Wigrams Turn

Wigrams Turn
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Narrowboat hire
Boat sales
Campsite
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Welcome to Wigrams Turn Marina

Tel: 01926 817175

Opening Hours for both shop and office are:
Monday to Friday : 9am to 5pm
Saturday : 9am to 4pm
Sunday : 8.30am to 3.30pm

Quayside & Services Opening times
Monday to Friday : 9am to 4pm
Saturday : 9am to 4pm
Sunday : 8.00am to 3.00pm

MARINA PLAN

Popular due to its perfect location, modern facilities and brilliant staff.

Wigrams Turn is a 225 berth marina for narrowboat and wide beam vessels, offering 300 miles of cruising on the Grand Union and Oxford Canals. It hosts superb on-site amenities including 5* shower and toilet facilities, moorer's lounge, onsite shop, fuel, pump out, housekeeping and engineering services. It now also has a fantastic caravan and camping site running along side with 5 additional wooden style camping pods.

Just 20 minutes drive from the M40, M42, M1 and M6, Wigrams Turn is perfectly situated for both permanent moorings and visiting boats. It is also home to a hire fleet and several share boats.

The grounds are thoughtfully landscaped incorporating picnic benches and a garden for social events. We are a dog friendly marina and have a separate dog walking area and dog shower.

We host several berth holder events throughout the year including a summer fun day with live music, crafts, and a barbecue. There is even a regular visit from a fish and chip van. The staff are rightfully very proud of Wigrams and it shows in the glowing reports we receive from customers.

To read all about Wigrams Turn Marina and what is has to offer, click on our 2020 yearbook below, or for a bespoke berthing quote and to find out about our Flexible Berthing Scheme, please call 01926 817175 or click here for our online enquiry form.

Boat Sales at Wigrams Turn Marina

Boat Sales at Ventnor Marina are operated by Great Haywood Boat Sales.
If you would like to view a list of all boats currently for sale or would like further information please click here
or telephone 01889 881960

Camping at Wigrams Turn Marina

VISIT OUR WEBSITE

Wigrams Turn Caravan and Campsite has 10 wonderfully sited pitches, suitable for touring caravans, campers and tents.

It also hosts 5 wooden cabin style pods, complete with double glazed windows and doors, lighting and electric, making a night under the stars cosy whatever the weather. Campers can enjoy the same high level of service as our boat owning customers, and the reassurance that comes with being part of the Castle Marinas Group.

The site is quiet, with lovely open views of the surrounding countryside, and is ideally located on the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire border; perfect for exploring Rugby, Leamington, Warwick and Daventry. Alternatively, for those seeking the fresh air of the great outdoors, there are a wide selection of walking and cycling routes nearby.

We are a pet friendly site – however, with the exception of the dog walking field, dogs must be kept on a lead. Please respect that the marina is occupied by long term moorers and abide by the signage and terms and conditions.

Campsite facilities and Services at Wigrams Turn Marina

Showers & toilets (including easy access)
Wifi - low usage/basic package (subject to policy)
Security gates (fob £20 deposit)
Marina office and shop
Washing up facilities
Free Elsan disposal
Laundry washers and dryers (coin operated)
Cylinder gas
Resident Harbourmaster
Dog walking field and dog shower

Prior booking is advised as places are limited. Maximum length of stay is 5 days, unless authorised in advance by the Marina Manager. All guests are asked to check in at the Marina Office on arrival at the site. Arrivals need to be within the marina office opening hours. Security gates close at 17:30 and open at 0800 each day.

To book call 01926 817175 or email info@wigramsturnmarina.co.uk

Tariff (Price/Night)

Tent/Trailor, 1 car + 2 people - £14.00
Caravan, 1 car + 2 people - £17.00
Motorhome, 2 people - £17.00

Standard Camping Pod – £35.00

Luxury Camping Pod – £40 (min stay 2 nights)

Additional Person - £2.50
Dog (each) - £2.00
Electric - £3.00

Directions to Wigrams Turn Camping and Caravan site

Wigrams Turn Marina, Shuckburgh Road, Napton on the Hill, Warwickshire CV47 8NL From Southam, head towards Daventry on A425 past the Kings Head Pub (on the right)

and Napton Crossroads Garage (on the left) Marina Gated entrance, Flag and signpost on left.

