Before we went away on our holiday (which was lovely by the way), we visited Saltford Marina to have a little tour and chat to the people in the office:
http://www.saltfordmarina.co.uk/
We had already previously visited Saltford and looked around a little bit, but this was a chance to see the marina itself and ask a few questions. Saltford is a beautiful countryside location and the marina was incredibly peaceful even during the day. It has also usefully located between Bristol and Bath and right next to the Bristol-Bath cycle path (around 7 miles from Bristol and 5 miles from Bath).
The staff were very helpful...some of the useful information we found out is as follows:
It is not a requirement to pay council tax in the marina as it does not class as your main residential address (you therefore need to have a main residential address to give to companies, etc.)
Despite this, there are postboxes so you can have post addressed to the marina.
There is a coin-operated laundrette, and a book and DVD lending library between the residents.
The marina is secured with electronic locks given out to the residents.
There is allocated car parking, and a secure bike rack.
You can hire storage containers by the month if you own too much stuff to fit in your boat.
Pets are allowed (within reason).
There are water and electricity connections to the boats (electricity paid per unit) and wireless internet throughout the marina.
They sell fuel (solid fuel for stoves, liquid fuel for boat engine) directly at the marina.
Rental prices for moorings depend on the length of the boat, currently ranging from around £250 pcm to £450 pcm.
They have a 3-month notice system either way, usually moorings are coming up relatively regularly and you just have to keep in contact with them to see if they have anything become available for your size of boat -ideally you need to get a boat first!
That's about as much as I can remember at the moment - you can get up-to-date price lists via the marina by contacting them at the web-site given above.
Our next step is to test out Lucy's sea-legs as she says she is particularly prone to car-sickness and sea-sickness. The boats looked relatively steady and the marina had little in the way of waves, but Lucy isn't so sure. Also, getting on some boats will give us a better idea of the space available and whether we could manage it.
Saltford Marina recommended Hilperton Marina to us because they broker boats so we should be able to go and look around and actually get on some of them:
http://www.hilpertonmarina.com/
I'll post about how we get on!
http://www.saltfordmarina.co.uk/
We had already previously visited Saltford and looked around a little bit, but this was a chance to see the marina itself and ask a few questions. Saltford is a beautiful countryside location and the marina was incredibly peaceful even during the day. It has also usefully located between Bristol and Bath and right next to the Bristol-Bath cycle path (around 7 miles from Bristol and 5 miles from Bath).
The staff were very helpful...some of the useful information we found out is as follows:
It is not a requirement to pay council tax in the marina as it does not class as your main residential address (you therefore need to have a main residential address to give to companies, etc.)
Despite this, there are postboxes so you can have post addressed to the marina.
There is a coin-operated laundrette, and a book and DVD lending library between the residents.
The marina is secured with electronic locks given out to the residents.
There is allocated car parking, and a secure bike rack.
You can hire storage containers by the month if you own too much stuff to fit in your boat.
Pets are allowed (within reason).
There are water and electricity connections to the boats (electricity paid per unit) and wireless internet throughout the marina.
They sell fuel (solid fuel for stoves, liquid fuel for boat engine) directly at the marina.
Rental prices for moorings depend on the length of the boat, currently ranging from around £250 pcm to £450 pcm.
They have a 3-month notice system either way, usually moorings are coming up relatively regularly and you just have to keep in contact with them to see if they have anything become available for your size of boat -ideally you need to get a boat first!
That's about as much as I can remember at the moment - you can get up-to-date price lists via the marina by contacting them at the web-site given above.
Our next step is to test out Lucy's sea-legs as she says she is particularly prone to car-sickness and sea-sickness. The boats looked relatively steady and the marina had little in the way of waves, but Lucy isn't so sure. Also, getting on some boats will give us a better idea of the space available and whether we could manage it.
Saltford Marina recommended Hilperton Marina to us because they broker boats so we should be able to go and look around and actually get on some of them:
http://www.hilpertonmarina.com/
I'll post about how we get on!
