Find a BSS Examiner
Every boat on the UK inland waterways needs a valid Boat Safety Scheme certificate. Find a certified BSS examiner near your mooring — we list 129+ examiners covering every county in England and Wales.
What is the Boat Safety Scheme?
The Boat Safety Scheme (BSS) is jointly owned by the Canal & River Trust and the Environment Agency. It sets safety standards to minimise the risk of fire, explosion and carbon monoxide poisoning on boats. Most navigation authorities require a valid BSS certificate before issuing a licence for your narrowboat, widebeam, or cruiser on the inland waterways.
A BSS examination typically costs £150–£250 and covers gas systems, fuel systems, electrical installations, ventilation, fire extinguishers, and CO detectors. Certificates are valid for 4 years.
All BSS Examiners (129)
Adam Carroll
Covers: Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
Adam Termote
Covers: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Kent, Leicestershire, London, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex, Wiltshire
Alan Buckle
Covers: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Warwickshire, West Midlands
Alan May
Covers: Norfolk, Suffolk
Alan Smith
Covers: Cumbria, Durham, Kent, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Tyne and Wear
Alex Parker
Covers: Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
Andrew Bedford
Covers: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, London, Surrey
Andrew Crook
Covers: Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, Manchester, Merseyside, North Yorkshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire
Andrew Gladdish
Covers: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, London, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire
Andrew Raine
Covers: Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire
Angela Robotham
Covers: Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport, Avon, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Devon, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Sussex, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
Antony Urwin
Covers: Norfolk
Ben Greene
Covers: Avon, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cleveland, Cornwall, Cumbria, Devon, Dorset, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Norfolk, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Somerset, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
Canal Boat Safety — Midlands
Covers: the Midlands canal network
Charles Colledge
Covers: Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Warwickshire
Chris Berry
Covers: Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport, Avon, Devon, Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, West Midlands, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
Chris Church
Covers: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Oxfordshire, Surrey, West Sussex
Chris John Ryan
Covers: Cheshire, Manchester, Merseyside, Shropshire, Staffordshire
Chris Pengilley
Covers: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey
Clive Hodgson
Covers: various areas
Clive Penny
Covers: Northamptonshire
Colin Cason
Covers: Norfolk, Suffolk
Colin Frost
Covers: Essex, Kent, London
Dan MacIntyre-Jones
Covers: Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport, Avon, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
Daniel Bullen
Covers: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, East Sussex, Essex, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Suffolk, West Sussex
Darren McKenzie
Covers: Monmouthshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
David Felton
Covers: Cambridgeshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
David Freeman
Covers: Newport, Avon, Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Manchester, Merseyside, Northamptonshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, Worcestershire
David O'Rourke
Covers: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hertfordshire, London, Surrey
Dean Hendey
Covers: Kent
Dean Whines
Covers: Essex, Hertfordshire, London
Derek Barnett
Covers: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire
Eric Bishop
Covers: Norfolk
Gary King
Covers: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk
Gary Smales
Covers: Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire, Manchester, Merseyside, West Yorkshire
Gerry Straube
Covers: various areas
Glenn Lowman
Covers: Norfolk, Suffolk
Glenn Sawyer
Covers: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, East Sussex, Hampshire, London, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Surrey, Wiltshire
Gordon Lambert
Covers: Cheshire, Derbyshire, Humberside, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Manchester, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire
Graham Daniels
Covers: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Devon, Dorset, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Surrey
Graham Thornton
Covers: Cheshire, Lancashire, Manchester, Merseyside, West Yorkshire
Greg Birkett
Covers: Cheshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Manchester, North Yorkshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire
Guy Holding
Covers: Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Manchester, West Yorkshire
Hannah Cope
Covers: Hertfordshire, Humberside, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire
Ian Ansell
Covers: Norfolk, Suffolk
Ian Cooper
Covers: Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport, Avon, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
Ian Hutchinson
Covers: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland
Ian Lewis
Covers: Lancashire, North Yorkshire
Ian Lumley
Covers: Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Humberside, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Suffolk
Ian Marris
Covers: Avon, Buckinghamshire, Gloucestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire
Ian Williamson
Covers: Wiltshire
Jack Shelton
Covers: Cardiff, Newport, Avon, Berkshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, London, Somerset, Wiltshire
James Hale
Covers: various areas
James Lowe
Covers: Avon, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, East Sussex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, London, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, Surrey, West Sussex, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
Jason Starnes
Covers: Avon, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, London, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex, Wiltshire
Jim Atwell
Covers: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, London
Joe Drake
Covers: Avon, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Devon, Dorset, East Sussex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Somerset, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex, Wiltshire
John Cox
Covers: Avon, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Somerset, Wiltshire
Jon Stone
Covers: Humberside, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire
Kyle Paulin
Covers: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, London, Surrey
Lee Freeman
Covers: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire
Lee Ottery
Covers: Avon, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, Leicestershire, London, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Somerset, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
Marc Credland
