Welcome to the Lympstone Harbour website
Click/tap here to see how the LFHA
administers this privately owned harbour.
If you wish to use the Harbour, including the slipway & the foreshore for boating & launching of SUPs, canoes etc, you must be a permanent resident & be licensed by the Harbour Board.
Pedestrians are welcome on our property, dogs must be kept on short lead & droppings removed. Dogs are not allowed amongst the boats on the hardstanding.
Exeter Port Authority Local Notice to Mariners No. 06/21 17th February 2021
Notice is hereby given that Exeter Port Authority have established a new ‘East Cardinal Buoy’. The buoy is east of the permanent wreck, situated south east of Cockwood.
East cardinal buoy position: Lat. 50° 36.874' N – Long. 003° 26.505' W. Light characteristics Q(3)10s.
Harbour Wall Closed
As a 2m social distancing cannot be guaranteed on the wall in all circumstances, the Wall is closed until government restrictions allow.
Harbour Board 6 April 2021
Future Events and Dates 2021
subject to Covid restrictions
Monday April 12 HT 4.0m at 0750
First lift 0615
- Harbour Open to dinghies: Friday 16 April
- Hardstanding Closed to dinghies: Tuesday
5 October from sundown
- Craning ashore:
Saturday October 9 HT 4.2m at 0920
2021/22 Licence Labels
Licence Labels, acting as receipts of fees paid, will be available from LSC foyer windowsill from Monday 12th April (not Friday 9th) . These shall be applied to your vessel when on LFHA property such that they are clearly visible when berthed.
Season Start - preparatory steps
Owner-launched vessels currently on the Hardstanding, shall have launched by noon (sundown ) on 15th April 2021.
No vessels may be brought onto the hardstanding until the crane has departed the Village on 12th April 2021, except:
Tenders to vessels already on moorings are permitted to reside on Ted’s Folly or under the cliff-face before 16th.
Hardstanding Preparations
Volunteers are requested to assemble at 1400 on Thursday 15th April 2021 at the Harbour to tidy-up, empty the racks of dinghies & inflatables and to set up the layout for the arrival of dinghies & other craft the following day. Please bring tools.
DIY-launched craft should be afloat by now for access to the area.
