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Scarisbrick Marina

The new marina is located to the west of Scarisbrick Bridge 27A on the A570 Southport Road in Scarisbrick set in beautiful countryside between the seaside town of Southport and the market town of Ormskirk. The marina enjoys access to the canal with over 20 miles of lock free cruising on the Leeds Liverpool Canal. There moorings for up to 200 boats, with all modern facilities and a family run Coffee Shop and Tea Room.

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Sawley Marina

Sawley Marina is located on a navigational cut of the River Trent near Long Eaton, Nottingham and is the largest Inland Marina in the United Kingdom, with a water space of 23 acres. Quality flood protected moorings with electricity and water at each location are provided for 600 boats and works are taking place to take this total to 700 by the early part of 2009.

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Saul Junction Marina

Each mooring at Saul Junction Marina has the use of a service bollard that provides electricity, fresh water and lighting. Diesel fuel, coal and gas are available for the service area adjacent to the main office. The marina now has fully functioning WC facilities with a new shower block. There will also be a continuing landscaping programme throughout the summer and autumn, as the season permits.

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Ripon Racecourse Marina

Ripon is one of the smallest cities in England. Picturesque with medieval and georgian buildings lining twisty lanes. The market square leads to the cathedral and Minstergate.

Ripon Racecourse Marina is located to the south of the City on Boroughbridge Road. It is adjacent to Ripon Racecourse and is situated on Ripon Canal. The Canal is ideal for a short cruise into the City or onto the Ure. A canal walk was created alongside the canal for an easy stroll into the City Centre, where you will find an abundance of independent shops, pubs and restaurants.

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Reedley Marina

Ideally situated on the Leeds and Liverpool canal, at the gateway to the Dales, Reedley Marina provides narrowboat owners the opportunity to moor in a beautiful location with stunning views across the valley up to Pendle Hill. With 100 berths, the Kingfisher Café Bar, excellent facilities and extensive car parking, it has everything required for a comfortable, secure and relaxing stay.

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Plans to add 76 new moorings to Reedley Marina – Burnley Citizen 14th November 2010

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Redhill Marina

Redhill Marina offers you a friendly and thoroughly professional boating service at the heart of the East Midlands waterway network that ranges from riverside and marina mooring to chandlery, marine storage, boat hire and boat sales.

Our slipway is available for day and general access to the river and canal network. Cranage is also available up to 100 tonnes – prices on request.

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We have full haul-out services for anti-fouling and reblacking, with an undercover work area for short-term repairs and refurbishments/painting.

But waterway navigation is only part of Redhill Marina’s potential attractions – you may choose to stay in our caravan and camping park, rent a residential mooring, invest in a superb riverside village home or even select one of our building plots to construct your dream lifestyle from scratch.

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Raynsway Marina

Raynsway marina Leicester is situated in an idyllic location on the River Soar, north of Leicester, between Birstall and Thurmaston locks. Adjoining the marina is the Watermead Country Park which offers pleasant walks, a wild bird sanctuary with observation points and cycle routes.

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Raynsway Marina Leicester has 160 berths in total both residential and non residential. We offer long and short term mornings.
Facilities at the marina include Diesel / pumpout / calor gas / elson / coal / showers / water and laundrette and an over night with hook up.

Local amenenties within a mile include a bank, newsagent / general store, restaurants and shops. The city of Leicester is only 3 miles away, easily accessible by bus or taxi.

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Pyrford Marina

Pyrford Marina lies alongside the River Wey Navigation which stretches over 20 miles through the heart of Surrey. The marina is located in a tranquil and beautiful spot and is within 3 hours cruising of the Thames, which then allows access on to the Kennet & Avon Canal at Reading and the Grand Union Canal at Brentford. There is direct access from the Wey Navigation on to the Basingstoke Canal.

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Road links to Pyrford Marina are superb, with the M25 and A3 being just five minutes away, hence making travel to London, the South Coast and Heathrow and Gatwick Airport easily accessible.

