Canal moorings and marinas with a boat hoist or crane in the Yorkshire and the Humber

Marinas, basins and linear towpath moorings on the canal network: mostly narrowboats and widebeams, priced per foot or metre a year, with a navigation licence on top. Sites that can lift your boat out on their own hoist or crane, for blacking, antifouling, surveys and winter ashore.

3 sites

At a glance

3 sites, all on canals.
None has told us in the last six weeks that it has space.
None publishes a price for a 57ft narrowboat; ask each site.
Longest boat taken: 10.1m (33ft) at Ripon Motor Boat Club Marina.
Of the 3, 1 has electric hook-up, 1 a pump-out and 1 diesel.

Canals

Gallows Bridge Moorings

Shipley, West Yorkshire · Leeds and Liverpool Canal

Prices not published

Canals

Ripon Motor Boat Club Marina

Ripon, North Yorkshire · Ripon Canal

Prices not published

Canals

Viking Marina

Goole, East Riding of Yorkshire · Aire & Calder Navigation

Prices not published

Compared: prices for a 57ft narrowboat

Site	Where	A year, 57ft narrowboat	Boat hoist / Crane	Space
Gallows Bridge Moorings	Shipley, Leeds and Liverpool Canal	–	Yes	Not reported
Ripon Motor Boat Club Marina	Ripon, Ripon Canal	–	Yes	Not reported
Viking Marina	Goole, Aire & Calder Navigation	–	Yes	Not reported

From each site's published tariff. "–" means the site doesn't say. Prices change; confirm with the site.

Questions

Which canal moorings and marinas with a boat hoist or crane in the Yorkshire and the Humber 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.

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

Canal moorings and marinas with a boat hoist or crane in other areas

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