Medway Navigation boat registration and other charges: 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
Updated 19 February 2024
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The Environment Agency (Inland Waterways) Order 2010.
Southern Water Authority Act 1982 (sections 35, 42 and 46).
The National navigation boat charging scheme 2022 to 2023 sets out the charges for all boats, kept or used on the Medway Navigation from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023. It is made under the powers of the Environment Agency to fix charges in sections 35, 42 and 46 of Southern Water Authority Act 1982 and under article 23 of The Environment Agency (Inland Waterways) Order 2010.
The scheme will increase charges by 4% in 2023 to 2024 and a further 2% in 2024 to 2025. Charges will then continue at the 2024 values each year until the scheme is amended.
This requirement extends to every part of the Medway Navigation between Allington Lock and the Leigh Barrier at Tonbridge, including backwaters and marinas.
All boats have to register and pay the appropriate charge unless they are exempt from charge (go to section 10).
Annual charges are due on 1 April of each year, and they expire on 31 March each year.
If a powered or unpowered enclosed boat is registered for the first time part way through a registration year, then a pro rata (reduced) charge may apply in certain circumstances (go to section 14).
Visitor charges (monthly, weekly and daily) are due when coming onto the waterway and they expire after the defined period of the registration. They are valid from the date and time set when registering for the period. Boats kept on Environment Agency waterways are not eligible for visitor registrations.
Monthly visitor charges allow a boat to be on the waterway for consecutive 31 days.
Weekly visitor charges allow a boat to be on the waterway for 7 consecutive days.
Daily visitor charges allow a boat to be on the waterway for 24 hours. They are valid for 24 hours from the time of issue, or where issued in advance, valid for 24 hours from the date and time requested at application. Where tidal conditions prevent moving off the waterway within the valid time, the valid time shall be extended by 12 hours to allow passage on the next tide. Any extension will be managed by staff at our tidal locks.
Explorer charges allow a boat to be on the waterway for up to 15 non consecutive days in the annual registration period. The ‘explorer’ option is only available for privately owned unpowered open boats.
When registering a boat, the registered owner is responsible to pay the full charge.
Charges for powered boats and unpowered enclosed boats are subject to a minimum charge of £11.40.
Words or expressions used herein shall have the same meaning as defined in the Acts and the Order and the National navigation boat charging schemes from 2022.
1. Powered boats
“powered boat” means a boat which is mechanically propelled by a combustion engine, steam engine, or electric motor.
Annual charges for powered boats
Table 1. Annual charges for powered boats
| Length of boat | Charge |
|---|---|
| Not exceeding 7.6 metres | £47.16 per metre |
| Exceeding 7.6 metres up to and including 11 metres | £47.16 per metre for the first 7.6 metres then £42.29 per metre for remaining length of the boat |
| Exceeding 11 metres | £509.09 |
How to calculate the charge for powered boats
Example for a boat 6.5 metres long (not exceeding 7.6 metres long)
Step 1: Multiply the length by the charge per metre. For example 6.5 x £47.16 = £306.54
Example for a boat 10 metres long (exceeding 7.6 metres up to and including 11 metres)
Step 1: Multiply the length by the charge per metre for the first 7.6 metres. For example 7.6 x £47.16 = £358.41
Step 2: Multiply the length over 7.6 metres by charge per metre for remaining length. For example (10-7.6) x 42.29 = £101.49
Step 3: Add the 2 amounts together for the final charge. For example £358.41 + £101.49 = £459.90
Annual charges for electrically powered boats
“Electrically powered” means the power to propel the boat is solely from an electric motor.
Electrically powered boats shall pay 75% of the appropriate annual powered boat charge set out in table 1.
How to calculate the charge for electric powered boats:
Step 1: work out the powered boat charge using the steps in ‘Annual charges for powered boats’ above.
Step 2: multiply the result by 0.75
If a powered boat is registered for the first time part way through a registration year, then a pro rata (reduced) charge may apply in certain circumstances. Go to section 14 for more details.
Visitor charges
Visitor charges for powered boats
Monthly fee to be calculated as 25% of the annual charge as calculated using table 1.
