There are many yachting harbours which provide moorings for a range of ships ranging from fishing vessels to full sized yachts.

There is no commercial traffic on the waterway, but transition to the leisure age has resulted in two marinas being constructed to provide moorings for pleasure craft.

The Avon, a tributary of the River Severn, is navigable but mainly used by leisure traffic and there is a marina providing moorings.

The redundant wharfs at Fosdyke have been developed to provide moorings for yachts and other pleasure craft.

The islands also provided good moorings on the sea route.

Navy Point is a marina providing moorings and facilities for private boats.

The town of Darien provides permanent and visitor moorings.

The Club provides moorings and maintains the Quay and environs in a good state of repair.

Known locally as 'cloches', they provided safe moorings for the island's fleet of punts, púcáns and bad mórs.

Combwich Pill and the River Brue estuary at Burnham-on-Sea both provide recreational moorings.