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Pin Mill

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Region: United Kingdom (1302), England (659), Suffolk (26), Ipswich (9) and Chelmondiston (1)

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Mooring

Options for mooring in this harbour: Mooring buoy<br>(for easy "anchoring", not to be confused with bouys used in marinas).

Updated on 28. May 2025. Update mooring.

Descriptions and reviews

Bru (S.V. Pagan) says:

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Pin Mill is a gem and the pub (the Butt and Oyster) is rightly famous. It was the starting point of the Swallows adventures in "We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea" and for a while the home of its author Arthur Ransome

Best of luck trying to anchor anywhere near though! Anywhere a mooring can be laid, it usually has been and anchoring in the shipping channel is definitely out of the question as ships regularly pass to and from Ipswich docks. You may be able to find a spot you're happy to drop the hook in, I never have.

As for moorings, there are no longer (as far as I can ascertain) any dedicated visitor moorings and there are three commercial mooring operators plus the sailing club all operating moorings in the river. Your best option is to call Harry King's on 07714 260568 or 07867 640650 and ask if they can accomodate you.

If you do get a mooring, landing by dinghy on the hard is possible without getting muddy except for an hour or two either side of low water.

Alternatively, and the option we usually end up settling for, is to berth at the Royal Harwich Y.C. if they have space or the more expensive Wollverstone Marina and walk down to Pin Mill through the woods. It's a pleasant stroll albeit not suitable for anyone with mobility issues.

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Facilities

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Mooring

Options for mooring in this harbour: Mooring buoy<br>(for easy "anchoring", not to be confused with bouys used in marinas).

Updated on 28. May 2025. Update mooring.

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The wind forecasts come from yr.no (Norwegian Meteorological Institute), and was last updated 2 hours and 21 minutes ago (Saturday 21 June 01:16 PM). The next night score shows you the worst hour between 22:00 and 08:00 the next night. We recommend that you check multiple sources for wind forecasts. windy.com is a good website to show larger wind systems.

The safe wind directions for this harbour has been decided by an algorithm, based on how elevated the land around the harbour is. It's mostly correct, but sometimes the underlying data about elevation levels is not good enough to make correct decisions. It's a great help to other if you can validate or adjust the safe wind directions. You can see the data used by the algorithm to decide the safe wind directions by clicking here.

Last visits to Pin Mill

Mon 27 Nov 2023

REBORN [MMSI: 235057421]

Sat 09 Sep 2023

ELOUERA [MMSI: 232044401]

Tue 05 Sep 2023

VROUWE OLIVE [MMSI: 232018712]

The visits are retrieved from AIS data. You can click to see all visiting ships to Pin Mill, as well as statistics about the ships that visits

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