How much is a narrowboat mooring in the UK?
Worked out from 102 published tariffs for a 57ft narrowboat, cheapest first, with what the price comes to by the month and what it includes.
Typically £3,359 a year · £144–£15,247
At a glance
- A year's mooring for a 57ft narrowboat in the UK: £144 to £15,247 across 102 published tariffs, typically £3,359 (£280 a month).
- Cheapest: Lea Valley Narrowboats - Sawbridgeworth Moorings at £144; dearest: Penton Hook Marina at £15,247.
- Length matters: a typical 40ft narrowboat costs £2,673 a year, a 70ft narrowboat £4,572, 71% more.
- Electricity is included at 1 of the 102; elsewhere it's metered or not stated, so add it when comparing.
- On top of the mooring: a Canal & River Trust boat licence at 50, Environment Agency registration (Thames, Medway, Anglian waterways) at 15, Broads Authority tolls at 1, a Scottish Canals licence at 22, an Avon Navigation Trust licence at 1 and the navigation's own licence at 9 of these sites.
By length
| Boat | Cheapest a year | Typical | Dearest | Sites priced |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40ft | £144 Lea Valley Narrowboats - Sawbridgeworth Moorings | £2,673 | £10,700 | 106 |
| 45ft | £144 Lea Valley Narrowboats - Sawbridgeworth Moorings | £2,950 | £12,043 | 100 |
| 50ft | £144 Lea Valley Narrowboats - Sawbridgeworth Moorings | £3,147 | £13,378 | 100 |
| 57ft | £144 Lea Valley Narrowboats - Sawbridgeworth Moorings | £3,359 | £15,247 | 102 |
| 60ft | £144 Lea Valley Narrowboats - Sawbridgeworth Moorings | £3,575 | £16,055 | 97 |
| 70ft | £144 Lea Valley Narrowboats - Sawbridgeworth Moorings | £4,572 | £18,732 | 63 |
Site by site: a 57ft narrowboat
| Site | A year | A month | Works out at | Tariff | Includes | VAT | Space |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lea Valley Narrowboats - Sawbridgeworth Moorings Sawbridgeworth | £144 | £12 | £2.53 per foot | £144 a year | – | inc. VAT | Waiting list |
| Kelpies Marina Falkirk | £273 | £23 | £4.78 per foot | £272.63 a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Bosworth Marina Market Bosworth | £463 | £39 | £8.12 per foot | £463 a year | – | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Lichfield Cruising Club Lichfield | £1,283 | £107 | £22.50 per foot | £22.50 per foot a year | – | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Barby Moorings Barby | £1,440 | £120 | £25.26 per foot | £120 a month | – | – | Not reported |
| Reddingmuirhead Reddingmuirhead | £1,565 | £130 | £27.46 per foot | £7.51 per metre a month | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Shire Cruisers, Sowerby Bridge Sowerby Bridge | £1,640 | £137 | £28.77 per foot | £23.60 per metre a quarter | Includes parking; electricity extra | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Shepley Bridge Marina Mirfield | £1,770 | £148 | £31.05 per foot | £320 to £465 a quarter by length | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| The Falkirk Wheel Linear Falkirk | £1,798 | £150 | £31.54 per foot | £103.49 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Cambridge City Council Residential Moorings Cambridge | £1,810 | £151 | £31.75 per foot | £1,356 to £1,992 a year by length | – | inc. VAT | Waiting list |
| Fox Narrowboats Marina March | £1,859 | £155 | £32.61 per foot | £819 to £2,289 a year by length | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Waiting list |
| Mayroyd Moorings Hebden Bridge | £1,929 | £161 | £33.84 per foot | £33.84 per foot a year | Includes water | – | Waiting list |
| Shardlow Marina Shardlow | £1,930 | £161 | £33.85 per foot | £38.52 per foot a year | electricity extra | + VAT | Berths available |
| Lock 16 Moorings Falkirk | £1,936 | £161 | £33.96 per foot | £111.45 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Talbot Wharf Market Drayton | £1,984 | £165 | £34.80 per foot | £2.90 per foot a month | – | inc. VAT | Full |
| Zouch Marina Hathern | £2,052 | £171 | £36 per foot | £3 per foot a month | Includes water; electricity extra | – | Not reported |
| Knightsbridge Caravan & Marina Park March | £2,117 | £176 | £37.14 per foot | £37.14 per foot a year | electricity extra | – | Not reported |