Weekly fee to be calculated as 12.5% of the annual charge as calculated using table 1.
Daily fee for boats up to 7.6 metres in length: £16.75.
Daily fee for boats exceeding 7.6 metres in length: £33.75.
Charges for powered boats and unpowered enclosed boats are subject to a minimum charge of £11.40.
Electrically powered boats shall pay 75% of the visitor charges for powered boats.
Business boats pay these charges plus an additional business charge dependent on the business category. These charges and categories are outlined in section 6. Business charges do not apply to not-for-profit organisations or charities.
Charges for maintenance workboats and tugs are outlined in section 5.
Boats kept on Environment Agency waterways are not eligible for visitor registrations.
Privately owned powered boats, which have a current annual registration issued for an Environment Agency waterway, can visit the other Environment Agency waterways free of charge for two periods of 7 consecutive days.
2. Tenders
“Tender” means for Medway Navigation, a vessel which is used solely as the only tender to a vessel in the same ownership as the tender.
“vessel” means for Medway Navigation, every description of craft used or designed for use in navigation however intended to be navigated, propelled or moved and includes a hovercraft (as defined in the Hovercraft Act 1968), a hydrofoil vessel (being a vessel designed to be supported on foils) and anything constructed or used to carry persons or goods by water.
Table 2. Charges for unpowered tenders
| Registration charge type | Charge |
|---|---|
| Annual | £24.70 |
| Monthly | £17.80 |
| Weekly | £11.00 |
| Daily | £5.50 |
Table 3. Charges for powered tenders up to 3m in length
| Registration charge type | Powered | Electrically powered |
|---|---|---|
| Annual | £57.36 | £40.81 |
| Monthly | £27.50 | £20.20 |
| Weekly | £13.70 | £10.00 (subject to minimum charge) |
| Daily | £6.80 (subject to minimum charge) | £4.50 (subject to minimum charge) |
Table 4. Charges for tenders between 3m and less than 6m in length
| Registration charge type | Powered | Electrically powered |
|---|---|---|
| Annual | £75.01 | £56.26 |
| Monthly | £37.40 | £28.00 |
| Weekly | £18.60 | £13.40 |
| Daily | £9.20 (subject to minimum charge) | £6.70 (subject to minimum charge) |
Charges for powered boats and unpowered enclosed boats are subject to a minimum charge of £11.40.
Powered tenders that are greater than 6m in length pay the relevant powered boat charge outlined in section 1.
Business boats pay these charges plus an additional business charge dependent on the business category. These charges and categories are outlined in section 6.
The parent boat must be registered and declared when registering the ‘Tender’ for these charges to apply. Only one ‘Tender’ will be registered for each parent boat.
3. Unpowered open boats
“Unpowered open boat” means a boat that is not mechanically propelled; and is either open to the elements with no enclosed or decked accommodation space (including a rowing boat, dragon boat, punt, dinghy with or without sail, canoe, paddle board, light inflatable) or the occupants are only protected by a spray deck (including a kayak).
Table 5. Charges for unpowered open boats
| Registration charge type | Charge |
|---|---|
| Annual | £48.60 |
| Monthly | £21.80 |
| Weekly | £11.50 |
| Daily | £5.50 |
| Explorer (15 days) | £19.00 |
The annual registration or explorer registration for an unpowered open boat allows that boat to be used on any of the Environment Agency waterways.
Explorer registrations are only available for privately owned unpowered open boats. Explorer registration days do not have to be consecutive.
Business boats pay these charges plus an additional business charge dependent on the business category. These charges and categories are outlined in section 6.
4. Unpowered enclosed boats
“unpowered enclosed boat” means a boat that is not mechanically propelled, or the machinery that propels the boat has been removed or permanently disabled and is fully or partially structurally covered with enclosed or decked accommodation space (including houseboats as defined below and butty boats).
“houseboat” means any type of private domestic or commercial space, whether used for accommodation or not, built within or upon a navigable hull originally intended to be towed by a tug, whether or not it is still towed or is permanently moored (including a converted dumb barge, lighter or butty), or any type of private domestic or commercial space, whether used for accommodation or not, built within or upon a navigable hull but either not originally fitted with a means of propulsion or with the means of propulsion removed or permanently disabled (including a Dutch barge, Humber Keel barge, wide beam or narrowboat).
