🌊 West Stockwith Linear Moorings L1 Leisure
Chesterfield Canal | West Stockwith, Nottinghamshire
📍 Location
This linear mooring site lies at the junction of the Chesterfield Canal and the tidal River Trent, offering a strategic base for exploring both waterways. It’s located off Stockwith Road (A161), approximately 2 miles east of Misterton and 7 miles northwest of Gainsborough.
🚤 Mooring Details
- Site length: approximately 230 metres
- Berths: Up to 15 vessels moored against the off-side bank
- Type: Leisure mooring only (not residential)
- Access: No vehicle access to the linear moorings
- Gated entrance; standard BW key required
- Mooring rings are shared with neighbouring boats
- All items must be stored on boats, not on surrounding land
🛠️ Facilities
- Electricity via Smart Meter bollards
- Drinking water points along the site
- Elsan disposal, toilets, and showers in the facilities block beside Lock Cottage (~short walk)
- Refuse disposal beside the hardstanding area
- Pump-out and diesel point near the slipway
- Facilities and bins managed by the local waterway team; not part of the mooring agreement
- Car parking: Available in adjacent basin; accessed with CRT key
- Grade: Standard
🚲 Towpath & Access
- Viewing: From adjacent towpath at any time
- No public access to the mooring site
- Please respect the privacy of moorers
🏘️ Nearby Amenities
- Village: Misterton (~2 miles) — shops and takeaways
- Town: Gainsborough (~7 miles southeast) — post office, banks, restaurants, pubs, Gainsborough Old Hall, Trinity Arts Centre
- Rail: Gainsborough Station, Station Approach, DN21 1XR
🏡 Leisure Use Only
This site is intended for boat storage between leisure trips. Weekend stays and occasional longer visits are welcome, but it is not suitable for residential use and lacks planning consent or infrastructure for long-term living.
📌 Additional Info
- What3Words: bulges.townhouse.cornfield
- Waterway: Chesterfield Canal
- Viewing: From towpath
- Yacht Club: West Stockwith Yacht Club (clubhouse open Wed, Fri, Sat evenings and Sun lunchtime)
- Site Facilities
- Electricity Drinking Water Elsan Disposal Refuse Disposal Car Parking
- Nearest Road
- The site is off Stockwith Road which is off the A161. The site entrance is approximately 300 metres from Bridge 85 which crosses the Chesterfield Canal. The site is approximately two miles east of Misterton village which has some shops and take-aways. Gainsborough, where services including a post office, banks, restaurants and pubs, is approximately seven miles to the South East.
- Nearest Station
- Gainsborough, Station Approach, Gainsborough, DN21 1XR.
- Nearest Town
- Gainsborough
- Additional Information
- All facilities, apart from water points and electricity along the site, are within a short walk at West Stockwith Basin. The showers, toilets and the elsan disposal are in the facilities block beside the Lock Cottage and for the use of all customers. The refuse disposal point is beside the hardstanding area. The pumpout facility is beside the slipway. A diesel point is beside the lock. Facilities Block and/or waste bins are provided by and under the control of the local waterway, they do not form part of the mooring agreement. Car parking areas are also in the adjacent basin, all of which are accessed with a standard CRT key. If you do not already have one, or require additional please you will be able to purchase them via the Canal & River Trust online shop.. Please note there is NO vehicle access on to the linear moorings. All berths on this area of the West Stockwith site have electricity connection provided through Smart Meters. West Stockwith Yacht Club is on the west side of the basin. There is a members' clubhouse which opens Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evenings and lunchtime on Sundays. IMPORTANT NOTES: All items must be stored on the boat and not the surrounding land areas. Mooring rings are shared with neighbouring boats to best manage the water space. There is a slipway in the basin managed by a third party. This is a leisure site and is determined by us to be a mooring site for the storage of boats between leisure use, customers may well spend weekends on this site, and occasionally longer periods, but it is not sold as, or intended to be suitable for long term residential use. This site does not have local authority planning consent for residential use, neither does it have the level of facilities and service expected of such a mooring. As such the offer that we have is only intended to meet the needs of a leisure boater. What3Words: ///bulges.townhouse.cornfield
- Waterway
- Chesterfield Canal
- Access Restrictions
- No public access to the mooring site.
- Car Parking
- Unregulated - Unsecured
- Facilities Block
- Shared(Waterway/Moorings)
- Gated Access
- BW Key
- Grade
- Standard
- Viewing Arrangements
- The site can be viewed at any time from the towpath. Whilst at the site, please respect the privacy of other moorers.
- Car Parking
- Drinking Water
- Electricity
- Elsan Disposal
- Hard Standing
- Pump Out
- Refuse Disposal
- Showers
- Toilets