Thames license cost

[denboy]

Ok folks the old question again sorry, got to get a boat to Bristol how much is the Thames licence thanks

[carlt]

Can't answer the question but, since the demise of Gary's search function, the lovely paulcatchpole has kindly set one up:

 

CWF search

[alan_fincher]

Denis,

 

You pay by area, not length.

 

Unfortunately you can only buy them "by the day", or for "15 days"

 

Cost us about £100 for a 15 day licence for a 50 foot NB, (but I think the lockie cocked up slighly, in our favour).

 

Details here.....

 

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/stati...ting_launch.pdf

[denboy]

Thank you both still as clear as mud

much better search that one is carlt

[Nightwatch]

Denis,

 

You pay by area, not length.

 

Unfortunately you can only buy them "by the day", or for "15 days"

 

Cost us about £100 for a 15 day licence for a 50 foot NB, (but I think the lockie cocked up slighly, in our favour).

 

Alan.

 

That's an expensive stretch of water. Our boat would cost £32.00 a day and £106.00 for 15 days.

 

We were toying with the idea of "doing" the Thames this year. I'm not prepared to pay that sort of money.

 

Martyn

[Sir Nibble]

If you are going to Bristol, then you will want to re enter BW waters at Reading and make passage along the length of the K&A. Coming off BW waters onto the thames I suggest you use Oxford, reason being that the run to Reading is then downriver and therefore faster. That's about 2 days run without thrashing, a Thames one day licence, believe it or not will cover you for two days. Last year that was 32 quid for my 50' nb.

[stickleback]

So, a 57 foot narrow boat from Brentford to wherever the Wey navigation starts would cost what sort of money? I find the environment agency site rather confusing!

[alan_fincher]

So, a 57 foot narrow boat from Brentford to wherever the Wey navigation starts would cost what sort of money? I find the environment agency site rather confusing!

Well it's certainly do-able in under 2 days.

 

So if Sir Nibble is correct, that only needs a 1 day licence. (I had been told this about two days for one, before, but lockie he said no!).

 

Depending on your exact length and beam, I suggest you'll either fall in the price of £32 per day, or £35 per day.

 

The annoying thing is there is no 7 day licence - what you really need to cover Oxford to Teddington without a big rush. Doing that on day licences quickly works out at more than a 15 day licence, which would be either £106 or £124 for a boat circa 57 feet.

 

(If the boat is 6' 10", it may fall into the cheaper pricing, at 7' 0", I don't think it strictly would - not that they measure it, mind. ).

 

As Night Watch says, it's not cheap to go there, for some trips, at least.

[paulcatchpole]

Can't answer the question but, since the demise of Gary's search function, the lovely paulcatchpole has kindly set one up:

 

CWF search

 

Awww, why thank you!

 

Few people call me lovely, not even CreamCheese most of the time!

 

HTH, PC

[stickleback]

Well it's certainly do-able in under 2 days.

 

So if Sir Nibble is correct, that only needs a 1 day licence. (I had been told this about two days for one, before, but lockie he said no!).

 

Depending on your exact length and beam, I suggest you'll either fall in the price of £32 per day, or £35 per day.

 

The annoying thing is there is no 7 day licence - what you really need to cover Oxford to Teddington without a big rush. Doing that on day licences quickly works out at more than a 15 day licence, which would be either £106 or £124 for a boat circa 57 feet.

 

(If the boat is 6' 10", it may fall into the cheaper pricing, at 7' 0", I don't think it strictly would - not that they measure it, mind. ).

 

As Night Watch says, it's not cheap to go there, for some trips, at least.

 

 

Thanks for that _ So, it would be 2 days there, 2 days back - about £140. I think I might go North!!!

 

Stickleback

[Sir Nibble]

Thanks for that _ So, it would be 2 days there, 2 days back - about £140. I think I might go North!!!

 

Stickleback

Trust me, an EA one day licence covers you for 2 days. I did Reading to Oxford and back last summer.