“permanently disabled engine” means an engine that has been mechanically altered so that it cannot be started or operated.
The charge for an unpowered enclosed boat is 50% of the relevant powered boat charge as outlined in section 1.
How to calculate the charge for unpowered enclosed boats
Step 1: work out the annual powered boat charge from section 1.
Step 2: multiply the result by 0.5.
Charges for unpowered enclosed boats are subject to a minimum charge of £11.40.
Business boats pay these charges plus an additional business charge dependent on the business category. These charges and categories are outlined in section 6.
If an unpowered enclosed boat is registered for the first time part way through a registration year, then a pro rata (reduced) charge may apply in certain circumstances. Go to section 14 for more details.
5. Maintenance workboats and tugs
“Tugs” means a powered boat principally kept or used on the waterway to push or pull other boats or floating equipment (including pontoons, floats, or rafts) and occasionally for carrying out maintenance work on the waterway and its banks and structures.
“Maintenance workboat” means a boat that is principally kept or used to undertake maintenance on, and about, the waterway and its banks and structures, and occasionally as a tug.
Table 6. Charges for powered maintenance workboats
| Registration charge type | Charge |
|---|---|
| Annual | £220.64 |
| Monthly | £55.00 |
| Weekly | £27.50 |
| Daily | £13.70 |
Table 7. Charges for unpowered maintenance workboats
| Registration charge type | Charge |
|---|---|
| Annual | £132.29 |
| Monthly | £33.00 |
| Weekly | £16.50 |
| Daily | £8.20 |
Table 8. Charges for tugs
| Charge type | Charge |
|---|---|
| Annual | £220.64 |
| Monthly | £55.00 |
| Weekly | £27.50 |
| Daily | £13.70 |
Charges for powered boats and unpowered enclosed boats are subject to a minimum charge of £11.40.
Business boats pay these charges plus an additional business charge dependent on the business category. These charges and categories are outlined in section 6.
6. Business boats
“business boat” means a boat kept or used on a waterway which is not kept or used solely as a private boat.
“private boat” means any boat that is kept and used on a waterway solely for private leisure purposes, and not for the purposes of generating income for any organisation or business or for providing a service to others.
Business boats shall pay the relevant boat charge outlined in sections 1 to 5 plus the relevant business charge for each boat as outlined in table 9. For powered boats and unpowered enclosed boats, the combined charge is subject to the minimum charge of £11.40.
There are several categories of business boat covering the different business uses. These are outlined below table 9.
Table 9. Business charges
| Business Boat Charge Category | Annual | Monthly | Weekly | Daily |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unpowered open business boat | £5.50 | £2.75 | £1.37 | £0.63 |
| Unpowered enclosed business boat | £137.90 | £82.70 | £41.80 | £20.80 |
| Unpowered business tender | £5.50 | £2.75 | £1.37 | £0.63 |
| Unpowered maintenance business workboat | £33.08 | £16.50 | £8.20 | £4.08 |
| Powered business boat, other than those covered elsewhere in this table (default) | £220.64 | £110.20 | £55.00 | £27.50 |
| Powered self-drive day hire business boat | £55.16 | £27.50 | £13.70 | £6.80 |
| Powered business tender | £11.02 | £5.50 | £2.72 | £1.37 |
| Powered maintenance business workboat | £55.16 | £27.50 | £13.70 | £6.80 |
| Powered business tug | £55.16 | £27.50 | £13.70 | £6.80 |
Where there is not a specific charge category for the business category, the default category shall apply.
Reductions for electric and unpowered enclosed boats do not apply to these additional business charges.
If a powered or unpowered enclosed boat is registered for the first time part way through a registration year, then a pro rata (reduced) charge may apply in certain circumstances. Got to section 14 for more details.
Categories of business boat and relevant charge category
Unpowered open hire boats
Unpowered open boats that are hired to members of the public without a skipper or crew, with or without sleeping accommodation. Charge category: Unpowered open business boat.
