Moorings and marinas near Cape Hill

Across the 2 moorings and marinas here that publish a price, a 57ft narrowboat costs from £2,914 a year at Cuckoo Wharf Residential Moorings to £4,460 a year at Alvechurch Marina. The middle figure is £3,687 a year. Check what each includes: electricity, water and VAT vary.

For a 57ft narrowboat, Cuckoo Wharf Residential Moorings is cheapest at £2,914 a year in Birmingham.

5 of the 15 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Hockley Port, Cuckoo Wharf Residential Moorings, Stourbridge Town Arm Visitor Moorings, Withybed Moorings and Stewponey offside linear L1 Leisure. Each page shows the date they told us and what they have.

Engine Arm Residential Moorings, 1.2km north of the centre of Cape Hill, on the Birmingham Canal Navigations.

6 of the 15 say you can: Hockley Port (residential moorings with planning consent), Engine Arm Residential Moorings (liveaboard by arrangement), Cambrian Residential Moorings (residential moorings with planning consent), Sneyd Wharf (Electric) L1 (residential moorings with planning consent), Alvechurch Marina (liveaboard by arrangement) and Ashwood Marina (liveaboard by arrangement). Living aboard can need planning consent and council tax; ask each site about its terms.

On top of the mooring fee: of these, 13 need a Canal & River Trust boat licence and 2 need the navigation's own licence. Coastal marinas usually need none.