Dry dock between K and A and Shroppie.

[nb celestine]

Hi, We are going from Devizes on the K&A to Llangollen this year and wanted a dry dock somewhere between the two.

 

Can anyone recommend one and a rough guide to the price please. We need it for a week.

 

Cheers, Paul.

[Gazboatman]

Hi, We are going from Devizes on the K&A to Llangollen this year and wanted a dry dock somewhere between the two.

 

Can anyone recommend one and a rough guide to the price please. We need it for a week.

 

Cheers, Paul.

 

There's one at Stourport, not sure on prices or anything though.

 

ETA Probably not on your route tho.

Edited January 12, 2012 by Gazboatman

[Nightwatch]

If DIY, try Newbury Boat Company. They used to let on that basis.

 

Theres Dry Docks at Banbury, Fenny Compton & Braunston (2), Further North I'm not sure. I am sure though that there will be some more.

 

Weather DIY or not sure either.

Price? You would need to enquire.

Martyn

[mickspangle]

There's one at Semington, which has a website although maybe a bit close to Devizes for you? There's one just above the lock at Bradford on Avon, they have facilities for blacking up to 60' narrowboats on the Somerset coal canal at Dundas and then you're onto the river Avon to Bristol where they can lift some big bad boats - useful for barges and widebeams. There's a big yard at Keynsham and bound to be a few in Bristol Harbour. Beyond Bristol I don't really know.

 

...actually I had assumed you'd be heading west from Devizes. What route are you planning?

 

...actually I had assumed you'd be heading west from Devizes. What route are you planning?

[Smelly]

Caggys at Tipton... Very possibly the cheapest, but busy busy busy as a result. You'll need to track Ralph's number down as there's rarely anyone answering the phone.

[Tim F]

Oxfordshire Narrowboats on the Oxford Canal at Lower Heyford 01869340348

[Tim Lewis]

Hi, We are going from Devizes on the K&A to Llangollen this year and wanted a dry dock somewhere between the two.

 

Can anyone recommend one and a rough guide to the price please. We need it for a week.

 

Cheers, Paul.

 

If you are going up the GU there is one at Bulbourne which we have used:

 

http://www.batesboatyard.co.uk/drydock.htm

 

Cost for DIY is £100 plus £65 a day for narrow beam.

 

Tim

[Dominic M]

Going north there is Hatherton (01785 715988) on the northern half of the Staffs and Worcs, which may be slightly off your route but not much, depending on which way you intend to go to get to Hurleston Junction.

 

On the Shroppie there is the Audlem Boat Co at Overwater Marina, Audlem (07772 386798); Norbury Wharf, unsurprisingly, at Norbury (01785 284292);

[Nightwatch]

Oxfordshire Narrowboats on the Oxford Canal at Lower Heyford 01869340348

Is this a dry dock?

 

 

Martyn

[Tim F]

Is this a dry dock?

 

 

Martyn

 

 

Yes, there is a dry dock and a covered hoist.

[Nightwatch]

Yes, there is a dry dock and a covered hoist.

Hi Tim F. Please accept my apologies. I didn't realise.

 

Martyn

[nb celestine]

There's one at Semington, which has a website although maybe a bit close to Devizes for you? There's one just above the lock at Bradford on Avon, they have facilities for blacking up to 60' narrowboats on the Somerset coal canal at Dundas and then you're onto the river Avon to Bristol where they can lift some big bad boats - useful for barges and widebeams. There's a big yard at Keynsham and bound to be a few in Bristol Harbour. Beyond Bristol I don't really know.

 

...actually I had assumed you'd be heading west from Devizes. What route are you planning?

 

...actually I had assumed you'd be heading west from Devizes. What route are you planning?

 

 

Hi Mick, I did contact Semington but it was going to cost £640 for a week so a bit steep for me.

 

I,ll be going East then up the Thames and then havent decided on the route yet.

 

I,ve heard Stone isnt bad if I head that way.

 

Thanks for the info everyone.

[Laurie Booth]

Shereborne Wharf in Birmingham now have a dry dock. On the Soho loop.

[mickspangle]

Hi Mick, I did contact Semington but it was going to cost £640 for a week so a bit steep for me.

 

I know - I couldn't believe it when they told me after I enquired about the price. It's almost cheaper to get Hilperton to do the blacking for me, and that's on a 70' boat.

 

Still, they will let you have a mixture of wet and dry dock ( £40/day wet dock as opposed to £80/day for dry) and let you have it by the day. Still seems a lot though.

[luctor et emergo]

Stone is very good, and not very expensive.