Environment Agency
Lydney Harbour is next to the River Severn in Gloucestershire.
Contacts
Harbour master: David Frodin
Telephone: 07920 837248 (normal office hours only)
Email: hmlydney@environment-agency.gov.uk
Address: Harbour Office, Lydney Harbour, Harbour Road, Lydney, Gloucestershire, GL15 4ER
Twitter: @hmlydney
VHF Channel 37 (Monitored only during expected movements)
Environment Agency: 03708 506 506.
Environment Agency 24 hour incident hotline: 0800 80 70 60
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Annual mooring licences 2023/2024 - existing customers only
We are sending out our renewal proposals and information about the new terms and conditions for mooring at Lydney Harbour to our customers in the post and by email. You will also receive details of how you can securely manage your account online and pay by card at the harbour or over the telephone. We very much appreciate your cooperation as we develop the harbour.
Please can all customers send in updated contact details including name, full postal address, telephone number, email address and boat name.
Email: hmlydney@environment-agency.gov.uk
Text message or WhatsApp: 07920837248
Please note - we are currently not accepting applications for new mooring licences but hope to do so later this year once new moorings have been installed.
Lydney harbour mooring licence 2023/2024 terms and conditions
Please note - we are not currently accepting new applications for annual mooring licences within the harbour. These terms and conditions are for the information of our existing customers and to inform future ones. You may contact the harbour master by email to be added to the waiting list for an annual mooring.
Powered watercraft (PWC)
A new order regarding powered watercraft (PWC) applies in all UK waters including those managed by Statutory Harbour Authorities (SHAs). It extends the ability of the statutory harbour authority for Lydney Harbour to regulate the use of powered watercraft in their harbour limits through Harbour Directions. Further information is in this press release:
Port Marine Safety Code Duty Holder
Lydney Harbour is on a journey towards compliance with the Port Marine Safety Code for UK harbour authorities. The Environment Agency is the statutory harbour authority for Lydney Harbour. As part of compliance with the Code, a duty holder has now been appointed. The duty holders under the Code are individually and collectively accountable for compliance with the Code and their performance in ensuring safe marine operations in the harbour and approaches to the harbour. The duty holders have recently carried out training for this role and will shortly be appointing a designated person who will monitor and report on compliance with the Code. Contact details for the designated person will be announced soon.
The duty holder can be contacted via pmsc.dutyholder.lh@environment-agency.gov.uk for matters relating to safe marine operations. Normal operational matters should continue to be addressed to the harbour master.
There will be further updates on the website for the harbour and social media in due course (www.gov.uk/guidance/lydney-harbour) as we move towards compliance.
Port Marine Safety Code Designated Person
The Environment Agency is the Statutory Harbour Authority for Lydney Harbour and as such has a responsibility to ensure a safe environment for the general public, users of the harbour facilities and harbour staff at all times. This is achieved through the implementation of the Marine Safety Management System. The Environment Agency has appointed an independent Designated Person to monitor compliance with the requirements of the Port Marine Safety Code. The Designated Person for the Environment Agency at Lydney Harbour is Captain Trevor Auld of ABP Marine Environmental Research (ABPmer) Ltd. All port and harbour users, including Harbour Authority staff have direct access to the Designated Person. Concerns regarding marine safety in the port or harbour, in the first instance, should be raised with the Harbour Master (or for Authority staff with your direct line manager). If additional, independent advice regarding the matter is required, any reasonable concerns can be brought to the attention of the Designated Person by any of the following methods:
By email: DP.Lydney@abpmer.co.uk
By post: Designated Person (PMSC) Lydney, ABPmer, Quayside Suite, Medina Chambers, Town Quay, SOUTHAMPTON, Hampshire, SO14 2AQ
By telephone: 023 8071 1892 or 023 8071 1889
The Designated Person and the Maritime Team at ABPmer:
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have detailed knowledge of the Port Marine Safety Code, the Guide to Good Practice for Port Marine Operations and accompanying Competency Standards;
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provide independent assurance to the Duty Holder that the marine safety management system required by the Port Marine Safety Code is working effectively; and
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at regular intervals, audit the Harbour Authoritys compliance with the Code. The Designated Person has direct access to the Duty Holder whenever this is deemed necessary.
Navigating Lydney Harbour
Approaches to the harbour are shown on British Admiralty chart 1166, position Latitude 51o42.6 North and Longitude 2o30.5 West.
The harbour consists of an outer basin, inner basin and a disused canal.
There are no suitable anchorages close to the harbour.
Water height approaching the harbour
The approaches to Lydney are subject to very strong tidal streams and the area outside the harbour dries at low water.
Datum relating to Lydney
Chart Datum is 1.83m below Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
Lydney Sill is 0.13m below Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
Tidal Heights in relation to Chart Datum
- Mean High Water Springs (MHWS)9.3m
- Mean High Water Neaps (MHWN)5.6m
- Mean Low Water Springs0.6m
- Mean Low Water Neaps0.5m
The depth over the outer basin sill is 7.6 metres at MHWS and 3.9 metres at MHWN.
You can work out the depth of water over the sill by deducting 1.2 metres from the depth shown on the gauge at Sharpness Dock at the head of Bristol Channel.
Harbour procedures
The entrance to Lydney Harbour can be difficult to navigate. Its only available at or within half an hour of high water. The tidal streams run across the entrance with considerable strength.
Boats approaching Lydney should switch their radio to VHF channel 37. All boat movements are controlled by the harbour master, via VHF radio or mobile phone and with a minimum of 24 hours prior notice. Boats may enter Lydney Harbour when a low intensity orange flashing light is displayed at a height of 2.5m from a stand on the north side of the entrance to the outer basin. This light is visible when abeam of the north pier, at a range of half a nautical mile.
If you are able to you should also monitor VHF radio channel 13 (Sharpness Radio) to check inter-ship communication and communication with Sharpness Dock to avoid potential collision with commercial boats bound to or from Sharpness Dock.
To ensure the safety of navigation of all boats in the River Severn, the main channel must be recognised as a narrow channel in the context of The International Regulations for the Prevention of Collisions at Sea. Rule 9 of these regulations, about narrow channels, is part