ianfr
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I have just posted a video created for Tollesbury Marina showing layout facilities etc.
Marina Tour
Ian
Marina Tour
Ian
Better to arrive by boat than car though.
If you turn up in a car chances are you'll miss the almost invisible sign informing you that parking vultures will stiff you for £80 the moment they have you on camera.
Ask me how I found that out...
Parking at the marina is run by an outside company, all you need to do is stop at the office on the way in or at the Harbour View retaurant to register your car number. It costs nothing and there are plenty of signs stating that fact. Indeed the restaurant staff make a point of asking when you go in. It only takes a couple of seconds. It may be that the signs were inadequate initially, but they are pretty obvious now. This scheme was introduced because of visitors to the village and salt pool were parking in the marina blocking access for boat owners and restaurant customers. The salt pool which is next to the marina is nothing to do with the marina and it is unfair to expect the marina to allow free parking to all and sundry. Perhaps a quick call to the harbourmaster would have avoided the fine ?Please explain further
Many thanks for this information We are going to visit to check it out so will don’t as you sayParking at the marina is run by an outside company, all you need to do is stop at the office on the way in or at the Harbour View retaurant to register your car number. It costs nothing and there are plenty of signs stating that fact. Indeed the restaurant staff make a point of asking when you go in. It only takes a couple of seconds. It may be that the signs were inadequate initially, but they are pretty obvious now. This scheme was introduced because of visitors to the village and salt pool were parking in the marina blocking access for boat owners and restaurant customers. The salt pool which is next to the marina is nothing to do with the marina and it is unfair to expect the marina to allow free parking to all and sundry. Perhaps a quick call to the harbourmaster would have avoided the fine ?
Please explain further
I parked and called into the brokerage whilst in the process of buying a boat some while ago. Neither of the two staff members I spoke to mentioned a word about parking restrictions to me and the time there were no signs visible to that effect anywhere. A fine arrived in the post a few days later and it took a rather irate phone to have it annulled.
By coincidence I was at Tollesbury yesterday and with this thread in mind I had another look for restriction signs relating to the third party parking control and isssue of fines. There is one now, but it's on the outside of the workshop door which not only is to the side and easy to miss when looking ahead as you drive in but of course will also be completely invisible anytime that door is open.
It's private property and I have no issues whatsoever with there being parking constraints on it. What I do have an issue with though is the surreptitious and obscure manner in which they are signed which rather smacks of entrapment to me.
Heck I felt from the video that this was a very nice and friendly place and am naturally having various different thoughts. I will reserve judgement but will certainly ask about the parking
Really nice video, thank you.I have just posted a video created for Tollesbury Marina showing layout facilities etc.
Marina Tour
Ian
Glad you enjoyed it , and before anyone asks, this was not paid for in any way by the Marina, but they were most obliging at all times.Really nice video, thank you.
Just go into the office and say you are visiting and give them your registration number each time you visit. They will log you in to the system for the day, weekend or whatever period you are there for. As a berth holder we get yearly registrations. The whole process takes a couple of minutes. If for any reason the office is shut then you can register as the Harbour View bistro. As long as you register before you leave there should not be a problem.Thanks for the pics of the signs etc. For clarity if you are just visiting the marina to have a look round for potential future ‘use’ what do you do about the parking situation
Just go into the office and say you are visiting and give them your registration number each time you visit. They will log you in to the system for the day, weekend or whatever period you are there for. As a berth holder we get yearly registrations. The whole process takes a couple of minutes. If for any reason the office is shut then you can register as the Harbour View bistro. As long as you register before you leave there should not be a problem.