel 3
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- Wednesbury Old Canal 3
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- Windermere 4
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- Grand Union Canal (Digbeth Branch) 4
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- Grand Union Canal (Leicester Line) 15
- Grand Union Canal (Market Harborough Arm) 5
- Grand Union Canal (Market Harborough Branch) 5
- Grand Union Canal (Northampton Arm) 4
- Grand Union Canal (Paddington Arm) 10
- Grand Union Canal (Paddington Branch) 11
- Grand Union Canal (Slough Arm) 9
- Grand Union Canal (Wendover Arm) 6
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) 9
- Oxford Canal (Clifton Arm) 4
- Oxford Canal (Wyken Arm) 3
- Shropshire Union Canal (Middlewich Branch) 10
- Springs Branch 3
- Stourbridge Canal (Town Arm) 5
- Troy Arm 3
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