| Burscough Bridge L1 Leisure Burscough | £2,191 | £183 | £38.44 per foot | £2,191 a year | water extra | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Lilford Marina Oundle | £2,250 | £188 | £39.47 per foot | £1,125 to £2,250 a year by length | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Cadder Wharf Bishopbriggs | £2,389 | £199 | £41.91 per foot | £11.46 per metre a month | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Willows Marina Weedon | £2,400 | £200 | £42.11 per foot | £2,400 a year | electricity extra | – | Not reported |
| Upware Marina Upware | £2,451 | £204 | £43 per foot | £43 per foot a year | – | + VAT | Not reported |
| Monk Meadow Hempsted | £2,474 | £206 | £43.40 per foot | £2,473.99 a year | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Aspley Wharf Marina Huddersfield | £2,497 | £208 | £43.80 per foot | £3.65 per foot a month | – | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Thames Boat House Shepperton | £2,500 | £208 | £43.86 per foot | £2,500 a year | – | – | Berths available |
| Lockside Marina Chelmsford | £2,710 | £226 | £47.54 per foot | £13 per metre a month | – | – | Not reported |
| Selby Boat Centre Selby | from £2,750 | £229 | £48.25 per foot | from £2,750 a year | – | – | Berths available |
| Tibberton Towpath L1 Leisure Worcester | £2,791 | £233 | £48.96 per foot | £2,790.76 a year | – | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Panmure Wharf, Firhill Glasgow | £2,794 | £233 | £49.02 per foot | £2,794 a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Cuckoo Wharf Residential Moorings Birmingham | £2,914 | £243 | £51.12 per foot | £2,913.88 a year | Includes water; electricity extra | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Bugbrooke Marina Bugbrooke | £2,964 | £247 | £52 per foot | £52 per foot a year | – | – | Berths available |
| Heyford Fields Marina Nether Heyford | £3,020 | £252 | £52.97 per foot | £2,374.67 to £3,327.14 a year by length | Includes water; electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Kirkintilloch Linear Kirkintilloch | £3,042 | £254 | £53.37 per foot | £175.14 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Auchinstarry Marina Kilsyth | £3,054 | £254 | £53.57 per foot | £14.65 per metre a month | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| The Falkirk Wheel Basin Falkirk | £3,054 | £254 | £53.57 per foot | £14.65 per metre a month | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Willow Moorings Kegworth | from £3,078 | £257 | £54 per foot | from £4.50 per foot a month | – | – | Berths available |
| Hardingswood Junction Moorings Kidsgrove | £3,090 | £258 | £54.21 per foot | £3,090 a year | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Applecross Claypits Glasgow | £3,104 | £259 | £54.46 per foot | £3,104 a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Speirs Wharf Glasgow | £3,104 | £259 | £54.46 per foot | £3,104 a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Chelmer & Blackwater Navigation Chelmsford | £3,120 | £260 | £54.74 per foot | £14.97 per metre a month | – | – | Not reported |
| Braunston Marina Braunston | £3,170 | £264 | £55.62 per foot | £55.62 per foot a year | – | + VAT | Berths available |
| Lowsonford L1 Leisure Lowsonford | £3,183 | £265 | £55.84 per foot | £3,182.78 a year | – | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Heritage Marina Scholar Green | £3,221 | £268 | £56.50 per foot | £56.50 per foot a year | – | – | Not reported |
| Nantwich Canal Centre Nantwich | £3,243 | £270 | £56.90 per foot | £56.90 per foot a year | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Springwood Haven Marina Nuneaton | £3,243 | £270 | £56.90 per foot | £56.90 per foot a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Hallingbury Marina Little Hallingbury | £3,249 | £271 | £57 per foot | £4.75 per foot a month | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Waiting list |
| Venetian Marina Cholmondeston | £3,254 | £271 | £57.10 per foot | £57.10 per foot a year | – | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Bishop Meadow L1 Loughborough | £3,272 | £273 | £57.41 per foot | £3,272.23 a year | – | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Applecross Wharf Glasgow | £3,352 | £279 | £58.81 per foot | £3,352 a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Braehead, Linlithgow Linlithgow | £3,352 | £279 | £58.81 per foot | £3,352 a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Causewayend Broxburn | £3,352 | £279 | £58.81 per foot | £3,352 a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Swanley Bridge Marina Nantwich | £3,365 | £280 | £59.04 per foot | £2,080 to £3,859 a year by length | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Droitwich Spa Marina Droitwich Spa | £3,390 | £283 | £59.47 per foot | £2,850 to £3,950 a year by length | – | – | Not reported |
