BSS Examiners Near Me
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.
How much does a BSS exam cost?
A standard BSS examination costs £150–£250 depending on the size of your boat and your location. The examiner visits your boat at its mooring — you don't need to take it anywhere.
How often do you need a BSS certificate?
BSS certificates are valid for 4 years. You'll need to renew before it expires to keep your CRT licence or EA registration. Book your examiner a few weeks before your certificate runs out to allow time for any remedial work.
What does a BSS exam check?
The examination covers gas systems (LPG installations, regulators, pipework), fuel systems (diesel tanks, fuel lines), electrical installations, ventilation, fire extinguishers, carbon monoxide detectors, and general structural safety.
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: Berkshire, Reading, Aldermaston, Caversham, and surrounding areas including Hampshire, Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, London, and Suffolk
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
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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