Self-drive day hire boats
Boats that are hired to members of the public without a skipper or crew, have no sleeping accommodation and are let out solely for periods up to 1 day, returning to the operating base each day. Charge category: Powered self-drive day hire business boat.
Self-drive holiday hire boats
Boats that are hired to members of the public without a skipper or crew, have sleeping accommodation and are normally let out for periods longer than 1 day. They include timeshare boats and shared ownership arrangements where one or more of the owners has a business interest in the boat. It also includes boats owned by a social club where members of that club are able to use the boat unsupervised and any privately owned boat this is offered out for hire to others even if only rarely or for short periods. Charge category: Powered business boat (default).
Skippered passenger boats (up to 12 passengers)
Boats operating scheduled trips, private charters, water taxi or water bus services with a skipper which can carry up to 12 passengers. Charge category: Powered business boat (default).
Skippered passenger boats (over 12 passengers)
Boats operating scheduled trips, private charters, water taxi or water bus services with a skipper and crew which are certified by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) can carry over 12 passengers. Charge category: Powered business boat (default).
Skippered hotel boats
Boats operating as serviced guest or hotel accommodation with a skipper and crew which can accommodate up to 12 guests. Charge category: Powered business boat (default) or Unpowered enclosed business boat.
Static letting boats
Boats let out for short or long stays as either overnight, holiday or residential accommodation. May include, but is not limited to, letting a cabin or room on a boat, letting a whole boat, or letting multiple cabins or rooms on a boat. Charge category: Powered business boat (default) or Unpowered enclosed business boat.
Fixed location trading boats
Boats selling goods or services from a permanent mooring location, or used for other commercial purposes. Examples include cafe, restaurant, office, hairdressers, gallery or shop. Charge category: Powered business boat (default) or Unpowered enclosed business boat.
Roving traders
Boats used to sell goods or services, moving between various locations on a waterway or waterways. Examples include fuel, chandlery, food or craft items. Charge category: Powered business boat (default) or Unpowered enclosed business boat.
Maintenance workboats
A boat that is principally kept or used to undertake maintenance on, and about, the waterway and its banks and structures, and occasionally as a tug. Charge category: Unpowered maintenance business workboat or Powered maintenance business workboat.
Safety boat
A boat owned and operated by an organisation or charity and used solely to carry out safety and rescue activity on the waterway for which it is registered. Charge category: Exempt from charge or Powered business boat (default) if not ‘solely’ used as a safety boat.
Coaching boat
A boat used solely for coaching and training during supervised boating activities aboard other registered boats. Charge category: Not-for-profit/charity – coaching boat charge.
Tugs
A powered boat principally kept or used on the waterway to push or pull other boats or floating equipment (including pontoons, floats, or rafts) and occasionally for carrying out maintenance work on the waterway and its banks and structures. Charge category: Powered business tug.
Tender
For Medway Navigation, a vessel which is used solely as the only tender to a vessel in the same ownership as the tender. Charge category: Unpowered business tender or Powered business tender.
Details of the specific registration requirement for these business categories are on the business boats supplementary boat registration form.
7. Not-for-profit or charity boats
“not-for-profit organisation or charity boat” means a boat owned or operated by not-for-profit organisations or charities solely used to encourage participation by providing access to the waterways for sport, recreation or education.
These can include:
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junior unpowered open boats only to be used by people 18 years old or younger
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unpowered open boats to be used by people of any ages
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coaching boats used solely for coaching and training
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other powered boats kept and used by the organisation
Table 10. Annual charges for boats owned and operated by not-for-profit organisation or charities
| Type of annual registration charge | Charge per boat |
|---|---|
| Junior only unpowered open boats | £11.57 |
| Other unpowered open boats | £34.06 |
| Coaching boats | £83.25 |
| Powered boat | 25% of the relevant annual charge |
The charges are for each boat to be registered and are not subject to the additional business charges in
section 6.
For charges for unpowered enclosed boats, please contact our Boat Registration team.
The annual registration for an unpowered open boat allows that boat to be used on any of the Environment Agency waterways.
“junior only boats” means unpowered open boats registered by a club or organisation to be solely used by people aged up to and including 18 years old.
