Cheapest swinging moorings

Every site here with a published price, cheapest first, worked out for the same boat so the figures compare. A buoy on a ground chain; the boat swings with wind and tide and you need a tender to get ashore.

83 sites · 13 with space now · 25 with a waiting list · typical £907 a year for a 10m boat (£50–£7,465 across 83 published tariffs)

At a glance

83 sites: 2 on rivers, 3 on the Broads, lakes and lochs, 54 on estuaries and tidal rivers and 24 on the open coast.
13 of the 83 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Tamar River Sailing Club, Tudor Sailing Club, Orwell Yacht Club, Royal Dorset Yacht Club Moorings, Quay Lane Boatyard, Thurrock Yacht Club and 7 more.
Keeping a waiting list: Dale Yacht Club Moorings, Tor Bay Harbour, East Harbour, Scarborough, Dart Harbour, Cornworthy, Portsmouth Sailing Club, Penryn Harbour and 19 more.
For a 10m boat, published prices run from £50 a year (Avon Sailing Club) to £7,465 a year (Falmouth Haven Marina); the middle of 83 is £907 a year.
Longest boat taken: 75m (246ft) at Minehead Harbour.
Of the 83, 36 have electric hook-up, 7 a pump-out, 18 diesel, 12 a boat hoist and 33 visitor berths.
1 of the 83 allow liveaboards, outright or by arrangement.
Groups running more than one: Chichester Harbour Conservancy (3), Cornwall Council (2), Cyngor Gwynedd (2), Dart Harbour & Navigation Authority (4) and WicorMarine Ltd (2).

Rivers

Avon Sailing Club

Chaceley, Gloucestershire · River Severn

£50 a year for a 10m cruiser

Coast & harbours Waiting list

Dale Yacht Club Moorings

Dale, Pembrokeshire · Dale Bay, Milford Haven Waterway

£99 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Stour Sailing Club Moorings

Manningtree, Essex · River Stour

£102 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Cunjic Moorings

Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire · Milford Haven Waterway

£135 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours Waiting list

Tor Bay Harbour

Torquay, Devon · Tor Bay

£135 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Marconi Sailing Club

Steeple, Essex · River Blackwater

£50 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Medway Cruising Club

Gillingham, Kent · River Medway

£165 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Lower Halstow Yacht Club

Lower Halstow, Kent · Lower Halstow Creek, River Medway

£204 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours Waiting list

East Harbour, Scarborough

Scarborough, North Yorkshire · North Sea

£216 a year for a 10m yacht (from)

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Tamar River Sailing Club

Plymouth, Devon · River Tamar

£220 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Dart Harbour, Cornworthy

Cornworthy, Devon · River Dart

£245 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Tudor Sailing Club

Portsmouth, Hampshire · Langstone Harbour

£294 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours Waiting list

Portsmouth Sailing Club

Portsmouth, Hampshire · Portsmouth Harbour

£298 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours

Fishguard Harbour Moorings

Fishguard, Dyfed · Fishguard Harbour

£312 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Penryn Harbour

Penryn, Cornwall · Fal Estuary

£335 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours

Burry Port Marina

Burry Port, Dyfed · Carmarthen Bay

£361 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Orwell Yacht Club

Ipswich, Suffolk · River Orwell

£300 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours

Borth-y-Gest Moorings

Borth-y-Gest, Gwynedd · Borth-y-Gest

£432 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Rhos-on-Sea Breakwater Moorings

Rhos-on-Sea, Conwy · Rhos-on-Sea Breakwater

£443 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Fowey Harbour Moorings

Fowey, Cornwall · River Fowey

£443 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Hoo Ness Yacht Club

Hoo St Werburgh, Kent · River Medway

£275 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Marchwood Yacht Club

Marchwood, Hampshire · River Test, Southampton Water

£505 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Port of Truro

Truro, Cornwall · River Fal and Truro River

£509 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours

Aberdyfi Harbour

Aberdyfi, Gwynedd · Aberdyfi Harbour

£514 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours Waiting list

Victoria Harbour

Dunbar, East Lothian · Firth of Forth

£580 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours Berths available

Royal Dorset Yacht Club Moorings

Portland, Dorset · Portland Harbour

£600 a year for a 10m yacht (from)

