Moorings on the River Ouse (Yorkshire)

The Yorkshire Ouse is navigable from Trent Falls, where it meets the Trent to form the Humber, upstream past Goole, Selby and York to Linton Lock, above which the navigation continues as the River Ure. It connects with the Aire & Calder Navigation at Goole and the Selby Canal at Selby, and takes in the Derwent, the Aire and the Wharfe on the way. Associated British Ports looks after the river from Trent Falls to the railway swing bridge at Skelton, near Goole, and the Canal & River Trust manages it above that point.

The river is tidal as far as Naburn Lock, a few miles below York, and its tidal bore is known locally as the Aegir. Goole takes ocean-going ships, so boats on the lower river share it with commercial traffic, and there are swing bridges at Goole, Selby and Cawood. Naburn has two locks side by side, the larger taking boats up to 150 feet long, while Linton Lock near Linton-on-Ouse takes boats of up to 66 feet heading on to the Ure.

The main moorings on the Yorkshire Ouse are on the non-tidal river around York. York Marina at Naburn, about four miles south of the city, occupies the site of a marina first opened in 1970, and the Yorkshire Ouse Sailing Club is based in the same village. Further upstream, Linton Lock Marina lies just below the lock, with a visitor pontoon above it.