New Marina at Haverigg near Millom on the north west coast Cumbria

[Border Terrier]

I learned to windsurf there in the late '70's.

Spooky place, knowing what was under the water!

I have a book in front of me by A.Harris called "Cumberland Iron. The Story of the Hodbarrow Mine 1855-1968". I used to go to Haverigg in the late 70s as a base for walking, but not been for ten years now. I found this at a local carboot. There was a shipping pier at Borwick Rails in the estuary back in the 1860s, but that must have been a dredged channel and indeed the Duddon was described as 'Very Shifty'. A yes..a 'lying ground' for shipping was dredged in 1862 to relieve the congestion at the pier so that shipping could take the mud at low water and wait for wind and tide..or later the tugs Duddon and Borwick Rails which worked for 70 years

Parking inside the sea wall would be interesting as much of the wall is undermined by mine workings and some of it is collapsed. It might happen but its an optimistic scheme and wouldn't be your first choice unless you only draw little more than a foot like mine with the keel up.

Correction...memory failure....its the INNER wall that is collapsed and that was deliberate. The outer wall is intact as seen in the photo. I remember camping at the Butterflowers Holiday park when the kids were quite small..1993 I guess.

Tim

 

[zzyyxx]

He reckons putting a sea lock in would cost about £300,000.

Wow, it never ceases to amaze me how much stuff costs.

Still I guess if they filled 1/2 the berths then 100 boats at say 2k would cover that in 18 months not allowing for operating costs.
Although there would be the yard, chandlers and bar as well of course.

 

[TimBennet]

. . . Although there would be the yard, chandlers and bar as well of course.

As they're still waiting (5+ years ?) for a tenant to operate from the state of the art boatyard buildings at Whitehaven, and there's neither chandlery or cafe there either, I don't think you should automatically include these things in your financial case for a marina at Millom that will be even more remote from a population of boat owners with less daily tidal access for their boats.


There's a slim chance of a marina at Barrow.
No chance at Millom.

 

[zzyyxx]

As they're still waiting (5+ years ?) for a tenant to operate from the state of the art boatyard buildings at Whitehaven, and there's neither chandlery or cafe there either, I don't think you should automatically include these things in your financial case for a marina at Millom that will be even more remote from a population of boat owners with less daily tidal access for their boats.


There's a slim chance of a marina at Barrow.
No chance at Millom.

You may well be right, but I wonder how Whitehaven would fair without the marina.

 

[TimBennet]

You may well be right, but I wonder how Whitehaven would fair without the marina.

I think Whitehaven would fair much as it is now - it would do terribly!

I don't think there's much economic spillover from the Marina into Whitehaven.

 

[2copplane]

I think Whitehaven would fair much as it is now - it would do terribly!

I don't think there's much economic spillover from the Marina into Whitehaven.

It may have more impact than youd think. I'm guessing the berths must generate in the region of a million per annum. Much of which will go back into the local economy as direct employment or 3rd party contractors.
It makes it more attractive to visitors, boosting visitors.
I spend a lot of weekends on my boat which means most of a food and clothing, petrol spend is local to the marina- plus meals out. I'm probably an extreme example but overall I'm spending about 10k per annum local to the marina. If I relocate to Whitehaven then that spend would follow. If we had a well stocked chandler/sailmaker then it would a loot more!