Here’s some answers to the most common questions we get asked:

  • Yes, we absolutely do. We have winter/temporary moorings available for not just narrowboats and cruisers, but widebeam boats too.

  • Our Winter opening hours run from 1 November to 30 April and our Summer opening hours run from 1 May to 31 October.

  • The office and the boathouse are open 7 days a week. The boathouse is open 9am-4pm throughout the year, whilst the office Winter opening hours are 9am to 4pm, in the Summer 8.30am to 5.30pm.

  • We ask that visitors vacate their pitch by 11am. With regards to arrivals, the office closes at 5.30pm, however we do appreciate that on a Friday night especially, people can get delayed. As long as you keep communicating with us then that is fine. Otherwise we say 8pm is the latest for you to arrive and set up camp.

  • Yes all pets are welcome. In fact we have miles of fabulous dog walks around White Mills. The only thing we do ask is that dogs are kept on leads and that their owners clean up after them using the dog poo bins around the marina.

  • When it comes to train stations, then you are spoiled for choice. Wellingborough is literally under 10 minutes away by car and has a fantastic fast and speedy train service to London St Pancras. Northampton railway station, which takes perhaps five minutes longer to get to, has a regular service to London Euston, as well as Birmingham New Street and beyond.

  • Again we are so lucky here, Earls Barton has a very regular bus service to Northampton, Corby, Kettering, Peterborough and Milton Keynes. We keep a bus timetable in the office - so just ask and we will help you with your onward journey.

  • Yes we do have CCTV strategically placed across the marina.

  • White Mills Marina is now a certificated Camping and Caravanning site, which means we can accommodate up to five caravans and 10 tents at anyone time. We now have hook ups for five caravans and three tents. Open from May to October, you need to be a member of the Camping and Caravanning Club to be able to stay on our site.

  • Sadly not, however one of the local curry houses, Meraz will deliver to White Mills. We have takeaway menus in the office, so just ask. If you have a car, then the Rose and Crown at Yardley Hastings serves food until 8pm or there is the Oriental Paradise at Billing which is open too.

  • Being located next to a river, White Mills Marina was designed with flooding in mind. All our pontoons are floating pontoons, so when it comes to floods being on board is the best place to be!

  • We would advise that every boater on the River Nene signs up to the Environment Agency's Strong Stream Advice/River Advice for Boaters by emailing waterwaysSSAAnglian@environment-agency.gov.uk, which will make sure you are kept up-to-date with any developments. In the email you will need to include the following information:

    • The river(s) the messages are required for ie, Nene, Great Ouse (Bedford to Earith) and/or Ancholme

    • Full name and address details

    • A contact telephone number for the system to ring

    • Whether a text and/or email is also required

    • A boat name and/or registration number

    To find out if Strong Stream Advice/River Advice for Boaters has been issued or cancelled, boaters can also call the Floodline service on 0345 988 1188, choose option 1 and enter one of the following quick dial numbers:

    032112 for the River Nene

    033211 for the Great Ouse (Bedford to Earith)

    031212 for the River Ancholme

Don’t see your question here? Just give us a call during office hours or send us an email to info@whitemillsmarina.co.uk, we’ll be more than happy to help.