Castle holds its marina prices

Castle Marinas, owners of 5 inland and 2 coastal marinas, has frozen its annual marina berthing rates for well over a year – until March 2011

Castle Marinas Ltd, owners of five inland and two coastal marinas, has frozen its annual berthing charges with a guarantee that no annual prices will be increased at any of its seven marinas until March 2011 at the earliest. Good news for its berth holders who will not have to worry about any uplift in berthing rates for well over a year. This announcement follows the news that the group has invested a six-figure sum in new dredging works at its picturesque Birdham Pool marina in Chichester Harbour, one of the country’s earliest purpose-built marinas. This new development has proved highly popular with Birdham Pool berth holders because it means the marina is now linked with the main Chichester Harbour channel over a far greater tidal range – a tidal window in excess of 3½ hours either side of High Water Portsmouth. Commenting on these announcements, Tony Dye, Group Operations Manager, said, “In the face of the longest UK recession since records began, and with family budgets stretched to the limit, we felt that freezing our annual berthing prices until spring 2011 is the right decision and news that I’m sure will be warmly welcomed by our berth holders. “Despite this price freeze, however, we are continuing to undertake upgrades and improvements to our marinas, with the massive investment in Birdham Pool being hard evidence of that.” Castle’s five inland marinas are Kings Bromley in Staffordshire, Ventnor Farm and Wigrams Turn in Warwickshire, Buckden in Cambridgeshire and Nottingham Castle marina. Its two coastal marinas are Birdham Pool in Chichester Harbour and Royal Clarence at Gosport in Portsmouth Harbour. For more information visit: www.castlemarinas.co.uk. - ends -