Length & No of Locks
84km from Belleek to Belturbet with 1 lock

Opening Hours of Locks
The only lock on the system, Portora Lock, is usually open during the cruising season. Please ensure the safety of all your passengers when the boat is in the lock.

Navigational Criteria
Length: 36m
Beam: 6m
Draft: 1.2m
Air draft: 4.2m

Draft dimensions are given as a guide only and cannot be guaranteed.

Boat Registration
All boats with an engine capacity of more than 10bhp on the Erne System must be registered with Waterways Ireland Inspectorate. Registration is free of charge and can be completed by contacting the Lough Erne Warden's Office or by downloading the form from the link below. You will be provided with a registration number which must be displayed in a prominent position on your boat. Boats registered on the Erne System do not need to reregister when moving to another waterway.

Boat Registration Form - Erne System

Your Wash
You are asked to consider the wash of your boat and its effect on others. All engine-powered boats create a wave of water, known as a wash, which flows outwards from the boat as it moves forward. Look behind you frequently to check the effect that your wash is having on other users. You are advised to reduce your speed in narrow channels to prevent bank erosion, damage to reed beds and destruction of birds' nests among reed and bank habitats. Slow down where boats are moored, when approaching quays, jetties or locks or where water activities are taking place.

Mooring Time Limits
No vessel or boat should remain moored at or in the vicinity of a public mooring for a continuous period of more than 48 hours. A new period shall begin after an absence from the mooring for four hours or more.

Slipways
Round 'O', Enniskillen; Belleek Marina; Bellanaleck; Camagh Bay Blaney; Geaglum, Derrylin; Rossclare, Killadeas; Bun Bridge, Newtownbutler; Rossigh, Lisnarick; Derryadd, Lisnaskea; Castle Archdale, Lisnarick; Corradillar, Lisnaskea; Muckross, Kesh; Carrybridge, Lisbellaw.

Pump-outs
Pump-outs are provided by Waterways Ireland to enable the safe and clean pumping out of boat effluent removing the pollution risk to our waterways. Pump-outs are provided at Belleek and Castle Archdale on Lower Lough Erne, at the Round "O" in Enniskillen and at Carrybridge, Galloon Jetty and Knockninny on Upper Lough Erne.

Services Blocks
Toilets are provided at Belleek, Kesh Village, Rossigh, Round 'O and Broadmeadow Enniskillen, Bellanaleck, Carrybridge, Knockninny and Galloon Island.
Public Conveniences are generally open from April to October with opening hours of 08.00 to 22.00. Those at Kesh and Belleek are open all year round apart from Christmas Day. For opening times out of season please contact Fermanagh District Council Tel no +44 (0)28 6632 4347.
Showers are provided at Kesh Village, Round 'O and Broadmeadow Enniskillen, Bellanaleck, Carrybridge, Knockninny and Galloon Island.

Fuel Points
Fuel is available from the following locations: Tully Bay (Carrick Craft), Lisnarick (Aghnivar Boat Company), Killadeas (Manor House Marine), Enniskillen (McBride's Shop, Riverview), Bellanaleck, Carrybridge and Knockninny.

Maintenance Works
Maintenance works on the waterways are, where possible, carried out during the winter. When navigating any waterway between 1 November and 17 March you are advised to contact Waterways Ireland Operations Division or the Inspectorate before making your journey to confirm that the waterway is open.

Warden
The Erne System is patrolled by a Warden who is authorised to implement the Lough Erne Navigation Bye-laws. An infringement of these Bye-laws may lead to prosecution.

For further information on navigating and boat queries contact the Inspectorate:

Inspector of Navigation
Waterways Ireland, The Docks, Athlone, Co Westmeath
Tel no +353 (0)90 649 4232

Lough Erne Warden
Waterways Ireland, 2 Sligo Road, Enniskillen,
Co Fermanagh, BT74 7JY
Tel no +44 (0)28 6632 2836