“coaching boat” means a boat owned and operated by a not-for-profit organisation or charity and used solely for coaching and training during supervised boating activities aboard other boats.
8. Event registration charges - unpowered open boats
For unpowered open boats competing in an organised event on the waterway (that otherwise would not be registered). The registration will cover the boats for the period of the event only.
Table 11. Event registration charges
| Number of boats to be registered | Total charge |
|---|---|
| 1 to 10 | £97.08 |
| 11 to 25 | £123.19 |
| 26 to 50 | £149.11 |
| 51-100 | £173.49 |
| 101 to 200 | £225.99 |
| Over 200 | £254.08 |
These charges are available to the organisation holding the event only, not to individual participants.
9. Passenger boats out of service
Class V passenger boats (that are certificated by the Maritime & Coastguard Agency) which are kept on the waterway but ‘out of service’ shall pay a charge for each annual registration period or part of the annual registration period for keeping that passenger boat on the waterway.
Annual charge: £112.44
This charge shall be payable at the start of each annual registration period, or when a boat is taken ‘out of service’. It is an annual charge, there are no pro-rata charges.
For passenger boats declared ‘out of service’ they will not pay the additional business charge.
For details of which boats qualify for this charge, please contact the Boat Registration team.
10. Boats exempt from registration charges
There are certain categories of use of boat that are exempt from registration charges.
These include:
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safety or rescue boats
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emergency services boats
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Highways Authority boats
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boats owned or operated by, or operated on behalf of, the Environment Agency
All these boats are still required to register and meet appropriate registration requirements.
“emergency services” means the police, fire, ambulance, Royal National Lifeboat Institution or Coastguard services.
“safety or rescue boat” means a boat owned and operated by an organisation or charity and used solely to carry out safety and rescue activity on the waterway for which it is registered.
11. Temporary transit
“temporary transit registration“ means a registration for boats moving on the waterway solely for winter storage, repair, delivery and trial trip/demonstration, including boats under tow, and not operating for private leisure or business purposes.
Temporary transit of a boat through a waterway shall pay the daily charge for that category of boat as outlined in these charges.
12. Trade charges
Trade plates
“trade plates” means identification plates issued to a business operating on the waterway under a trade plate agreement with the Environment Agency for use on boats without a current boat registration and that are only being moved in the course of delivery after sale, during delivery to or from winter storage, for refitting or repair or on trials or demonstration runs by the boat business.
New trade plate application charge: £74.25
Trade plate annual charge: £212.16
These are for use on the Medway only.
Trade exemption
“trade exemption” means an exemption, that has been granted by the Environment Agency, to a business operating on the waterways undertaking a boat sales, brokerage or repair business. The exemption is for boats under the business’s sole control which are moored afloat as demonstrator models, as stock for sale, on brokerage or being restored, refitted or repaired.
New trade exemption application charge: £15.91
Annual charge for a trade exemption: £106.08
These are for the Medway only.
13. Other charges
Replacement boat registration plate
When a replacement registration plate is requested by a boat owner the charge for supplying this replacement plate is £11.66.
Change of boat name
When a formal change of name of a boat is requested by a boat owner, outside of the registration or renewal process, the charge for recording this name change and supplying a replacement plate is £11.66.
14. New boats on the waterway
When a powered boat or unpowered enclosed boat is registered for the first time part way through a registration year, a pro rata (reduced) charge may apply in certain circumstances.
If a boat does not qualify then the full annual charge is applicable.
A ‘new part year registration’ will apply if the registration of a boat is:
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for the first time on the waterway
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by a new owner following the purchase of a previously registered boat
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a boat which has not been kept or used on the waterway by the existing owner for the previous annual registration period
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by the same owner following a period on ‘trade exemption’ for repair
Calculation of new part year charge
When a new part year registration occurs after the start of the annual charge period, the charge payable shall be calculated as follows;
Charge = Annual charge x (number of months remaining in annual registration period (including the current month)/12.
The annual registration period ends on 31 March on the Medway.
Full details are in the New part year registration guidance.