The marina has pontoon and bankside moorings, trailboat hardstanding storage, a dry dock and a slipway. Water berths are suitable for traditional narrowboats up to 70′ in length and a few water berths are allocated for smaller inland narrowbeam cruisers.

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Pyrford Marina Review

Written by Jim Shead: First published in Waterways World November 2005

The Wey Navigation runs south from the Thames through the heart of Surrey’s stockbroker belt. About five miles down the river, just before Pyrford Lock, is Pyrford Basin. Although it is called a basin, suggesting that it may be a relic from the commercial heyday of the waterway, it was in fact excavated about twenty five years ago as a mooring place for pleasure craft.

The site has had various owners over the years and is now part of the Walton Marina group who acquired the basin about 10 years ago. Since that time the popularity of narrowboats on our rivers has spread to the Thames and the Wey, which together with the relentless demand for moorings, prompted the expansion of the basin some three years ago. This increased the mooring capacity from approximately 110 boats to 170 and allowed large parts of the water space to be fitted with pontoon moorings designed for longer craft.

Now there are only about 25 cruisers moored here and 85 to 90% of the mooring space is occupied by narrowboats. It is rare to find a marina with spaces available and Pyrford is no exception – it closed its waiting list when it reached the three year mark.

The Marina Manager is Steve Hughes who has been in post for about three years. Previously his career was in computers, he managed a team of 70 or 80 engineers across the whole of southern England. He has been a boater for about twenty odd years so when looking for a complete change of work he applied for the post of marina manager and is now enjoying the new challenges. Perhaps his greatest challenge is to run the marina with just one other member of staff.

On entering the marina by boat the first impression is of water and boats surrounded by trees creating a very pleasant setting. The water space between the boats is wide enough for the visiting boater to get in and out of the basin, and turn, without having to manoeuvre close to moored craft. The service pontoon allows boats to moor on both sides for the usual diesel, gas, water and pump out facilities. Beside the service pontoon the dry dock is available on a daily hire charge and can be used for DIY jobs or for work carried out by the marina. This includes a wide range of tasks from hull blacking to replating a boat.

Mark, the on-site engineer, performs a large variety of work including welding, electrical, plumbing and gas and other aspects of boat repair and maintenance. When I visited he had just finished installing a new engine. They will attend local breakdowns but do not provide a full callout service. A basic boat painting service can be provided and this is an area that Steve would like to enhance but finding a skilled boat painter in this area is difficult.

On one side of the basin is the building that provides the chandlery, office and home for Steve. Despite running the marina with such a small full time staff and the part-time attendance of the owner they still find time to hold an annual regatta, which took place a few days before my visit. This is mainly a social event for their moorers and includes music and a barbecue.

The Pyrford brand of new narrowboats, constructed and fitted-out by Liverpool Boats to a Pyrford specification, are also available here. They avoid getting into bespoke boat building but offer boats that leave buyers with a choice of layouts. Normally 6 to 8 of these boats are sold each year but in 2004 they sold approximately 13. This side of the business impacts on the management of the moorings as they have to reserve some mooring spaces that become available for people buying new boats. Used narrowboats and cruisers are available through their Brokerage service.

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Priory Marina

Only two miles from Bedford town centre, yet surrounded by rich and diverse wildlife, Priory is the natural anchor for life on the River Great Ouse. You can rest assured that with our established reputation for safety, security and reliability, at Priory you will have chosen one of the best in the region.

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Priory Marina is situated less than two miles from Bedford town centre, in the peaceful Priory Country Park, recently awarded the coveted Green Flag status. The marina has excellent road links from both the M1 and A1, with mainline rail links to London (only 40 minutes to St. Pancras), the Midlands and the East from Bedford station and nearby Sandy.

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Poplar Dock Marina

The 90 berth marina has been designed to offer boaters the highest quality facilities available in terms of safety, security, comfort and style. It is within easy reach of a host of specialist shops, restaurants, pubs and attractions on the thriving Canary Wharf Estate, and central London is just minutes away on the Jubilee Line and the Docklands Light Railway.

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