Steve Chapman

Marina Manager

Steve was Harbour Master for Black Prince before becoming Assistant Marina Manager at Ventnor. He still works across both marinas, preferring to be out and about. He can be seen providing wharf side services, completing routine maintenance and Black Prince handovers. Prior to joining the marina team he had held various front line to senior managerial roles within the building industry, retail and co-operative businesses.

Steve’s love of boats has been a lifelong passion. His first vessel was a 16’ powerboat which he used for water skiing off the northeast coast!

Steve and his wife Julie relocated to Warwickshire in 1994. They immediately fell in love with the inland waterways and purchased their first narrowboat in 1995. They now live onboard their widebeam boat with their gorgeous little Cavalier King Charles, Woody.
Rosemary Nippress

Assistant Manager

Rosemary started working in the marina reception and office in early 2020, before being appointed to Assistant Manager. Her usual working days are Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday.

Rosemary along with her husband David and two dogs Geri and Pip moved their boat to Wigrams in 2018. She became very active in the moorers’ social events and a great quizmaster by all accounts!

They have recently purchased a new home in the local village, but will still be enjoying their moorings and social times in the marina.
Faye Jones

Housekeeper

Faye has been with Castle Marinas for coming up to three years now, working as part of the housekeeping team to ensure the holiday boats and shareboats alike are cleaned and ready for their requested departures. Plus, facilities at both Wigrams and Ventnor are kept clean and up to a high standard.

Faye lives in a nearby village with her partner, Darren and their 3 children, she has a love for all animals, especially for her palomino pony Anki, and all her other pets within their household.
Karen Scott

Housekeeper

Karen brings many years of Housekeeping experience in the marine industry and we were delighted when she joined the Wigrams team as Housekeeper in October 2019.

Karen lives on her beautiful traditional narrow boat with her husband Gary (the Engineer) and Diesel (the Terrier). Karen and Gary have had a wonderfully varied life, including living on the beautiful Shetland Isles.
Kieran Ashby

Engineer

After many years working in the marine industry Kieran joined the Wigrams Engineering team in 2019. He works 3 days per week usually Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, although you’ll often see him helping on other days.

Kieran is very much a family man and lives with his family; Georgina, Ruth and Seb on their Historic NB Hartshill. He loves engineering and problem solving within its realms and is always up for a challenge (it doesn’t have to be engineering).
Brian Clensy

Part Time Harbourmaster

After 15 years in Production Management, Brian re-trained as an Acupuncturist in the late 1970’s and has run his own practice in Coventry for the last 36 years. Having owned a boat for the last 10 years, he now lives on a 70ft narrowboat in Wigrams with his wife, Maureen, and dogs Harry and Twiggy. “Having cut down my practice to 3 days per week, I am enjoying this alternative lifestyle working with the team here at Wigrams.”
Martyn Tilson

Accountant

Born and bred in Coventry and nearby towns, Martyn spent most of his career in accountancy or employment and health and safety law. He bought his first narrow boat in the late 90's after 10 years of hiring.

He was lured away from the high mileage, high pressure environment in 2004 to manage Calcutt Boats Marina. After 10 successful years he moved onto his narrowboat and set off to explore the system. Over wintering at Wigrams Turn proved a bad move for the retirement plan as the staff proved such a good team he succumbed to the opportunity to join part time as harbourmaster and latterly accounts.

He lives on site on his boat with wife Sue and Connie the dog.
Roz Gallagher

Part Time Admin Assistant (Ventnor/Wigrams Turn)

Roz joins the teams at Wigrams Turn and Ventnor Marinas to help with Admin on a part time basis.

Over the years Roz has worked in admin roles in various industries from software to aerospace. Now she says "I am lucky enough to work in a place where I can look forward to going to, amid beautiful surroundings".

She lives in Rugby with my husband Mark and cat Loki. They love spending time in the mountains here and abroad, but she is looking forward to learning more about canal living. She also enjoy horse riding, wine making, home entertainment and Formula 1.
Gary Morgan

Harbourmaster

After 35 years in the motor industry working as a General Sales Manager and
latterly as a Regional Manager for a Vehicle Technology company, Gary
decided that there was more to life than driving 50000 miles a year on
business. Having enjoyed several narrow boat holidays, 3 years ago Gary and
his wife Sue decided to leave their jobs, sell their house and bought a
narrow boat, spending the next 3 years traveling around exploring Britain's
waterways.