Covers: Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire
Mark Haizelden
Covers: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Suffolk
Mark Loveday
Covers: Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport, Avon, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire
Mark Paris
Covers: Oxfordshire
Mark Ryland
Covers: Avon, Gloucestershire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
Martin Ridge
Covers: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Humberside, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Northamptonshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
Matthew Anderson
Covers: Cheshire
Michael Carter
Covers: Cheshire, Lancashire, Manchester, Merseyside
Michael Clarke
Covers: Northamptonshire
Michael Shaw
Covers: Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands
Mick Day
Covers: Bedfordshire, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, Worcestershire
Mike Bickley
Covers: Cheshire, Manchester, Merseyside, Shropshire, Staffordshire
Mike Boulton
Covers: Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cleveland, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Durham, Humberside, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Manchester, Merseyside, Norfolk, Northumberland, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Tyne and Wear, Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, Worcestershire
Mike Shipman
Covers: Derbyshire, Humberside, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire
Nick Pritchard
Covers: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Devon, Essex, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
Nick Sherratt
Covers: Avon, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
Nigel Hamilton
Covers: Cheshire, Lancashire, Manchester, Merseyside
Nigel Smith
Covers: Staffordshire, Warwickshire
Patrick Curtis
Covers: Norfolk
Paul Hutley
Covers: Avon, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, London, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Wiltshire
Paul Killick
Covers: Berkshire, Surrey
Paul Morris
Covers: Cheshire, Lancashire, Manchester, Merseyside
Paul Wilkinson
Covers: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Kent, London, Surrey, West Sussex
Pete Davidson
Covers: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Humberside, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
Peter Brown
Covers: Berkshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Warwickshire, Wiltshire
Peter Currie
Covers: various areas
Peter May
Covers: Avon, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, London, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Sussex, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
Peter Stott
Covers: Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport, Avon, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Shropshire, Somerset, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
Phil Jones
Covers: Cheshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands
Phil Read
Covers: Derbyshire, Humberside, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Northamptonshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, West Yorkshire
Philip Chalker
Covers: Avon, Berkshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire
Raymond Howe
Covers: North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire
Rhys Killin
Covers: Cheshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Humberside, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Manchester, North Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire
Richard Dachtler
Covers: Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Hertfordshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire
Richard Fee
Covers: Lancashire, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire
Richard Gardiner
Covers: Monmouthshire, Avon, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Somerset, West Midlands, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
Richard Pomeroy
Covers: Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Warwickshire
Ricky Tropman
Covers: Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire
Rob Lambden
Covers: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey
Rob Tribe
Covers: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Northamptonshire
Robert Hand
Covers: Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire
Robert Hurst
Covers: Bedfordshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
Roger Coe
Covers: London, Surrey
Roger Wells
Covers: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Surrey
Ron Gooding
Covers: Derbyshire
Rupert Smedley
Covers: Cheshire, Derbyshire, Manchester, Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands
Rupert Smith
Covers: Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Essex, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Surrey, West Sussex
Russell Fincham
Covers: Avon, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Cleveland, Cornwall, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, Leicestershire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
Russell Ford
Covers: Avon, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Hertfordshire, Kent, London, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Surrey
Sebastian Meier
Covers: Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport, Avon, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Humberside, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Manchester, Merseyside, Northamptonshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Surrey, Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
Shaun Hutchinson
Covers: Norfolk, Suffolk
Shaun Southgate
Covers: Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, Manchester, Merseyside, Shropshire, Staffordshire, West Midlands
Simon Freear
Covers: Cheshire, Lancashire, Manchester
Sonny Boulter
Covers: Norfolk, Suffolk
Stephen Simcoe
Covers: Buckinghamshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire
Stephen Williams
Covers: Cardiff, Monmouthshire, Newport, Avon, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Cheshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Manchester, Merseyside, Northamptonshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Yorkshire, Wiltshire, Worcestershire
Stephen Wood
Covers: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Leicestershire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Rutland, Suffolk, Warwickshire
Steven Heywood
Covers: Cheshire, Derbyshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, Worcestershire
Steven Hutchinson
Covers: Humberside, Lincolnshire, North Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire, South Yorkshire, West Yorkshire
Stuart Holmes
Covers: Cambridgeshire, Northamptonshire, Rutland
Tom Fawcett
Covers: Cheshire, Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Lancashire, Manchester, Merseyside, Northamptonshire, North Yorkshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Yorkshire
Tom Keeling
Covers: Warwickshire, Worcestershire
Tony Hunt
Covers: Hampshire, London, Surrey
Wayne Shrubb
Covers: Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Leicestershire, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, West Midlands
Will Conway
Covers: Cheshire, Manchester, Merseyside
William Flannery
Covers: Essex, Kent, London
William Kirby
Covers: Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Lincolnshire, Norfolk, Suffolk
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