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Medway Yacht Club

Rochester, Kent · River Medway

£612 a year for a 10m yacht (from)

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Kingsbridge Harbour

Kingsbridge, Devon · Salcombe-Kingsbridge Estuary

£390 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours Waiting list

Minehead Harbour

Minehead, Somerset · Bristol Channel, Minehead Harbour

£644 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Quay Lane Boatyard

Gosport, Hampshire · Portsmouth Harbour

£645 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Greenwich Yacht Club

London, Greater London · River Thames

£450 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Thurrock Yacht Club

Grays, Essex · River Thames

£561 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours Waiting list

Ilfracombe Harbour

Ilfracombe, Devon · Bristol Channel

£715 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Broads, lakes & lochs

Rutland Sailing Club

Edith Weston, Rutland · Rutland Water

£720 a year for a 10m cruiser

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Emsworth Maintained Moorings

Emsworth, Hampshire · Chichester Harbour

£722 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Folly Moorings

Whippingham, Isle of Wight · River Medina

£800 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Erith Yacht Club

Erith, Greater London · River Thames

£816 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Lydney Harbour

Lydney, Gloucestershire · River Severn

£849 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours Berths available

Barry Yacht Club

Barry, Vale of Glamorgan · Pierhead Harbour

£890 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Teignmouth Harbour

Teignmouth, Devon · River Teign

£895 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Lymington Harbour Moorings

Lymington, Hampshire · Lymington River

£898 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Dittisham Moorings

Dittisham, Devon · River Dart

£486 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Cowes Harbour

Cowes, Isle of Wight · River Medina

£825 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Salcombe Harbour Moorings

Salcombe, Devon · Salcombe-Kingsbridge Estuary

£430 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Blackwater Sailing Club

Maldon, Essex · Blackwater Estuary

£990 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Dart Harbour Moorings

Dartmouth, Devon · River Dart

£486 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Dart Harbour, Galmpton

Galmpton, Devon · River Dart

£1,099 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago · Liveaboard

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Conwy Harbour Moorings

Conwy, Clwyd · Conwy Estuary

£1,117 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Brightlingsea Harbour

Brightlingsea, Essex · Colne Estuary

£367 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Caernarfon Harbour Trust Moorings

Caernarfon, Gwynedd · Menai Strait and River Seiont

£1,131 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Brandy Hole Moorings

Hullbridge, Essex · River Crouch

£1,150 a year for a 10m yacht

Broads, lakes & lochs

Oulton Broad Yacht Station

Lowestoft, Suffolk · Oulton Broad

£1,196 a year for a 10m cruiser

Coast & harbours

Portpatrick Harbour

Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway · Irish Sea, Portpatrick

£880 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours Waiting list

Newquay Harbour

Newquay, Cornwall · Newquay Harbour

£1,246 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours

Mallaig Yachting Marina

Mallaig, Highland · Mallaig Harbour

£1,285 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Nutbourne Maintained Moorings

Nutbourne, West Sussex · Chichester Harbour

£1,442 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours Waiting list

Hayling Island Sailing Club

Hayling Island, Hampshire · Chichester Harbour

£1,590 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Blackwater Marina

Maylandsea, Essex · River Blackwater

£1,600 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Tarbert Harbour

Tarbert, Argyll and Bute · Loch Fyne

£1,680 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Jenkins Point Moorings

Lawrenny, Dyfed · Milford Haven Waterway, Eastern Cleddau

£1,716 a year for a 10m yacht

Broads, lakes & lochs Waiting list

Ferry Nab Marina

Bowness-on-Windermere, Cumbria · Windermere

£1,770 a year for a 10m cruiser

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Ridge Wharf Yacht Centre

Wareham, Dorset · River Frome

£1,775 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers A few berths left

Sunderland Marina

Sunderland, Tyne and Wear · River Wear

£1,789 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Robertsons Boatyard

Woodbridge, Suffolk · River Deben

£1,800 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Tollesbury Marina

Tollesbury, Essex · River Blackwater

£1,850 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Fambridge Yacht Haven

North Fambridge, Essex · River Crouch

£1,970 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Rudders Boatyard

Burton, Pembrokeshire · Milford Haven Waterway

£1,980 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Waldringfield Boatyard

