Coastal moorings with quay and harbour wall berths

Salt water: open-coast marinas and harbours, and the estuaries and tidal rivers behind them. Alongside a harbour wall or quay.

85 sites · 10 with space now · 14 with a waiting list · typical £843 a year for a 10m boat (£78–£3,980 across 32 published tariffs)

At a glance

85 sites: 34 on estuaries and tidal rivers and 51 on the open coast.
10 of the 85 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Cabot Cruising Club, Dysart Harbour, Gweek Classic Boatyard, Hollowshore Moorings, New Quay Harbour, Portreath Harbour and 4 more.
Keeping a waiting list: Blackwater Sailing Club, Bude Harbour, Burghead Harbour, Ilfracombe Harbour, Newquay Harbour, Penzance Harbour and 8 more.
For a 10m boat, published prices run from £78 a year (Lerwick Port Authority) to £3,980 a year (Royal Quays Marina); the middle of 32 is £843 a year.
Longest boat taken: 65m (213ft) at Whitehaven Marina.
Of the 85, 34 have electric hook-up, 4 a pump-out, 8 diesel, 7 a boat hoist and 27 visitor berths.
5 of the 85 allow liveaboards, outright or by arrangement.
Groups running more than one: Aberdeenshire Council (4), Ards and North Down Borough Council (3), Bristol City Council (3), Causeway Coast & Glens Borough Council (2), Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council (6), Ceredigion County Council (3), Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (2), Cornwall Council (2), Huggins Bros Marina Group (2), Moray Council (6) and The Highland Council (2).

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Cabot Cruising Club

Bristol, Bristol · Bristol Harbour, Bathurst Basin

Prices on request

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers A few berths left

Dysart Harbour

Dysart, Fife · Firth of Forth

Prices not published

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Gweek Classic Boatyard

Gweek, Cornwall · Helford River

Prices not published

Seen on their website 8 days ago · Liveaboard

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Hollowshore Moorings

Faversham, Kent · Faversham Creek

Prices not published

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours A few berths left

New Quay Harbour

New Quay, Ceredigion · Cardigan Bay

Prices not published

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours Berths available

Portreath Harbour

Portreath, Cornwall · North Cornwall coast

£255 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

Coast & harbours Berths available

Sandhaven Harbour

Sandhaven, Aberdeenshire · Moray Firth

Prices not published

Seen on their website 8 days ago

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

Coast & harbours Berths available

Torpoint Yacht Harbour

Torpoint, Cornwall · Plymouth Sound

£3,950 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

Coast & harbours Waiting list

Bude Harbour

Bude, Cornwall · Budehaven and Bude Canal

£255 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours Waiting list

Burghead Harbour

Burghead, Moray · Moray Firth

£893 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

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 Waiting list

Penzance Harbour

Penzance, Cornwall · Mount's Bay

Prices not published

Seen on their website 8 days ago

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 Waiting list

Portwrinkle Harbour

Portwrinkle, Cornwall · English Channel

£100 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Redcliff Wharf

Bristol, Bristol · Bristol Floating Harbour

£121 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours Waiting list

Saundersfoot Harbour

Saundersfoot, Pembrokeshire · Carmarthen Bay

Prices not published

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours Waiting list

Stonehaven Harbour

Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire · North Sea, Stonehaven Harbour

Prices not published

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Tayport Harbour

Tayport, Fife · River Tay estuary

Prices not published

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Wapping Wharf

Bristol, Bristol · Bristol Harbour

£1,817 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago · Liveaboard

Estuaries & tidal rivers Waiting list

Wardleys Marine Yacht Club

Hambleton, Lancashire · River Wyre

Prices on request

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Full

Millwall Inner Dock

Canary Wharf, Greater London · Millwall Inner Dock

Prices not published

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours

Ballycastle Marina & Harbour

Ballycastle, Antrim · North Channel

£1,560 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Berneray Harbour

Berneray, Na h-Eileanan Siar · Sound of Harris

£413 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Bideford Harbour

Bideford, Devon · River Torridge

£500 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

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Bristol Marina

Bristol, Bristol · Bristol City Docks Floating Harbour

£3,551 a year for a 10m yacht

Liveaboard

Coast & harbours

Broad Haven (Dunbar Harbour)

Dunbar, East Lothian · North Sea, Dunbar Harbour

£580 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Buckie Harbour

Buckie, Moray · Moray Firth

£893 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

Davis's Boatyard

Poole, Dorset · Poole Harbour

£1,968 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Eyemouth Harbour

Eyemouth, Scottish Borders · Eyemouth Harbour

£103 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Fisherrow Harbour

Musselburgh, East Lothian · Firth of Forth

£400 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Gairloch Harbour

Gairloch, Highland · Loch Gairloch

£403 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Girvan Harbour

Girvan, South Ayrshire · Firth of Clyde

£807 a year for a 10m yacht

Liveaboard

Coast & harbours

Hartlepool Marina

Hartlepool, County Durham · Tees Bay (North Sea)

