Sailing a pleasure craft that is arriving in the UK
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Check customs rules for private individuals who travel to the UK from another country in a pleasure craft
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 6
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Governance & assurance
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
Check customs rules for private individuals who travel to the UK from another country in a pleasure craft Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- When to report as a pleasure craft
- When you should report as a commercial vessel
- Journeys you must report
- Arriving in Great Britain
- Arriving in Northern Ireland
- Arriving from the Isle of Man into Great Britain or Northern Ireland
- Fly the yellow 'Q' flag when you enter UK waters
- Submit a pleasure craft report
- Change or cancel a voyage
- Immigration requirements
- If you do not receive clearance
- Notifiable illness
- Declare goods on the pleasure craft
- Pets
- Great Britain
- Northern Ireland
Source and licence
HM Revenue & Customs
AttributionHM Revenue & Customs, ‘Sailing a pleasure craft that is arriving in the UK’ (updated 20 July 2026), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026