Motor yacht moorings on the South Coast

Places that take motor yachts.

75 sites · 6 with space now · 11 with a waiting list · typical £8,890 a year for a 14m motor yacht (£135–£23,797 across 55 published tariffs)

At a glance

75 sites: 50 on estuaries and tidal rivers and 25 on the open coast.
6 of the 75 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Cabin Boatyard, Dover Marina, Hastings Motor Boat and Yacht Club, Littlehampton Marina, Port Pendennis Marina and Torpoint Yacht Harbour.
Keeping a waiting list: Dart Harbour Moorings, Dart Harbour, Galmpton, Fowey Harbour Moorings, Lake Yard, Lymington Harbour Moorings, Penzance Harbour and 5 more.
For a 14m motor yacht, published prices run from £135 a year (Tor Bay Harbour) to £23,797 a year (Mercury Yacht Harbour); the middle of 55 is £8,890 a year.
Longest boat taken: 80m (262ft) at Gunwharf Quays Marina.
Of the 75, 60 have electric hook-up, 14 a pump-out, 27 diesel, 31 a boat hoist and 44 visitor berths.
2 of the 75 allow liveaboards, outright or by arrangement.
Groups running more than one: Dart Harbour & Navigation Authority (2), MDL Marinas (11), Premier Marinas (10), Premier Marinas Ltd (4) and WicorMarine Ltd (2).

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Cabin Boatyard

Bursledon, Hampshire · River Hamble

Prices not published

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours Berths available

Dover Marina

Dover, Kent · English Channel

£3,450 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours Berths available

Hastings Motor Boat and Yacht Club

Hastings, East Sussex · English Channel

Prices not published

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Littlehampton Marina

Littlehampton, West Sussex · River Arun

£3,090 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers Berths available

Port Pendennis Marina

Falmouth, Cornwall · Falmouth Harbour

£4,800 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

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 Waiting list

Fowey Harbour Moorings

Fowey, Cornwall · River Fowey

£443 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Coast & harbours Waiting list

Lake Yard

Poole, Dorset · Poole Harbour

£7,500 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

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

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 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

Shepards Marina

Cowes, Isle of Wight · River Medina

£6,428 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

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

Coast & harbours Waiting list

Yarmouth Harbour

Yarmouth, Isle of Wight · Western Solent

£1,010 a year for a 10m yacht

Seen on their website 8 days ago

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Berthon Lymington Marina

Lymington, Hampshire · Lymington River

£10,193 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Brighton Marina

Brighton, East Sussex · English Channel (Sussex coast)

£5,480 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Brixham Marina

Brixham, Devon · Tor Bay

£10,536 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Cobb's Quay Marina

Poole, Dorset · Poole Harbour

£11,454 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Dart Marina

Dartmouth, Devon · River Dart

£8,350 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Deacons Marina

Bursledon, Hampshire · River Hamble

£4,704 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Exmouth Marina

Exmouth, Devon · Lyme Bay

£4,520 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Falmouth Haven Marina

Falmouth, Cornwall · River Fal

£7,465 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Falmouth Marina

Falmouth, Cornwall · Fal estuary and Penryn River

£6,850 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Gosport Marina

Gosport, Hampshire · Portsmouth Harbour

£2,810 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Gunwharf Quays Marina

Portsmouth, Hampshire · Portsmouth Harbour

£7,100 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Haslar Marina

Gosport, Hampshire · Portsmouth Harbour

£7,650 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Hythe Marina Village

Hythe, Hampshire · Southampton Water

£10,740 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Island Harbour Marina

Newport, Isle of Wight · River Medina

£4,800 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

King Point Marina

Plymouth, Devon · Plymouth Sound, Millbay

£5,590 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Mercury Yacht Harbour

