Moorings

Bideford Harbour manages moorings alongside our 300m of quay frontage between the Bideford Long Bridge and Bideford's New Torridge Bridge . If you are considering mooring your vessel in Bideford then please contact the harbour office so that we can discuss your needs.

• We offer visitor moorings up to one month if you are planning a short visit.

• Visits must be arranged and agreed with the Harbour Master in advance.

• If your vessel is over 50m then you must embark a pilot. Please see Pilotage if you require any assistance with this. 

• The quay can be accessed twice a day on the tide for vessels of around 2 metres draught, and on spring tides twice a day to vessels of up to 5 metres draught. 

• Our NAABSA berth is flat level and regularly maintained as such with our Fuchs crane.

Bideford regularly handles ships of 90+ metres  with draughts of 4.5 metres or more that export clay from local quarries to Europe and especially southern Spain.