Originally from West London Gary, Sue and their dog Rosie love their new
lifestyle living on their narrow boat at Wigrams Turn Marina. Gary really
enjoys the variety of his new role which fully embraces his new lifestyle.
Karen Wray

Part-time Admin Assistant

Karen has worked at both Ventnor and Wigrams Turn Marina’s since March 2014, she’s recently reduced her hours to a part time. Her usual days of work are Friday, Saturday & Sunday, across the 2 marinas.

Karen lives on her boat NB Musashi, with husband Chris and their 2 dogs, Rocky & Tilly. She is using her newly found spare time on a new hobby, gardening and is looking forward to achieving her first crop of vegetables.
Lol Harrison

Part Time Dockmaster

Lol has been a welcome and friendly face for visitors and moorers alike for many years now. He lives in the local village with his wife Pat, enjoying their caravanning holidays whenever they can.

Lol works as part-time Harbourmaster. During the summer months he is a welcoming and happy face for all our holiday makers conducting the handovers of the boats and ensuring they start their holidays with a smile.
Gary Scott

Senior Engineer

Gary Scott ‘Scotty’ has recently joined the team as Senior Engineer. We are delighted by the appointment as Scotty brings many years of marine engineering experience, plus a big smile.

Explore the Marina

Contact Castle Marinas using the following methods:

Email

Telephone

Steve Chapman
01926 817175

Post

Wigrams Turn Marina
Shuckburgh Road
Napton on the Hill
Southam
Warwickshire
CV47 8NL

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Narrowboat Holidays with Castle Marinas

Castle marinas operates five marinas on the UK's inland waterways network including some of the UK's leading inland marinas catering for all types of narrowboats and river cruisers. From our base at Wigrams Turn Marina, we also run a Black Prince hire fleet of some 15 narrowboats, ideal for holidays of all types.

Black Prince Holidays offer award winning luxury narrowboat holidays from 9 locations across the UK, including Wigrams Turn Marina. All narrowboats have full central heating, 240v electric, Freeview,DVD and mobile WiFi, making the Black Prince Holidays fleet one the best equipped on the canal system.

Ideally situated at the head of the Oxford Canal, Wigrams Turn in Napton is a base that offers a starting point for a large number of interesting routes. The Warwickshire Ring, for the more energetic and experienced, contrasts the beautiful countryside around Warwick with city life and industry through Birmingham and Spaghetti Junction. Trips of beauty and interest can also be achieved, including Stratford Upon Avon, Oxford, Snarestone, or a visit to the Waterways Museum at Stoke Bruerne, depending on the number of locks you wish to negotiate.

Visit the Black Prince Holidays website for more details including special offers canal boat holidays.

www.black-prince.com

A network of fully serviced pontoons catering for narrowboat, canal boat and wide beam vessels

Marina Information

Wigrams Turn Marina has 225 narrowboat moorings, across a network of fully serviced pontoons. Berths include a hire fleet, share boats, and wide beam vessels, all enveloped within carefully landscaped grounds, ideally set up for enjoying the great outdoors. Please see our marina layout here

Situated on the junction of the Oxford and Grand Union Canals, Wigrams Turn has arguably one of the best locations on the Uk's waterways. The world is your oyster with three cruising directions and endless miles of gloroius countryside to explore.

Oxford Canal

The Oxford canal journies through 77 miles of picturesque scenery from Oxford to Coventry. Amongst its many attractions is its unspoilt, peaceful route. Mercifully it has managed to avoid any large-scale developments, so few towns have sprung up on its banks. The southern section is particularly charming and remains largely unaltered.

Grand Union Canal

The Grand Union Canal runs a total of 137 miles, with branches to towns along the way. It is the trunk route of Britain's canal network linking from London, through the Chilterns with Birmingham. It offers a wide variety of landscapes, wildlife, buildings, architecture and historic craft for you to discover.

Pontoon Services - Electricity/Water

Water and Electricity are available year round on all pontoons. Water is free of charge. Electricity is invoiced on a quarterly basis and costs 15p per unit (including service charge and VAT).