Southampton, Hampshire · River Hamble

£14,202 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

Newhaven Marina

Newhaven, East Sussex · River Ouse

£4,781 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Northney Marina

Hayling Island, Hampshire · Chichester Harbour

£13,224 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Noss on Dart Marina

Dartmouth, Devon · River Dart

£4,420 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Ocean Quay Marina

Southampton, Hampshire · River Itchen

£4,770 a year for a 10m yacht

Liveaboard

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Ocean Village Marina

Southampton, Hampshire · Southampton Water

£11,526 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Plymouth Yacht Haven

Plymouth, Devon · Plymouth Sound

£6,350 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Port Solent Marina

Portsmouth, Hampshire · Portsmouth Harbour

£7,560 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Port of Poole Marina

Poole, Dorset · Poole Harbour

£11,510 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Portland Marina

Portland, Dorset · Portland Harbour

£7,090 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Queen Anne's Battery

Plymouth, Devon · Plymouth Sound

£9,984 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

R.K. Marine (Stone Pier)

Warsash, Hampshire · River Hamble

£1,505 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Riverside Boatyard (Foulkes)

Bursledon, Hampshire · River Hamble

£2,990 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Royal Clarence Waterside & Marina

Gosport, Hampshire · Portsmouth Harbour

£6,520 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Saxon Wharf

Southampton, Hampshire · River Itchen

£9,042 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Shamrock Quay

Southampton, Hampshire · River Itchen

£10,770 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Southsea Marina

Portsmouth, Hampshire · Langstone Harbour

£6,420 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Sovereign Harbour

Eastbourne, East Sussex · English Channel (Sussex coast)

£5,080 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Sutton Harbour Marina

Plymouth, Devon · Sutton Harbour

£10,680 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Swanwick Marina

Southampton, Hampshire · River Hamble

£3,500 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

The Camber

Portsmouth, Hampshire · Portsmouth Harbour

£2,043 a year for a 10m yacht

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Thornham Marina

Emsworth, Hampshire · Chichester Harbour

£2,986 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Torquay Marina

Torquay, Devon · Tor Bay

£11,232 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

Universal Marina

Southampton, Hampshire · River Hamble

£5,032 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Weymouth Harbour

Weymouth, Dorset · Weymouth Harbour

£4,380 a year for a 10m yacht

Coast & harbours

Weymouth Marina

Weymouth, Dorset · Weymouth Harbour (Weymouth Bay)

£7,090 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

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Avon Marina

Christchurch, Dorset · River Avon

Prices on request

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Buckler's Hard Yacht Harbour

