Newtown Creek mooring fees?

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Does anyone know what the mooring fees when using the buoys are? I've tried looking them up on the National Trust website and also via Google, but they don't seem to be published anywhere?

I know a lunchtime stop for our li'l 35 footer is £8. I'm trying to find out what that would be overnight.

Is there any particular reason they keep the fees so close to their chest?
 
Cardo said:
Does anyone know what the mooring fees when using the buoys are? I've tried looking them up on the National Trust website and also via Google, but they don't seem to be published anywhere?

I know a lunchtime stop for our li'l 35 footer is £8. I'm trying to find out what that would be overnight.

Is there any particular reason they keep the fees so close to their chest?
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I thought it was a 'suggested donation' now, as NT don't actually have a right to charge ?!
 
We were there 2 nights ago, we are 12 metres and were charged £17. Seems enough given 0 facilities! And we are NT members, no discount.
 
It's free to anchor - and when they ask for a contribution, if you're a NT member you can just say that you contribute enough through your sub.... That's what I did last time, anyway.
 
3 weeks ago it was £15.40 for my 10m boat on the moorings. I'm a NT member and happy to pay the fee for them keeping the place so beautiful
 
Pasarell said:
3 weeks ago it was £15.40 for my 10m boat on the moorings. I'm a NT member and happy to pay the fee for them keeping the place so beautiful
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The beauty is natural.

What do NT do, other than to litter the place with mooring bouys, reducing the opportunities for anchoring? Surely not revenue raising! :eek:
 
So we stayed there for a couple of nights. For a 35 footer it turned out to be £14.50/night. Not exactly cheap considering the lack of facilities (though lovely surroundings) however was worth every penny on Sunday night when the strong northerly winds over an ebbing tide were making things very bumpy.
 
Anchored there last night. Luvvly! And free.

As soon as we were firmly hooked into the black mud, I asked the cabin boy to run the power-cable ashore and get the code for the loos. ;)
 
Pasarell said:
3 weeks ago it was £15.40 for my 10m boat on the moorings. I'm a NT member and happy to pay the fee for them keeping the place so beautiful
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How do they do that? By refraining from burning it, or building a multi-storey carpark on the mud flats?

The place has kept itself beautiful since the French sacked it in the 14th century.
 
They chase out trawlers. Can you imagine the engine noise and blaring music through speakers and searchlights -all night! - violation - This happens many nights in winter mostly.

alant said:
The beauty is natural.

What do NT do, other than to litter the place with mooring bouys, reducing the opportunities for anchoring? Surely not revenue raising! :eek:
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It was only recently I learnt that the mooring receipts were kept seperate from the anchoring contributions.
The mooring fees go back to HQ and pay for the staff/boat where as the anchoring contributions go to the upkeep. i.e. removal of channel marker.
 
onesea said:
No wonder there where all those pics of empty buoys the other week.. Still cheaper than Beaulieu

Last time I was in Newtown with my 7m cruiser I paid £15 overnight; at Beaulieu on the river pontoon I paid £13.50. Beaulieu now has a water taxi service. I like them both but Newtown has less to offer in mid summer.
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onesea said:
... I like them both but Newtown has less to offer in mid summer.
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Tend to agree. The idea of going to Newtown Creek is for some peace and quiet. In the summer it's too busy for that. It only needs one person running their generator or blasting their stereo and it spoils it. I've already made a reservation for Bealieu for the upcoming Bank Holiday.
 
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Cardo said:
Does anyone know what the mooring fees when using the buoys are? I've tried looking them up on the National Trust website and also via Google, but they don't seem to be published anywhere?

I know a lunchtime stop for our li'l 35 footer is £8. I'm trying to find out what that would be overnight.

Is there any particular reason they keep the fees so close to their chest?
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Would it be cheaper to join the National Trust & get a free morimg
 
Talulah said:
Tend to agree. The idea of going to Newtown Creek is for some peace and quiet. In the summer it's too busy for that. It only needs one person running their generator or blasting their stereo and it spoils it. I've already made a reservation for Bealieu for the upcoming Bank Holiday.
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Miss quote there do not worry....

For me I hate having to reserve berths plans change to much, half the time I would just loose my money anyway. Probably why I am pondering just day sailing at the moment.

Now I have 1.9m draft I will not be back to Newtown just not worth the stress if busy, Beaulie I like in the colder months as an overnight stay...
 
Part of the attraction is that you get nowt except the surroundings perhaps..

As to the 'what do we get from the NT'..
Well, where to start. ( I won't) .What did the Romans ever do for us eh?
 
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