| New Mills Marina New Mills | £3,434 | £286 | £60.25 per foot | £60.25 per foot a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Temple Wharf - Lock 27 Glasgow | £3,477 | £290 | £61 per foot | £3,477 a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Gayton Marina Blisworth | £3,565 | £297 | £62.55 per foot | £62.55 per foot a year | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Southbank Marina Kirkintilloch | £3,595 | £300 | £63.07 per foot | £206.97 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Whitchurch Marina Whitchurch | £3,597 | £300 | £63.10 per foot | £63.10 per foot a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Tardebigge L1 Leisure Bromsgrove | £3,601 | £300 | £63.18 per foot | £3,601.46 a year | – | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Newbury Manor Marina Newbury | £3,639 | £303 | £63.84 per foot | £5.32 per foot a month | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Kings Orchard Marina Huddlesford | £3,671 | £306 | £64.40 per foot | £64.40 per foot a year | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Brayford Pool Marina Lincoln | £3,682 | £307 | £64.60 per foot | £212 per metre a year | Includes water; electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Aston Marina Stone | £3,725 | £310 | £65.35 per foot | £2,180 to £4,345 a year by length | Includes water, parking, showers; electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Linlithgow East Linlithgow | £3,725 | £310 | £65.35 per foot | £3,725 a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Goytre Wharf Marina Goytre | £3,742 | £312 | £65.65 per foot | £65.65 per foot a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Mercia Marina Willington | £3,803 | £317 | £66.71 per foot | £218.92 per metre a year | Includes water; electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Stourport Marina Stourport-on-Severn | £3,814 | £318 | £66.92 per foot | £219.60 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Lee Valley Marina, Rye House Hoddesdon | £3,877 | £323 | £68.02 per foot | £18.60 per metre a month | – | – | Waiting list |
| Lee Valley Marina, Stanstead Abbotts Stanstead Abbotts | £3,877 | £323 | £68.02 per foot | £18.60 per metre a month | – | – | Not reported |
| Hartford Marina Huntingdon | £3,936 | £328 | £69.05 per foot | £226.60 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Staniland Marina Thorne | £3,995 | £333 | £70.09 per foot | £230 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Overwater Marina Audlem | £3,998 | £333 | £70.14 per foot | £2,999 to £4,665 a year by length | Includes wi-fi | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Blackwater Meadow Marina Ellesmere | £4,158 | £347 | £72.95 per foot | £72.95 per foot a year | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Hilperton Marina Trowbridge | £4,158 | £347 | £72.95 per foot | £72.95 per foot a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Anderton Marina Anderton | £4,247 | £354 | £74.50 per foot | £74.50 per foot a year | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Alvechurch Marina Alvechurch | £4,460 | £372 | £78.25 per foot | £78.25 per foot a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Aqueduct Marina Church Minshull | £4,536 | £378 | £79.58 per foot | £249 to £439 a month by length | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Worcester Marina Worcester | £4,574 | £381 | £80.25 per foot | £80.25 per foot a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Grove Lock Marina Leighton Buzzard | £4,603 | £384 | £80.75 per foot | £80.75 per foot a year | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Environment Agency Boveney Lock Base Moorings Windsor | £4,619 | £385 | £81.04 per foot | £22.16 per metre a month | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Saltford Marina Saltford | £4,657 | £388 | £81.70 per foot | £81.70 per foot a year | – | – | Not reported |