Buckler's Hard, Hampshire · Beaulieu River

Prices not published

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Christchurch Sailing Club

Christchurch, Dorset · Christchurch Harbour

Prices not published

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Cowes Yacht Haven

Cowes, Isle of Wight · River Medina

Prices on request

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Drivers Dry Berthing

Southampton, Hampshire · River Itchen

Prices on request

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Elkins Boatyard

Christchurch, Dorset · River Avon

Prices on request

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Hamble Point Marina

Hamble, Southampton, Hampshire · River Hamble

Prices not published

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Lincombe Boatyard

Salcombe, Devon · Salcombe-Kingsbridge Estuary

Prices on request

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Parkstone Bay Marina

Poole, Dorset · Poole Harbour

Prices on request

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Portsmouth Moorings

Gosport, Hampshire · Portsmouth Harbour

Prices not published

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Royal Motor Yacht Club

Poole, Dorset · Poole Harbour

Prices on request

Coast & harbours

Weymouth and Portland National Sailing Academy

Portland, Dorset · Portland Harbour

Prices not published

Estuaries & tidal rivers

Wilson's Boatyard

Hayling Island, Hampshire · Mengham Rythe, Chichester Harbour

Prices not published

Compared: prices for a 14m motor yacht

Site	Where	A year, 14m motor yacht	Space
Cabin Boatyard	Bursledon, River Hamble	–	Berths available
Dover Marina	Dover, English Channel	£4,830	Berths available
Hastings Motor Boat and Yacht Club	Hastings, English Channel	–	Berths available
Littlehampton Marina	Littlehampton, River Arun	£4,326	Berths available
Port Pendennis Marina	Falmouth, Falmouth Harbour	£6,720	Berths available
Torpoint Yacht Harbour	Torpoint, Plymouth Sound	–	Berths available
Dart Harbour Moorings	Dartmouth, River Dart	£680	Waiting list
Dart Harbour, Galmpton	Galmpton, River Dart	–	Waiting list
Fowey Harbour Moorings	Fowey, River Fowey	£620	Waiting list
Lake Yard	Poole, Poole Harbour	£11,250	Waiting list
Lymington Harbour Moorings	Lymington, Lymington River	£1,916	Waiting list
Penzance Harbour	Penzance, Mount's Bay	–	Waiting list
Ridge Wharf Yacht Centre	Wareham, River Frome	£2,975	Waiting list
Salcombe Harbour Moorings	Salcombe, Salcombe-Kingsbridge Estuary	£430	Waiting list
Shepards Marina	Cowes, River Medina	£8,999	Waiting list
Tor Bay Harbour	Torquay, Tor Bay	£135	Waiting list
Yarmouth Harbour	Yarmouth, Western Solent	£1,415	Waiting list
Berthon Lymington Marina	Lymington, Lymington River	£14,830	Not reported
Brighton Marina	Brighton, English Channel (Sussex coast)	£8,470	Not reported
Brixham Marina	Brixham, Tor Bay	£15,187	Not reported
Cobb's Quay Marina	Poole, Poole Harbour	£19,236	Not reported
Dart Marina	Dartmouth, River Dart	£11,690	Not reported
Deacons Marina	Bursledon, River Hamble	£12,390	Not reported
Exmouth Marina	Exmouth, Lyme Bay	£6,328	Not reported
Falmouth Haven Marina	Falmouth, River Fal	£9,714	Not reported
Falmouth Marina	Falmouth, Fal estuary and Penryn River	£9,590	Not reported
Gosport Marina	Gosport, Portsmouth Harbour	£3,934	Not reported
Gunwharf Quays Marina	Portsmouth, Portsmouth Harbour	£10,150	Not reported
Haslar Marina	Gosport, Portsmouth Harbour	£11,116	Not reported
Hythe Marina Village	Hythe, Southampton Water	£18,992	Not reported
Island Harbour Marina	Newport, River Medina	£6,720	Not reported
King Point Marina	Plymouth, Plymouth Sound, Millbay	£7,826	Not reported
Mercury Yacht Harbour	Southampton, River Hamble	£23,797	Not reported
Mylor Yacht Harbour	Mylor, Carrick Roads (Fal Estuary)	£4,788	Not reported
Newhaven Marina	Newhaven, River Ouse	£7,396	Not reported
Northney Marina	Hayling Island, Chichester Harbour	£19,757	Not reported
Noss on Dart Marina	Dartmouth, River Dart	£6,188	Not reported
Ocean Quay Marina	Southampton, River Itchen	£6,355	Not reported
Ocean Village Marina	Southampton, Southampton Water	£22,336	Not reported
Plymouth Yacht Haven	Plymouth, Plymouth Sound	£8,890	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 14m motor yacht cost on the South Coast?

Across the 55 motor yacht moorings here that publish a price, a 14m motor yacht costs from £135 a year at Tor Bay Harbour to £23,797 a year at Mercury Yacht Harbour. The middle figure is £8,890 a year. Check what each includes: electricity, water and VAT vary.

What are the cheapest motor yacht moorings on the South Coast?

For a 14m motor yacht, Tor Bay Harbour is cheapest at £135 a year in Torquay.

Which motor yacht moorings on the South Coast have space now?

6 of the 75 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Cabin Boatyard, Dover Marina, Hastings Motor Boat and Yacht Club, Littlehampton Marina, Port Pendennis Marina and Torpoint Yacht Harbour. Each page shows the date they told us and what they have.

Can you live aboard at motor yacht moorings on the South Coast?

2 of the 75 say you can: Dart Harbour, Galmpton (residential moorings with planning consent) and Ocean Quay 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, 5 need the navigation's own licence. Coastal marinas usually need none.

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