Click here to download a Pdf of Castle Marinas Ltd terms and conditions

Picture of modern facilities at Wigrams Turn

Showers, Toilets (including disabled facilities) & Launderette

The toilets and shower facilities are available for all marina customers 24/7 and include disabled facilities.

The launderette facilities are open 24/7 and comprises washing machines and dryers, all operated with pound coins.

Fuel/Pump Out/Waste Disposal/Recycling

Fuel, gas and logs, plus pump out and Elsan Disposal are all available on the dockside.

The staff at Wigrams Turn Marina are dedicated to enhancing and protecting the marina environment and take great pride in maintenance of the site. We recycle waste wherever possible and waste disposal and recycling facilities are located by the service quay. Details of what can be recycled can be found on the bin.

Dry dock/Bottom blacking facility/Boat maintenance & repairs

Our sister Marina, Ventnor, offers a fully enclosed dry dock for narrowboat blacking and narrowboat surveys.

To book into the dry dock please contact Alan direct on: 07493 936309 or Roz in the Marina Office 01926 815023 or email: drydock@ventnor-marina.co.uk

Maintenance and repairs - Wigrams Turn Marina has onsite engineers available to help with your boat maintenance, repair work and boat safety certificates. Information regarding pre booking is available in the Marina Office. You will need to complete forms with your information, contact and access details. The Marina staff will be happy to help.

Security/Parking

As with many of Castles Marinas we have staff living onsite at Wigrams Turn which gives extra security and peace of mind for our customers. In addition the security gates to the marina allow car access to fob holders only.

There is a purpose built car park to the side of the Marina Office, close to the pontoons with plenty of trollies available to move suppiies and shopping from your car to your boat.

Onsite Shop

There is an onsite shop within the Marina Office for the convenience of customers at Wigrams Turn Marina. The shop sells a limited supply of essentials

Opening Hours for both shop and office are:

Monday to Friday : 9am to 5pm

Saturday : 9am to 4pm

Sunday : 8.30am to 3.30pm

Customer Lounge

The customer lounge at Wigrams Turn is a great space for customers to relax with comfy sofas, a TV, tea and coffee making facilities and plenty of books, magazines and games to entertain you on a rainy day.

Marina Safety

At Wigrams Turn Marina our primary function is to offer a safe, secure and enjoyable boating environment for all our boating customers. We want you to get the most out of your canal or narrowboating on the UK’s inland waterways plus be able to keep your boat in a marina with the best facilities and services.

To achieve this we draw all moorers attention to the following boat and marina safety points.

There are several potential hazards within a marina environment. Pontoons are slippery when wet and icy. Please take care and wear suitable footwear. Please also take extra care at night and in strong winds.

Please do not leave any clutter, untidy cables or cycles on pontoons, these can cause a trip hazard and can impede access.

Children must be supervised at all times and must not ride in the trollies. Lifejackets are advisable.

In the event of a difficulty please contact the marina office immediately. You may want to make a note of the out of hours contact number. Harbourmasters are contactable 24 hours a day seven days a week.

Life rings and extinguishers are located around the Marina.

There is a first aid station in the Marina Office

Smoking is strictly prohibited along the length of the service quay area particularly near to the Pump Out, Diesel, Bottled Gas and Fuel areas.

Our staff are there to help you. If you doubt your ability to manoeuvre your boat in the prevailing conditions do alert the Harbourmasters who will be happy to assist.

Any damage to pontoons, facilities or boats should be reported to the Marina Office immediately.

Please also do not allow oil contaminated bilge effluent to be discharged into the marina and be aware that hot central heating or engine exhausts can scorch wooden pontoons.

Syndicate and Share Boats

Wigrams Turn is home to several syndicate and share boats (who take advantage of the cruising options, great facilities and onsite boat cleaning and engineering services).

We value our customers opinions

Improving our service with the help of our customers

We regularly collect information from our customers regarding our facilities and services. We would be very grateful as a customer at Wigrams Turn Marina, whether a visitor or an annual berth holder, if you could spare some time to complete our short survey.

The results are anonymous unless you would like some feedback.

We publish the results of the surveys on an annual basis.

Please click on the link below and thank you very much in advance.

Wigrams Turn Customer Satisfaction Survey 2017

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