Visiting Clarence Dock...

[Robbo]

Just to let visitors of Clarence Dock aware that the Leeds Office is now only open Monday, Wednesday and Friday 10am-12pm, 2pm-4pm. If you've been before you'll be aware that the electric cards are different to standard BW ones used everywhere else , and the Leeds Office is the only place to get them.

[wobbley]

If you've been before you'll be aware that the electric cards are different to standard BW

They certainly are different. With the price they've set per Kw/h at Clarence, BW will be out of financial trouble by autumn !

 

There are some new moorings up at Granary Wharf which have coin meters. But I hear these are going to be £6 a night - bit pricey.

[LoneWolf]

They certainly are different. With the price they've set per Kw/h at Clarence, BW will be out of financial trouble by autumn !

 

There are some new moorings up at Granary Wharf which have coin meters. But I hear these are going to be £6 a night - bit pricey.

 

 

Have they changed the price since October? I thought the electric very reasonable when i was there, £1 card lasted me 5 days.

£6 per night is the cost of staying more than 3 days in Clarence dock.

 

 

Thanks for the info re opening times Robbo - I'll remember that if i go that way come April...

[wobbley]

Have they changed the price since October? I thought the electric very reasonable when i was there, £1 card lasted me 5 days.

£6 per night is the cost of staying more than 3 days in Clarence dock.

 

 

Thanks for the info re opening times Robbo - I'll remember that if i go that way come April...

I think it's supposed to be set at 30p per unit (1xKw/H) but doing some calculations I reckon the meter I was using is nearer 50p/ unit. Someone who came up from Lemonroyd a few weeks ago was commenting that he was spending twice as much on electric as his home mooring.

 

I think the £6/ night at Granary Wharf will be from the first night, without 2 or 3 days visitors allowance.

[Robbo]

Have they changed the price since October? I thought the electric very reasonable when i was there, £1 card lasted me 5 days.

£6 per night is the cost of staying more than 3 days in Clarence dock.

 

I can confirm that the electric price does seem very reasonable, although I've not done any serious calcs, I regularly use a 3Kw and 1Kw heater for over 2 hours a day and it's around the £1/day when I do.

 

Re open times, alot of the permanent moorers have the £1 cards available as we get asked if we have by visitors (mainly at weekends).

[wobbley]

If they are restricting the availability of electric cards at Fearns Wharf, it would be good to have them available at the Tesco. Most visitors would probably go there anyway and it's only about 100m away.

[Robbo]

If they are restricting the availability of electric cards at Fearns Wharf, it would be good to have them available at the Tesco. Most visitors would probably go there anyway and it's only about 100m away.

 

I've suggested Royal Armories to them as well.

[jelunga]

I have seen several mooring auctions for spaces at Clarence Dock. most have either not had bids or the bid has not execeeded the reserve.

Looking at the site pictures I am not surprised. Who would want to moor there? No parking, high prices and in an area where BW say they may lock you in.

not for me thank you

[Robbo]

I have seen several mooring auctions for spaces at Clarence Dock. most have either not had bids or the bid has not execeeded the reserve.

Looking at the site pictures I am not surprised. Who would want to moor there? No parking, high prices and in an area where BW say they may lock you in.

not for me thank you

 

I would, best thing I did was to move to Clarence Dock from Huddersfield. It's a quiet city center location, if you don't want city I can understand, but Clarence Dock is a nice place to moor and live.

 

The "lock you in" is basically because Clarence Dock is on the Aire & Calder and they close the flood gates at high river levels.

Edited February 9, 2010 by Robbo

[jelunga]

I would, best thing I did was to move to Clarence Dock from Huddersfield. It's a quiet city center location, if you don't want city I can understand, but Clarence Dock is a nice place to moor and live.

 

The "lock you in" is basically because Clarence Dock is on the Aire & Calder and they close the flood gates at high river levels.

 

I bow to your superior local knowledge. Pity aboutthe car parking though

[Robbo]

I bow to your superior local knowledge. Pity aboutthe car parking though

 

Living in a city center and you'll pay for parking. They have had parking options on the tenders and it is worth it if you need a car. But for me, I've not needed it, the train station is a 10min walk and I work in the center, on the occasion I do there's those by the hour car hire cars in the nearest car park (about 100m).

 

Clarence Dock is not perfect, the residential area I've moaned about here before mainly been in the cwap area of the dock and a foot bridge that the residents can't operate. The Leisure moorings are better and where most of us are. Also the Showers/Toilets need totally redoing and for what is marketed as upmarket mooring these are really poor.

[wobbley]

By coincidence this has been on the local news tonight. Mumtaz Khan, owner of the 'Mumtaz' restaurant next to the moorings, was complaining that the developers need to reduce the price of car parking. He said the £250m Clarence Dock development was in danger of becoming a ghost town.

 

 

Also the Showers/Toilets need totally redoing and for what is marketed as upmarket mooring these are really poor.

They could also do with being moved 300 yards closer. You get some very strange looks walking across the square by the entrance to the Armouries with just a towel to cover your embarassment !

