Marinas on the canal and river network. Each listing gives the location, who runs it and the facilities on site, with links to its moorings, dry dock and other services where they have their own listings. Berths and prices change, so contact the marina before you travel.
Blackthorn Lake Marina is on the River Nene at Ringstead, Northamptonshire, off Station Road. It has moorings for narrowboats and river cruisers. On-site services include fuel, pump-out, Boat Safety Scheme certification, boat brokerage, a slipway and a floating paint dock. The office is open Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm and Saturday 9am to 2pm, and is closed on Sunday. Call 01933 622038 or email office@blackthornlakemarina.co.uk.
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Frouds Bridge Marina is an off-river marina on the Kennet & Avon Canal near Aldermaston in West Berkshire. Its entrance is beside Frouds Bridge No 29 on the River Kennet section, about a mile upstream of Aldermaston Lock No 95. The entrance is on a blind bend where the current can run fast. It has around 160 leisure and high-use berths on 9,000ft of wooden jetties. Facilities include diesel, LPG, pump-out and Elsan, showers and toilets, free WiFi, coal and logs and recycling, with a code gate and CCTV. There’s also a floating dry dock and paint tent, a chandlery, brokerage, and engineering and hull work. Run by Wasing Ltd.
Caen Hill Waterside Marina is on the Kennet & Avon Canal at Lower Foxhangers, near Rowde, about three miles west of Devizes. It lies just below Devizes Bottom Lock No 22 and Lower Foxhanger Bridge No 146, at the foot of the Devizes flight. It offers leisure, visitor and winter moorings on serviced jetties. On site are pump-out, diesel, gas, coal and logs, showers, toilets, laundry, free WiFi, refuse disposal, secure parking and boat sales, with key-fob gates and CCTV. Operated by Aquavista.
Napton Marina is an off-line marina on the South Oxford Canal, just south of Napton Junction (Wigram’s Turn), where the Grand Union from Warwick joins. It’s on Tomlow Road, north of Napton on the Hill in Warwickshire. The marina is home to Napton Narrowboats, which runs a hire fleet and offers private moorings.
Braunston Marina is on the Grand Union Canal main line at Braunston, Northamptonshire, about a quarter of a mile east of Braunston Turn, where the Oxford Canal joins. It sits between Bridge 91 and Butcher’s Bridge (No 1), below Braunston Locks, with entrances at both ends. It has moorings for around 240 boats, with electric hook-up, water, showers, toilets, laundry, pump-out and cassette disposal, diesel, gas and coal, recycling, and secure parking with CCTV and EV charging. The boatyard has a dry dock and a wet dock and handles engine servicing, blacking, electrics, gas, plumbing, woodwork, surveys and Boat Safety Scheme work. There are boat sales on site, and the marina hosts the annual Braunston Historic Boat Rally.