Mooring on private land on the Thames

[OldGoat]

 

Is this common? Would I be far less pressed to find a leisure mooring with an understanding landlord? Is this frowned upon or fairly common practice?

 

OldGoat Who would I need to speak to in order to discuss mooring at Shepperton lock?

 

 

Here you go:-

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/.../LIT_6690.pdf

 

They aren't a lot cheaper (IIRC) than marinas

[David Mack]

There are a few Thames marinas that don't nod and wink liveaboards because of complaints from neighbours. But if they don't mention it, you should be ok..

 

But be aware that as a boat resident you have absolutely no security of tenure, and a mooring owner can tell you to clear off with next to no notice.

 

Here's a thread about one such occurrence: http://www.canalworld.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=65374

[Lady Muck]

Living on a big river that floods is a seriously challenging way to live. I know that Blackrose has successfully lived on both the Thames and the Avon but he is a really energetic and clued-up boater. Unless you are very experienced with boats and rivers I would not recommend an ad-hoc end-of-garden mooring. Get yourself into a marina where the pontoons rise and fall with the river levels and where your boat has constant access to things like water, electricity, sewerage - and the riverbank!

 

The London waterways are filling up with people who foolishly fell into a lifestyle that is far harder than anything on land. For the unwary, choosing to live on a boat can be a terrible poverty trap - you get caught in a lifestyle that is physically challenging and you can't find the energy or the means to get out of it.

This is great advice.

 

Living onboard can be not only be a poverty trap but a time trap, our observation is that the London lifestyle (out socialising most nights and all weekend) clashes with the attention that the boatlife needs. You get a situation where boaters don't have the time to take their boat to a boatyard (or even a pump out machine) and find out pretty quickly that engineers etc aren't necessarily going to come to them. Being a liveaboard is like having an extra part time job. You need to have the time to give it the attention it needs otherwise you can pretty quickly end up living in squalor.

Edited May 29, 2014 by Lady Muck

[ditchcrawler]

 

Have a search for "London Boaters" I believe they have a facebookpage (or something - I dont do facebook) Alledgedly there are only 8 water points (taps) for 3000 boaters and you can be queuing for days to be able to fill your water tank.

 

London is not geared up to handle, service or moor 3000+ boats and more arriving daily.

 

Edit - Link added

 

http://www.londonboaters.org/

But that is the canals

 

Have a search for "London Boaters" I believe they have a facebookpage (or something - I dont do facebook) Alledgedly there are only 8 water points (taps) for 3000 boaters and you can be queuing for days to be able to fill your water tank.

 

London is not geared up to handle, service or moor 3000+ boats and more arriving daily.

 

Edit - Link added

 

http://www.londonboaters.org/

But that is the canals

 

 

Here you go:-

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/.../LIT_6690.pdf

 

They aren't a lot cheaper (IIRC) than marinas

Didn't work for me

[Jerra]

Didn't work for me

Or me.

[Joeyboy]

Very interesting I have end of garden moorings for hire Weybridge/NewHaw area with water, mains electrics and sesspit that can be plumbed into if anyone is interested please contact me.

07495 537657

 

[mark99]

9 hours ago, Joeyboy said:

Very interesting I have end of garden moorings for hire Weybridge/NewHaw area with water, mains electrics and sesspit that can be plumbed into if anyone is interested please contact me.

07495 537657

 

Wey or Thames?

[Joeyboy]

The Wey river not navigation