[Robbo]

You get some very strange looks walking across the square by the entrance to the Armouries with just a towel to cover your embarassment !

 

So it was you then!

 

 

The residential part has bins nearby by the side of one of the flats (about 20m away), they should have got more space and made into a decent shower block IMHO.

[Bodkin]

They certainly are different. With the price they've set per Kw/h at Clarence, BW will be out of financial trouble by autumn !

 

There are some new moorings up at Granary Wharf which have coin meters. But I hear these are going to be £6 a night - bit pricey.

 

I know this post is from a month ago, but wondered if someone could advise on mooring at Granary Wharf. Using the Pearson's canal guides to locate vistor moorings, we moored up at Granary Wharf for 1 night on Saturday. We noticed the electric points but there were no signs saying private moorings and no other boats moored up at all.

 

After about 30 minutes of being moored someone came and told us that the moorings were private and would we please move along.

 

As we had used the Pearson guides to locate visitor moorings I asked where we could move to and was told that there wasn't anywhere nearby.

 

After explaining we were only planning to stay for one night we were advised it would be 'security's call' as to whether we could stay. They never came back and so we presumed we were ok and left mid-morning the next day.

 

If we wanted to spend the evening in Leeds can anyone advise where the nearest visitor moorings are?

 

Thanks

[barge sara]

If we wanted to spend the evening in Leeds can anyone advise where the nearest visitor moorings are?

 

Clarence Dock has limited visitor moorings immediately outside the Armouries museum. Last time we were there, last October or so, the unlet long term moorings on the opposite side of the dock had very small notices on offering them as visitor moorings too.

[Robbo]

Note the times have changed again, it's now 10am-12pm Mon-Fri.

[Robbo]

Note the times have changed again, it's now 10am-12pm Mon-Fri.

 

 

Just had a notice from BW saying that the electric cards are now available from Waterscape..

[Jayen4]

So it was you then!

 

 

The residential part has bins nearby by the side of one of the flats (about 20m away), they should have got more space and made into a decent shower block IMHO.

 

 

 

I take it that you and Wobbly live at Clarence Dock then ?? What sort of boats do you two have,if you don't mind me asking ??

I wouldn't mind paying a visit actually,to have a natter/get more info on boats/canal life...... Actually,I WAS there last week,when I called in at BW's offices and I came across the bridge to have a look at the dock/marina...... I spoke to the lady that does the boat trips,when they came in whilst I was there (Black Prince I think it was).

[JamesLeeds]

I'm considering bidding on a residential mooring, but the leisure ones are so much better, more secure, and much more desirable... Although, at least I could moor my windows that leak under the building!

[Robbo]

Just had a notice from BW saying that the electric cards are now available from Waterscape..

 

Another update, the £1 electric cards are available on reception during office hours ( 8.30-17.00? ) now.

[Wisconsin Convert]

Anyone know if Clarence Dock or Granary Wharf are likely to have any visitor moorings open for the Leeds Waterfront Festival June 25th and 26th. My wife and I are going to be coming in then in a hire boat as we do the Northern Pennine Ring. We'd love to see the festival, but have no idea how hard it will be to find a safe/good spot to moor.

[Robbo]

It's worth mooring in Clarence dock for perfect view of the dragon boat races, you'll need to be here early though....

[wobbley]

Two years ago we reserved a mooring for the Water Festival. BW 'gave' you 2 days mooring free (in addition to the 2 day VM you are entitled to) if you festooned your boat with bunting, flags and balloons and sailed up to River Lock with the parade. May be worth a call to BW to see if they are still doing this.

 

 

I've been down at Clarence Dock today and it is quite busy, which is a pleasant change. There were still a few moorings left on the herringbone but all the linear moorings by the Armouries were full. In fact, if "Robbo" looks in front of his boat tonight, mine is the huge red one just off his bow!

 

I'm rather pleased that the party boat 'Black Prince' seems to have stopped taking up visitors moorings here. I'm sorry if they have stopped trading and/or people have lost jobs, but I really don't see the justification for them taking up space where they were intead of mooring in the football pitch sized 'commercial/business' pool, which has only one boat in it!

Edited May 31, 2011 by wobbley

[JamesLeeds]

The little red dingy? I'm also in the dock perm.. The blue one on the end nearest the footbridge!

 

We should all go for some dock/cwdf beers!

[Robbo]

I haven't heard anything about the parade this year, so I presume there not having one.

 

Yep, the trip boat is now no longer in business. The office boat in the commercial area is now owned by a IT firm.

 

I wont comment on the layout of Clarence dock and where the residential/commercial bits are!

 

To the OP, the dock does get busy in summer months, although there is moorings outside the dock and near the pumpout which don't.

 

Here some photos from last year http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/mypontiac/sets/72157624243128359/ and year before http://m.flickr.com/#/photos/mypontiac/sets/72157620593420209/

 

. In fact, if "Robbo" looks in front of his boat tonight, mine is the huge red one just off his bow!

 

Well hello there! :-)