Your neighbourhood on the water

Canal life is better connected.

Meet nearby boaters, swap local knowledge, find useful places and keep in touch — without sharing your precise location.

Available now on iPhone and Android

Made for the cut.
Built around real waterway life.

Moorhood Nearby showing boaters around Barnby Dun

NearbySee who is around

Ahoy!Share local updates

Help WantedAsk for a hand

For SalePass useful kit on

Private chatKeep in touch

Approximate by design

Your precise location is never displayed.

Useful, not noisy

No follower counts, swiping or popularity contests.

Made for canal life

People, places and practical help in one calm app.

Inside Moorhood

Everything around the bend.
All in one place.

Moorhood brings nearby people, useful local knowledge and everyday canal life into one calm place. Share an Ahoy!, ask for help, discover events and places, or keep in touch privately without swapping phone numbers.

Nearby

Meet the people around you

See who is nearby, what they are into and the practical things they are happy to help with.

Ahoy!

Share what is useful

Post a local update, ask a question or pass on something the next boater will be glad to know.

Chats

Keep the conversation going

Chat privately without swapping phone numbers, with photos and voice notes when words are not enough.

Built for life aboard

More neighbourly.
Less social network.

Ask for a hand, discover a nearby café, find a useful bit of kit or see what is happening along the cut. Moorhood is designed to be quietly useful — then get out of the way.

See where Moorhood takes you

Help Wanted

A spare pair of hands can be closer than you think.

For Sale

Useful things, passed along the water.

Privacy comes first

Close enough to connect. Never precise enough to track.

Moorhood shows approximate distance and canal area, not a public live pin. You decide when you are visible and who can contact you.

✓ Approximate location only
✓ Private one-to-one chat
✓ Reporting and blocking
✓ Visibility in your control

Moorhood has launched

Find your Moorhood.

Meet the people, places and practical help around you.