Waldringfield, Suffolk · River Deben

£2,112 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Essex Marina

Wallasea Island, Essex · River Crouch

£2,160 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Itchenor Reach maintained moorings

Itchenor, West Sussex · Chichester Harbour

£2,278 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours Waiting list

Ardoran Marine

Oban, Argyll and Bute · Loch Feochan

£2,350 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Royal Northern & Clyde Yacht Club

Helensburgh, Argyll and Bute · Gare Loch

£2,592 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Bosham Quay and Moorings

Bosham, West Sussex · Bosham Channel, Chichester Harbour

£2,597 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Ardfern Yacht Centre

Ardfern, Argyll and Bute · Loch Craignish

£3,020 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Trout's Boatyard

Topsham, Devon · River Exe

£3,060 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Mylor Yacht Harbour

Mylor, Cornwall · Carrick Roads (Fal Estuary)

£3,420 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Woolverstone Marina

Woolverstone, Suffolk · River Orwell

£3,444 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

WicorMarine Yacht Haven

Fareham, Hampshire · Portsmouth Harbour

£3,520 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

WicorMarine Yacht Haven

Portchester, Hampshire · Portsmouth Harbour

£3,520 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Kerrera Marina

Oban, Argyll and Bute · Ardentrive Bay, Firth of Lorn

£3,740 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Royal Harbour Marina (Outer West)