15. Refunds
We will offer a refund of the annual registration for:
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permanent removal of a boat from the waterway
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completion of the sale of a boat
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moving a boat onto ‘trade exemption’ for sale or repair*
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a boat that is stolen or destroyed by fire
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an upgrade of a registration to a Gold Licence - in most cases we can refund your waterway registration fee in full
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administrative errors - we will offer a full refund as appropriate
*repair does not include winter storage or general maintenance.
We make pro rata refunds for whole months only, and calculate the number of unexpired months from the date declared on the change of ownership form. There is an administration fee of £15.91.
“administration fee” means a fee payable when amendments to, or cancellations of, registrations are requested by the boat owner.
Full details are in the refund guidance.
16. Other registration options
Gold licence - You can buy a gold licence which lets you use all Environment Agency and Canal & River Trust waterways. Gold licences are only available to buy through the Canal & River Trust.
British Canoeing or Canoe Wales - Members of British Canoeing or Canoe Wales can use our waterways as part of their yearly membership fee. They are required to carry their membership card with them as it acts as a registration too. Affiliated clubs through British Canoeing and Canoe Wales may purchase registrations for club owned boats through British Canoeing and Canoe Wales or can purchase registrations directly from us. Members of the Scottish Canoe Association and the Canoe Association of Northern Ireland must apply for registrations through us.
British Rowing - Members of a British Rowing affiliated club should register their boats with British Rowing at a reduced rate. This should be done through their club.
17. Local charges
Slipways
Use of the Environment Agency’s slipways at Hampstead Lock and Allington Lock.
The charge is £7.50 each way.
Car park charges also apply.
Lifting Bridge at Yalding
Owners of boats who wish to operate the Lifting Bridge at Yalding may obtain a key from Allington Lock.
The charge is £20 per key.
Pump-out tokens
A token will be required to use our pump-outs at Allington Lock, Yalding and Town Lock Tunbridge.
The charge is £12 per token, each token operates the machine for 8 minutes.
Event charges
In the case of special one-day events for unpowered boats, organisers must apply to hold the event at least 28 days in advance to the Medway Navigation team at Allington Lock.
The charge is £150.
Allington camping cabins
The charge is £40 per night.
There is one car parking space included per cabin. Additional spaces are charged at £5 per day. There is a maximum of 4 people per cabin.
Allington Lock camping
Table 12. Allington Lock camping charges
| Day | Total charge (per pitch, per night) |
|---|---|
| Monday to Thursday | £35.00 |
| Friday to Sunday | £40.00 |
There is one car parking space included per pitch. Additional spaces are charged at £5 per day. There is a maximum of 4 people per pitch with each pitch measuring 8 x 5 metres.
Allington Lock car parking
Table 13. Allington Lock car parking charges
| Car parking charge type | Total charge (per day) |
|---|---|
| Vehicles without trailer | £5.00 |
| Vehicles with trailer | £10.00 |
Fees are payable to the Allington Lock Duty Lock Keeper.
Moorings
The charges are:
Allington Lock permanent: £276.94 + VAT per metre, per year. There is a 10% discount (on exclusive VAT figure) for full year’s payment in advance.
Minimum charge of 6 metres boat length on finger pontoons.
Allington Lock overnight: £20
Yalding casual moorings overnight: £10 (maximum 72 hours per stay)
All other Environment Agency moorings: free of charge (either maximum 48 or 72 hours per stay). The maximum stay is displayed at mooring sites.
Allington Lock and Yalding toilet and shower facilities.
The charge is £1 for 10 minutes (coin only).
18. Footnotes
Footnote 1: Applying multiple reductions
If more than one reduction applies, the value of each one is calculated on the declining net balance.
For example, if the full charge is £100 and the boat is eligible for the electric and not-for-profit or charity reductions, the net payable would be £100 – 25% = £75 – 75% = £18.75. Subject to the minimum charge for powered boats and unpowered enclosed boats.
Footnote 2: Applying the increase
Percentages have been applied and the charges rounded down to the nearest 1p, apart from charges for registrations sold at locks which have been rounded down to the nearest 10p for operations reasons.
Contacts
If you require any further information, please contact:
Environment Agency
Boat Registration
PO Box 544
Rotherham
S60 1BY
03708 506 506 (Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm)
boatreg@environment-agency.gov.uk
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