£2,850 a year for a 10m yacht

Liveaboard

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Heybridge Basin Moorings

Heybridge Basin, Essex · Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation / Blackwater Estuary

£1,796 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Hopeman Harbour

Hopeman, Moray · Moray Firth

£717 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Kallin Harbour

Grimsay, Isle of North Uist, Na h-Eileanan Siar · Kallin Harbour

£413 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Lerwick Port Authority

Lerwick, Shetland Islands · Lerwick Harbour

£78 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Lochboisdale Harbour

Lochboisdale, Na h-Eileanan Siar · Lochboisdale

£2,103 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Newport Harbour

Newport, Isle of Wight · River Medina

£1,800 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

North Sunderland Harbour

Seahouses, Northumberland · North Sunderland Harbour

£320 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Porthleven Harbour

Porthleven, Cornwall · Porthleven Harbour

£693 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Portknockie Harbour

Portknockie, Moray · Moray Firth

£717 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Portpatrick Harbour

Portpatrick, Dumfries and Galloway · Irish Sea, Portpatrick

£880 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Royal Quays Marina

North Shields, Tyne and Wear · River Tyne

£3,980 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Southdown Marina

Millbrook, Cornwall · River Tamar, Millbrook Lake

£1,200 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

St Mary's Harbour

Hugh Town, Isles of Scilly · St Mary's Harbour

£302 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Stour Sailing Club Moorings

