Moorings on the River Lune

The River Lune flows for 53 miles (85 km) through Cumbria and Lancashire to Morecambe Bay. It is tidal below Skerton Weir in Lancaster, where St George's Quay recalls the city's past as a port, and the estuary widens past Glasson Dock, Sunderland Point and Overton to reach the sea at Plover Scar, where a lighthouse built in 1847 still guides vessels in.

The Lancaster Port Commission, based at Glasson Dock, is the statutory harbour authority for the Port of Lancaster. The approach up the Lune dries almost completely outside a short period around high water and there is nowhere to wait in the river, so passages need careful timing. The commercial dock at Glasson normally opens only for the 45 minutes before high water, on the tide closest to midday, and an evening tide can be arranged with 48 hours' notice.

Moorings on the River Lune are reached through Glasson Dock. A lock at the back of the dock, opened around high water in daylight, leads into Glasson Basin Marina, which has moorings for about 220 boats as well as chandlery and boat repair services. The basin is also the end of the Glasson Branch of the Lancaster Canal, which climbs 52 feet over 2.5 miles to the main line at Galgate.