[Fazeley Marina to Gas Street Basin - how long?]

Sammie

 

You may find this link helpful as I record the time it took me along a canal so that the info can be useful to others and myself for the next time

 

http://www.boatmail.co.uk/Birmingham%20&%20Fazeley.htm

 

I would not moor anywhere further north than Minworth thinking the last 'safe' place to be The Kingsley Arms pub - good moorings outside

 

When you get to GSB, the better moorings are outside the NIA as these are generally quieter and have CCTV to keep an eye on you !

 

John

 

www.boatmail.co.uk - secure and responsive mail forwarding

[Residential moorings in Warwickshire]

Hi everyone i'm new to this forum and thought I would post on the offchance I have missed something in my research!

 

I am hoping to move onto a boat in the next few months and have come up against the 'residential mooring' challenge - I have found several marinas where you can effectively live aboard all the time on an unofficial basis but I am trying to find an 'official' mooring because I run my own business and therefore need to be on the voters roll / have a proper residential address etc etc (I don't have the option of using family or friend's addresses).

 

I live in Warwickshire and I think i've tried everywhere now - most don't have residential moorings and those few that do (Saltisford, Copt Heath, one near Southam i've forgotten the name of) have huge waiting lists....

 

Does anyone know of any I might have missed?!

 

I think the nearest BW moorings are Birmingham and they do have one up for tender in Hockley Port at the moment - anyone know what this is like? Also, i've been told that one will be coming up in Gas Street Basin shortly - again anyone got any knowledge?

 

If I do tender and win a mooring in Birmingham, does anyone know how often you actually have to be on the mooring? I ask because I will need to be around Warwick a lot of the time, and returning to Birmingham will involve a lot of locks (i'll be single handed)! Is it OK to just use your residential mooring every now and then?

 

Finally, as my family live in the Burton on Trent area, i'd also consider moorings around there eg Tamworth, Willington - any suggestions?

 

Sorry for all the questions!

 

Susie

 

Susie

 

Only just joined the group so looking through older posts !

 

You will find moorings quite easily but residentials are hard to find iunless you want to be on a waiting list for sometime.

 

It may easier to find a morring that turns a blind eye to liveaboards so you can get onto the baot quite quickly and wait for the elusive residential mooring to appear

 

As for running a business from a boat, unless you have residential status, it is doudful that you will have mail delivered to the place where your boat is moored. Have you considered having an address provided by a mail forwarding company with the mail sent to where you may be working or to be collected at the local Post Office under the Poste Restante arrangement ? If you put 'mail forwarding' into google you will find many companies who provide this service

 

John

 

www.boatmail.co.uk

[Permanent address for NHS care etc]

Pete

 

You may like to consider having a mail forwarding address in the UK so as far as the authorities are concerned, you have a permanent address. You could choose which, if not all your mail, could be sent there and of course could be forwarded to anywhere you are in the world

 

If you search on 'mail forwarding' in google or one of the other search engines, you will find many companies that provide these servcices

 

John