Long-term moorings in Conwy

Conwy is a walled town on the west bank of the Conwy estuary in North Wales, facing Deganwy on the east bank. Moorings in Conwy are of two kinds: pontoon berths in a gated marina on each bank, and the council's harbour moorings out in the river.

Moorings in Conwy

• Conwy Marina: more than 500 pontoon berths on the Conwy bank, for boats up to 22 metres, with a boatyard and fuel. Run by boatfolk, which Premier Marinas bought in September 2025.
• Deganwy Marina: on the east bank in the old dock at Deganwy, run by Lakeland Leisure Estates. A tidal gate holds the water in, and there is a fuel berth, pump-out and chandlery.
• Conwy Harbour moorings: Conwy County Borough Council has more than 400 leisure moorings and pontoons across the estuary, on buoys, small trots, pontoons and beach chains.

Harbour moorings are let by annual permit from 1 April to 31 March, applied for through the council's online form. A permit belongs to the owner, not the boat, so it does not pass to a buyer, and a boat on a harbour mooring may not be lived on.

On the water

Conwy County Borough Council is the harbour authority, through the Conwy Harbour Master. It charges harbour dues on boats kept in the harbour, with a separate rate for boats in the two marinas, and power craft launched from its slipways must be registered.

• Marina access: entry to Conwy Marina is possible for at most three hours either side of high water, over a sill gate worked by lights.
• The bar: it dries at chart datum, and the marina describes the channel as usable for about four hours either side of high water.
• Tide: at half ebb on spring tides the stream in the narrow parts of the channel can reach 7 knots.
• Speed: 10 knots in the estuary between the Perch Light and Cymryd Point, and dead slow inside the marinas.

The harbour office is the place to ask about mooring positions and permits. The wider coast is covered on the Menai Strait and Anglesey page.