| Winchburgh Marina Winchburgh | £4,895 | £408 | £85.88 per foot | £281.81 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Ratho Marina Ratho | £4,905 | £409 | £86.05 per foot | £4,905 a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| St Olaves Marina St Olaves | £5,194 | £433 | £91.12 per foot | £299 per metre a year | Includes electricity, water, wi-fi | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Farndon Marina Farndon | £5,394 | £450 | £94.63 per foot | £310.54 per metre a year | Includes water; electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Lee Valley Marina, Springfield London | £5,670 | £472 | £99.47 per foot | £27.20 per metre a month | – | – | Not reported |
| Leamington Wharf East Edinburgh | £5,898 | £492 | £103.47 per foot | £5,898 a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Hambleden Marina Henley on Thames | £6,045 | £504 | £106.05 per foot | £348 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Waiting list |
| Allington Marina Maidstone | £6,275 | £523 | £110.08 per foot | £2,583.71 to £7,012.92 a year by length | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Environment Agency Chertsey Lock Base Moorings Chertsey | £6,339 | £528 | £111.20 per foot | £30.41 per metre a month | – | inc. VAT | Waiting list |
| Liverpool Marina Liverpool | £6,359 | £530 | £111.56 per foot | £366.10 per metre a year | Includes water; electricity extra | – | Not reported |
| Pyrford Marina Pyrford | £6,476 | £540 | £113.62 per foot | £372.85 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Harleyford Marina Marlow | £6,839 | £570 | £119.99 per foot | £393.75 per metre a year | – | – | Not reported |
| York Marina York | £6,965 | £580 | £122.20 per foot | £401 per metre a year | Includes water | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Upton Marina Upton-upon-Severn | £7,023 | £585 | £123.21 per foot | £404.31 per metre a year | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Viewforth Quay Edinburgh | £7,450 | £621 | £130.70 per foot | £7,450 a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Thames and Kennet Marina Reading | £7,818 | £652 | £137.17 per foot | £450.11 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Thames Ditton Marina Surbiton | £8,477 | £706 | £148.71 per foot | £488 per metre a year | – | – | Waiting list |
| Lochrin Basin Edinburgh | £8,633 | £719 | £151.45 per foot | £497 per metre a year | – | inc. VAT | Not reported |
| Engineers Wharf Residential L1 Northolt | £8,979 | £748 | £157.53 per foot | £8,979.15 a year | Includes water; electricity extra | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Shepperton Marina Shepperton | £12,506 | £1,042 | £219.41 per foot | £60 per metre a month | – | inc. VAT | Berths available |
| Penton Hook Marina Chertsey | £15,247 | £1,271 | £267.50 per foot | £73.15 per metre a month | electricity extra | inc. VAT | Not reported |
The cheapest year-round line on each site's published tariff for the boat. Monthly figures are the year divided by twelve. Prices change; confirm with the site.
Questions
How much does it cost to moor a 57ft narrowboat in the UK?
From £144 to £15,247 a year at the 102 sites here that publish a price; the middle figure is £3,359. Cheapest is Lea Valley Narrowboats - Sawbridgeworth Moorings.
How much is a narrowboat mooring per month in the UK?
Spread over twelve months, a 57ft narrowboat typically costs £280 a month here, from £12 to £1,271. Paying monthly often costs a little more than paying for the year up front.
Does a longer narrowboat cost more to moor?
Yes: most sites charge by length. A year here: 40ft typically £2,673; 45ft typically £2,950; 50ft typically £3,147; 57ft typically £3,359; 60ft typically £3,575; 70ft typically £4,572.
What else do I pay besides the mooring?
On top of the mooring: a Canal & River Trust boat licence at 50, Environment Agency registration (Thames, Medway, Anglian waterways) at 15, Broads Authority tolls at 1, a Scottish Canals licence at 22, an Avon Navigation Trust licence at 1 and the navigation's own licence at 9 of these sites. Insurance, electricity where it's metered, and pump-outs are usually extra too.
More in the UK
Narrowboat mooring costs elsewhere
- Buckinghamshire 4
- Cambridgeshire 5
- Cheshire 7
- City of Edinburgh 4
- Derbyshire 3
- East Dunbartonshire 3
- Essex 3
- Falkirk 5
- Glasgow City 5
- Hertfordshire 3
- Leicestershire 4
- Northamptonshire 7
- Shropshire 3
- Staffordshire 4
- Surrey 6
- West Lothian 4
- West Yorkshire 4
- Worcestershire 7
- East Anglia 6
- East Midlands 16
- East of England 12
- England 79
- North West 9
- Scotland 22