Mooring, navigation, licences and other fees at Bristol Harbour. 

Lots of people on a boat and on the shore in summertime

Annual mooring charges per metre

  • Live aboard mooring: £380
  • Pontoon mooring: £293
  • Non pontoon mooring: £175
  • Winter mooring (October to March): £205
  • Dedicated electricity supply (usage charges apply) VAT exempt: £109.50

Annual storage charges

  • Dinghy park: £383.25
  • Racking: £273.75
  • Dutch barn: £438

Short term (visitor) charges

  • 24 hours licence: £3.50 per metre
  • 48 hours licence: £6 per metre
  • 7 day licence: £11.80 per metre
  • 24 hours, manually propelled licence (leisure or private) for kayaks, canoes, stand up paddleboards, rowing boats and sailing dinghies: £11.70
  • 24 hours, commercial visitor licence: £11.70
  • Multilhulls: £4.95 per metre

Navigation only fees: per craft (no access to shower facilities)

  • 24 hours, manually propelled licence (leisure or private) for kayaks, canoes, stand up paddleboards, rowing boats and sailing dinghies): £10.95
  • Annual, manually propelled vessel licence (leisure or private): £58.50 (less than 4 metres)
  • Annual, powered craft (leisure or private): £58.50 per metre
  • Annual lease for mooring craft that are berthed at Underfall Yard: £227.20

Pontoon hire: marina type, 11.1 metres

  • Per day, up to 7 days: £35
  • Every day after, per day: £70

Attendance on impounded craft

  • Storage charge per week, or part of week: £117
  • Towing charge for craft: £293

Administration services

  • Replacement of lost or damaged licence: £35
  • Replacement of car parking permit: £35
  • Refund of licence: £117
  • Mailing services: £117
  • Late submission of events, notice to mariners: £234
  • Diving and hot-work permits: £234

Miscellaneous charges

  • Sanitary pump out tokens: £12.90
  • Laundry token: £9.40
  • Hire of harbour vessel with crew: £293 per hour
  • Boat lift at Underfall Yard (maximum weight of 2 tonnes): £293
  • Lifting of Redcliffe Bridge: £585
  • Hire of flatter: £117 per day
  • Hire of flater (transport fee): £293

Other fees and charges

For all other enquiries, including commercial, contact the Harbour Office:

Also see Commercial vessels fees and charges