Cruiser moorings near Melton Mowbray

Across the 3 cruiser moorings here that publish a price, a 10m cruiser costs from £720 a year at Rutland Sailing Club to £3,272 a year at Bishop Meadow L1. The middle figure is £1,782 a year. Check what each includes: electricity, water and VAT vary.

For a 10m cruiser, Rutland Sailing Club is cheapest at £720 a year in Edith Weston.

4 of the 8 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Pillings Lock Marina, Bishop Meadow L1, Willow Moorings and Beeston Marina. Each page shows the date they told us and what they have.

Sileby Mill Mooring Basin, 16.5km west of the centre of Melton Mowbray, on the River Soar.

3 of the 8 say you can: Bishop Meadow L1 (residential moorings with planning consent), Sileby Mill Mooring Basin (liveaboards allowed) and Nottingham Castle Waterside & Marina (residential moorings with planning consent). Living aboard can need planning consent and council tax; ask each site about its terms.

On top of the mooring fee: of these, 3 need a Canal & River Trust boat licence, 3 need Environment Agency registration (Thames, Medway, Anglian waterways), 1 need lake registration where the lake authority requires it and 1 need the navigation's own licence. Coastal marinas usually need none.