Ramsgate, Kent · Ramsgate Royal Harbour

£4,100 a year for a 10m yacht

Rivers Waiting list

Redclyffe Yacht Club

Wareham, Dorset · River Frome

£4,560 a year for a 10m cruiser

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Falmouth Haven Marina

Falmouth, Cornwall · River Fal

£7,465 a year for a 10m yacht

Compared: prices for a 10m boat

Site	Where	A year, 10m boat	Per metre a year	Berths	Space
Avon Sailing Club	Chaceley, River Severn	£50	£5	swinging moorings	Not reported
Dale Yacht Club Moorings	Dale, Dale Bay, Milford Haven Waterway	£99	£9.90	swinging moorings	Waiting list
Stour Sailing Club Moorings	Manningtree, River Stour	£102	£10.20	swinging moorings, drying berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Not reported
Cunjic Moorings	Milford Haven, Milford Haven Waterway	£135	£13.50	swinging moorings	Not reported
Tor Bay Harbour	Torquay, Tor Bay	£135	£13.50	pontoon berths, linear moorings, swinging moorings, drying berths	Waiting list
Marconi Sailing Club	Steeple, River Blackwater	£160	£16	swinging moorings, drying berths	Not reported
Medway Cruising Club	Gillingham, River Medway	£165	£16.50	swinging moorings, drying berths	Not reported
Lower Halstow Yacht Club	Lower Halstow, Lower Halstow Creek, River Medway	£204	£20.41	swinging moorings	Not reported
East Harbour, Scarborough	Scarborough, North Sea	from £216	£21.63	swinging moorings	Waiting list
Tamar River Sailing Club	Plymouth, River Tamar	£220	£22	swinging moorings	Berths available
Dart Harbour, Cornworthy	Cornworthy, River Dart	£245	£24.49	swinging moorings, pile moorings, drying berths	Waiting list
Tudor Sailing Club	Portsmouth, Langstone Harbour	£294	£29.43	swinging moorings, drying berths	Berths available
Portsmouth Sailing Club	Portsmouth, Portsmouth Harbour	£298	£29.75	pontoon berths, swinging moorings	Waiting list
Fishguard Harbour Moorings	Fishguard, Fishguard Harbour	£312	£31.20	swinging moorings	Not reported
Penryn Harbour	Penryn, Fal Estuary	£335	£33.50	pontoon berths, swinging moorings, drying berths	Waiting list
Burry Port Marina	Burry Port, Carmarthen Bay	£361	£36.05	pontoon berths, swinging moorings	Not reported
Orwell Yacht Club	Ipswich, River Orwell	£393	£39.30	pontoon berths, linear moorings, swinging moorings, pile moorings, drying berths	Berths available
Borth-y-Gest Moorings	Borth-y-Gest, Borth-y-Gest	£432	£43.21	swinging moorings	Not reported
Rhos-on-Sea Breakwater Moorings	Rhos-on-Sea, Rhos-on-Sea Breakwater	£443	£44.27	swinging moorings	Not reported
Fowey Harbour Moorings	Fowey, River Fowey	£443	£44.32	pontoon berths, swinging moorings	Waiting list
Hoo Ness Yacht Club	Hoo St Werburgh, River Medway	£500	£50	linear moorings, swinging moorings	Waiting list
Marchwood Yacht Club	Marchwood, River Test, Southampton Water	£505	£50.47	pontoon berths, swinging moorings	Not reported
Port of Truro	Truro, River Fal and Truro River	£509	£50.92	pontoon berths, swinging moorings, quay and harbour wall berths	Waiting list
Aberdyfi Harbour	Aberdyfi, Aberdyfi Harbour	£514	£51.42	swinging moorings, drying berths	Not reported
Victoria Harbour	Dunbar, Firth of Forth	£580	£58	swinging moorings, drying berths	Waiting list
Royal Dorset Yacht Club Moorings	Portland, Portland Harbour	from £600	£60	swinging moorings	Berths available
Medway Yacht Club	Rochester, River Medway	from £612	£61.20	pontoon berths, swinging moorings, pile moorings	Waiting list
Kingsbridge Harbour	Kingsbridge, Salcombe-Kingsbridge Estuary	£620	£61.99	pontoon berths, swinging moorings	Not reported
Minehead Harbour	Minehead, Bristol Channel, Minehead Harbour	£644	£64.40	swinging moorings, drying berths	Waiting list
Quay Lane Boatyard	Gosport, Portsmouth Harbour	£645	£64.50	pontoon berths, swinging moorings, drying berths, hard standing	Berths available
Greenwich Yacht Club	London, River Thames	£650	£65	pontoon berths, swinging moorings, drying berths	Not reported
Thurrock Yacht Club	Grays, River Thames	£685	£68.50	swinging moorings, drying berths	Berths available
Ilfracombe Harbour	Ilfracombe, Bristol Channel	£715	£71.53	swinging moorings, drying berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Waiting list
Rutland Sailing Club	Edith Weston, Rutland Water	£720	£72	swinging moorings	Not reported
Emsworth Maintained Moorings	Emsworth, Chichester Harbour	£722	£72.15	swinging moorings, drying berths	Berths available
Folly Moorings	Whippingham, River Medina	£800	£80	pontoon berths, swinging moorings	Not reported
Erith Yacht Club	Erith, River Thames	£816	£81.60	pontoon berths, swinging moorings	Not reported
Lydney Harbour	Lydney, River Severn	£849	£84.90	pontoon berths, swinging moorings	Berths available
Barry Yacht Club	Barry, Pierhead Harbour	£890	£89	swinging moorings, drying berths	Berths available
Teignmouth Harbour	Teignmouth, River Teign	£895	£89.46	pontoon berths, swinging moorings, drying berths	Waiting list

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 UK?

Across the 83 cheapest swinging moorings here that publish a price, a 10m boat costs from £50 a year at Avon Sailing Club to £7,465 a year at Falmouth Haven Marina. The middle figure is £907 a year. Check what each includes: electricity, water and VAT vary.

What are the cheapest cheapest swinging moorings in the UK?

For a 10m boat, Avon Sailing Club is cheapest at £50 a year in Chaceley.

Which cheapest swinging moorings in the UK have space now?

13 of the 83 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Tamar River Sailing Club, Tudor Sailing Club, Orwell Yacht Club, Royal Dorset Yacht Club Moorings, Quay Lane Boatyard, Thurrock Yacht Club, Emsworth Maintained Moorings, Lydney Harbour and 5 more. Each page shows the date they told us and what they have.

Can you live aboard at cheapest swinging moorings in the UK?

1 of the 83 say you can: Dart Harbour, Galmpton (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, 1 need a Canal & River Trust boat licence, 2 need Environment Agency registration (Thames, Medway, Anglian waterways), 1 need Broads Authority tolls, 2 need lake registration where the lake authority requires it and 8 need the navigation's own licence. Coastal marinas usually need none.

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