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River Thurne -

• Potter Heigham - Herbert Woods

River Bure -

• Coltishall - Mace Post Office 24 Wroxham Road.
• Hoveton/Wroxham -  Broads Information Centre, Station Road.
• Hoveton/Wroxham - Norfolk Marine, Station Road.
• Horning - Tidings Newsagents, 10 Lower Street.
• Horning - Ferry Marina
• Ranworth - Visitor Centre.
• Acle - Dunes River Cafe at Acle Bridge.
• Gt.Yarmouth -  Yacht Station.

• River Ant -
• Stalham - Simpson's Boatyard.
• Sutton - Sutton Staithe Boatyard.
• Neatishead - White House Stores.
• How Hill Toad Hole Cottage Visitor Centre.
• Ludham - Big Shop On Womack Staithe.

River Waveney -.

• Burgh Castle - Goodchild Marine.
• Somerleyton - Somerleyton Cycles & Ice Cream Parlour.
• Oulton Broad - Oulton Broad Chandlery Jeckells & Sons. ???

River Yare -

• Hardley Windmill Trust.
• Reedham - Quay Rangers Hut.
• Rockland St. Mary - New Inn Pub (Near Rockland Broad).
• Rockland St. Mary - Post Office & Stores 41 St Mary (Near Rockland Broad).
• Brundall - ), Norfolk Yacht Agency..
• Brundall - Broom Boats.

River Wensum -

• Norwich - Yacht Station.

River Chet -

• Loddon -  Bridge Stores.

Some boatyards may also stock cards but possibly only purchasable by hirers of their boats.

The table below lists Norfolk Broads Authority 24 hour moorings and shore power points where available. Some of the additional non Broads Authority moorings may have shore power points but these may not use the electric card system. The additional shore power points can be found on “The Facilities Page”

B.A Shore power electric card retailers are listed at the bottom of this page.

The moorings are listed in order from North to South. The vast majority of Broads Authority moorings are free but normally chargeable at Yacht Stations where facilities may be provided.

As boats vary greatly in size the number of moorings at each location is only an estimate and is based on an average space of 36 ft for each boat. Where double mooring is allowed the higher figure is based on all boats being double moored.

Subject to availability there are free moorings at hire boatyards. In addition there are moorings at staithes, privately owned or council moorings, pubs, restaurants and hotels. Several of these moorings may be chargeable. Some of these additional moorings can be found on “The Facilities Page” and pubs on “The Pub Map page”

Mooring at hire craft boatyards Is free but moorings are normally restricted to their own craft on main boat take over/return days typically but not restricted to Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays.  Some boatyards may not allow overnight mooring the day before take over/return days so it’s best to check with the boatyard first.  A list that includes Hire Boatyards with associated telephone numbers can be found on the facilities page using the above “Facilities“ tab.

Some moorings at pubs, hotels and restaurants are free to customers but others charge mooring fees sometimes partly or fully refundable when purchasing food.

On river banks I would only moor where there are signs permitting or as a customer outside a pub/businesses. Just because there may be no sign prohibiting mooring does not give you automatic right to moor there.

Yacht Stations

• Yarmouth Yacht Station - Staffed every day during the season 8.00am - 8.00pm from the Saturday before Easter until the first week in November.  Unattended and no mooring is allowed outside this period. Y.S Tel: 01493 842794. Some boatyards may also restrict travel toward and through Yarmouth out of season.  If this could be an issue it may be best to check with the boatyard before booking.

Opposite Yarmouth Yacht Station at Everitt Marine Services there are two overnight moorings available all year round. The  Moorings are based at Crusader Boatyard and have non BA electric points. Contact Tel: 07943 700865

• Norwich Yacht Station - Staffed 8.00am - 8.00pm from the Saturday before Easter until the first week of November. Tel: 01603 612980
• Reedham Quay – Staffed 8.00am - 8.00pm from the Saturday before Easter until the first week of November. Although unstaffed from November to Easter, mooring is allowed all year round but you will find the water hoses removed. They do sometimes leave one hose operational by the main hut. Mooring is free all year round.
• Beccles and Oulton Broad Yacht station –  Not BA but believe Council. Moorings and can be booked by contacting the relevant Harbour Master.  Beccles: 01502 712225 and  Oulton Broad: 01502 574946 or both via VHF Channel 73.

It is worth noting that the next moorings cruising north from Great Yarmouth is near the Stracey Arms wind pump and is approximately 9 miles away.  It is not a Broads Authority mooring area, but a very large mooring area running along the back of which long ago was The Stracey Arms pub. A mooring fee is payable.

Southern Broads

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Northern Broads

Shore Power Electric Card Retailers

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The cards are single use and cost £1 each. The whole amount is taken from the card as soon as you use it. Any unused credit remains at the electric point so before using the card it's worth checking to see if there is any credit remaining from the previous user.

New replacement electric points were installed and the work was completed by 1st April 2017.  All electric points now require the new contactless touch cards. The old cards will not work.

Running engines. On occasions there may be a need to run the engine to put a bit of charge in the batteries or heat water etc. Etiquette suggests we endeavour not to run  boat engines whilst moored up where other boats may be close enough to cause them a nuisance.  

Should it deem necessary to run the engine the general consensus makes it more acceptable between the hours of 08:00 and 20:00. Should you need to run the engine for a prolonged period or outside of these hours it would be polite to let your neighbours know the reason. I would also only run the engine at no more than a fast tick over

I do my best to avoid running the engine when double moored, moored stern on next to another boat or in a busy marina.

You may need to start the engine and leave the moorings early in the morning, perhaps to reach Yarmouth for slack water, aim for some other destination due to water levels at bridges or maybe the return of the boat at the end of your holiday. I normally first untie and retie the ropes to ensure they can be easily released and raise the mud weight if applicable. I then start the engine, check that gauges display as they should and check water is being pumped out of the exhaust. Once the engine ticks over smoothly we are untied and on our way. This normally takes no more than 2 or 3 minutes of running the engine before departure.

Fishing and moorings.  Broads Authority  24 hour moorings are primarily for the mooring of boats and take priority over people fishing.  I would personally not  recommend fishing from the bank of pub moorings as I am sure the owners would want their moorings to be available for customers. You can always fish from onboard the boat and just reel in whilst a boat is coming in to moor near you.

Double Mooring.The Broads Authority are promoting double mooring in some locations which are listed in the chart under mooring description as (DMA). Hopefully this will only be necessary at very busy times. You need to gain agreement from those on board the other boat before mooring alongside. Only moor alongside a boat that is at least as large as yours.  I would personally only double moor as a last resort and would go out of my way to moor next to another hire boat. For the official B.A double mooring policy please click here.

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