Statutory guidance

The Environment Agency national navigation (boat registration) charging schemes

Environment Agency boat registration charges for Anglian waterways, the River Thames and River Medway.

Applies to England

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You must register all boats kept, used or let for hire on Environment Agency waterways.

The ‘charging schemes from 2022’ document gives the boat registration charges that apply after:

  • 1 January 2022 for Thames
  • 1 April 2022 for Anglian and Medway

Alternatively, you can check the current registration charges that are specific to:

Published 7 November 2018
Last updated 13 June 2023 + show all updates
  1. Removed the old charges that applied up to 31 December 2021 for Thames and 31 March 2022 for Anglian and Medway.

  2. Added the 'National navigation boat charging schemes from 2022'. Updated publication details to say when the charging schemes for 2021 to 2022 will expire.

  3. We have published the 2021 to 2022 Environment Agency national navigation (boat registration) charging schemes.

  4. Removed the PDF 'National navigation (boat registration) charging schemes 2019 to 2020' because it is no longer current guidance.

  5. Added the 2020 to 2021 navigation charging scheme.

  6. First published.