Manningtree, Essex · River Stour

£102 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

The Camber

Portsmouth, Hampshire · Portsmouth Harbour

Cullen, Moray · Cullen Harbour

Prices not published

Coast & harbours

Donaghadee Harbour

Donaghadee, Down · Irish Sea, Donaghadee Harbour

Prices not published

Coast & harbours

Dunseverick Harbour

Dunseverick, Antrim · North Atlantic Ocean

Prices on request

Coast & harbours

Dunseverick Harbour

Bushmills, Antrim · North Antrim coast

Prices on request

Coast & harbours

Findochty Harbour

Findochty, Moray · Moray Firth

Prices not published

Coast & harbours

Gourdon Harbour

Gourdon, Aberdeenshire · North Sea, Gourdon Harbour

Prices not published

Coast & harbours

Helmsdale Harbour

Helmsdale, Highland · Moray Firth

Prices on request

Coast & harbours

Johnshaven Harbour

Prices not published

Coast & harbours

Rathlin Harbour and Marina

Rathlin Island, Antrim · Sea of Moyle

Prices on request

Coast & harbours

Redbay Harbour

Waterfoot, Antrim · Red Bay

Prices not published

Coast & harbours

Rosehearty Harbour

Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire · North Sea

Prices not published

Coast & harbours

Solva Harbour

Solva, Pembrokeshire · Solva Harbour

Prices not published

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Sutton Wharf Boatyard

Rochford, Essex · River Roach

Prices on request

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Tipner Wharf

Portsmouth, Hampshire · Portsmouth Harbour

Prices on request

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Topsham Quay

Topsham, Devon · River Exe

Prices not published

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Trechmanns Wharf

Rochester, Kent · River Medway

Prices not published

Compared: prices for a 10m boat

Site	Where	A year, 10m boat	Berths	Space
Cabot Cruising Club	Bristol, Bristol Harbour, Bathurst Basin	On request	pontoon berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Berths available
Dysart Harbour	Dysart, Firth of Forth	–	swinging moorings, quay and harbour wall berths	A few berths left
Gweek Classic Boatyard	Gweek, Helford River	–	quay and harbour wall berths	Berths available
Hollowshore Moorings	Faversham, Faversham Creek	–	pontoon berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Berths available
New Quay Harbour	New Quay, Cardigan Bay	–	swinging moorings, quay and harbour wall berths	A few berths left
Portreath Harbour	Portreath, North Cornwall coast	£255	drying berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Berths available
Robertsons Boatyard	Woodbridge, River Deben	£3,041	swinging moorings, quay and harbour wall berths	Berths available
Sandhaven Harbour	Sandhaven, Moray Firth	–	quay and harbour wall berths	Berths available
Skippool Creek Moorings	Thornton Cleveleys, River Wyre	£545	drying berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Berths available
Torpoint Yacht Harbour	Torpoint, Plymouth Sound	–	pontoon berths, swinging moorings, drying berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Berths available
Blackwater Sailing Club	Maldon, Blackwater Estuary	£990	swinging moorings, quay and harbour wall berths	Waiting list
Bude Harbour	Bude, Budehaven and Bude Canal	–	drying berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Waiting list
Burghead Harbour	Burghead, Moray Firth	£893	quay and harbour wall berths	Waiting list
Ilfracombe Harbour	Ilfracombe, Bristol Channel	–	swinging moorings, drying berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Waiting list
Newquay Harbour	Newquay, Newquay Harbour	–	swinging moorings, drying berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Waiting list
Penzance Harbour	Penzance, Mount's Bay	–	pontoon berths, drying berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Waiting list
Port of Truro	Truro, River Fal and Truro River	£509	pontoon berths, swinging moorings, quay and harbour wall berths	Waiting list
Portwrinkle Harbour	Portwrinkle, English Channel	£100	quay and harbour wall berths	Waiting list
Redcliff Wharf	Bristol, Bristol Floating Harbour	£121	pontoon berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Waiting list
Saundersfoot Harbour	Saundersfoot, Carmarthen Bay	–	pontoon berths, swinging moorings, quay and harbour wall berths	Waiting list
Stonehaven Harbour	Stonehaven, North Sea, Stonehaven Harbour	–	swinging moorings, quay and harbour wall berths	Waiting list
Tayport Harbour	Tayport, River Tay estuary	–	pontoon berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Waiting list
Wapping Wharf	Bristol, Bristol Harbour	£1,817	quay and harbour wall berths	Waiting list
Wardleys Marine Yacht Club	Hambleton, River Wyre	On request	linear moorings, drying berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Waiting list
Millwall Inner Dock	Canary Wharf, Millwall Inner Dock	–	quay and harbour wall berths	Full
Ballycastle Marina & Harbour	Ballycastle, North Channel	£1,560	pontoon berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Not reported
Berneray Harbour	Berneray, Sound of Harris	£413	quay and harbour wall berths	Not reported
Bideford Harbour	Bideford, River Torridge	£500	linear moorings, quay and harbour wall berths	Not reported
Bosham Quay and Moorings	Bosham, Bosham Channel, Chichester Harbour	£2,597	swinging moorings, drying berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Not reported
Bristol Marina	Bristol, Bristol City Docks Floating Harbour	£3,551	pontoon berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Not reported
Broad Haven (Dunbar Harbour)	Dunbar, North Sea, Dunbar Harbour	£580	quay and harbour wall berths	Not reported
Buckie Harbour	Buckie, Moray Firth	£893	pontoon berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Not reported
Caernarfon Harbour Trust Moorings	Caernarfon, Menai Strait and River Seiont	£1,131	swinging moorings, drying berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Not reported
Davis's Boatyard	Poole, Poole Harbour	–	pontoon berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Not reported
Eyemouth Harbour	Eyemouth, Eyemouth Harbour	£103	pontoon berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Not reported
Fisherrow Harbour	Musselburgh, Firth of Forth	£400	drying berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Not reported
Gairloch Harbour	Gairloch, Loch Gairloch	–	pontoon berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Not reported
Girvan Harbour	Girvan, Firth of Clyde	£807	pontoon berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Not reported
Hartlepool Marina	Hartlepool, Tees Bay (North Sea)	–	pontoon berths, quay and harbour wall berths	Not reported
Heybridge Basin Moorings	Heybridge Basin, Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation / Blackwater Estuary	£1,796	quay and harbour wall 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 UK?

Across the 32 coastal moorings with quay and harbour wall berths here that publish a price, a 10m boat costs from £78 a year at Lerwick Port Authority to £3,980 a year at Royal Quays Marina. The middle figure is £843 a year. Check what each includes: electricity, water and VAT vary.

What are the cheapest coastal moorings with quay and harbour wall berths in the UK?

For a 10m boat, Lerwick Port Authority is cheapest at £78 a year.

Which coastal moorings with quay and harbour wall berths in the UK have space now?

10 of the 85 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Cabot Cruising Club, Dysart Harbour, Gweek Classic Boatyard, Hollowshore Moorings, New Quay Harbour, Portreath Harbour, Robertsons Boatyard, Sandhaven Harbour and 2 more. Each page shows the date they told us and what they have.

Can you live aboard at coastal moorings with quay and harbour wall berths in the UK?

5 of the 85 say you can: Gweek Classic Boatyard (residential moorings with planning consent), Wapping Wharf (liveaboards allowed), Bristol Marina (liveaboard by arrangement), Girvan Harbour (liveaboard by arrangement) and Hartlepool 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, 1 need a Canal & River Trust boat licence, 1 need Environment Agency registration (Thames, Medway, Anglian waterways) and 6 need the navigation's own licence. Coastal marinas usually need none.

Broader

Coastal moorings with quay and harbour wall berths by county

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