🌳 Forest Lock L1 Leisure Mooring
Chesterfield Canal | Near Retford, Nottinghamshire
📍 Location
Forest Lock L1 is located on a quiet rural stretch of the Chesterfield Canal, close to Retford. The site sits below Forest Middle Top Lock (No. 55) and is accessed by crossing the lock and descending a set of steps. It lies between the villages of Ranby and Retford, with Ranby approximately 3 miles southwest and Retford about 4 miles southeast.
🚤 Mooring Details
- Site length: approximately 130 metres
- Berths: Up to 10 vessels moored against the off-side bank (above and below the lock)
- Type: Leisure mooring only (not residential)
- Access: Gated entrance; CRT key required
🛠️ Facilities
- Drinking water (above the lock)
- Elsan disposal (adjacent to the lock)
- Refuse disposal (beside turning point in parking area)
- Elsan disposal and waste disposal managed by the local waterway team
- Car parking: Unregulated and unsecured
- Pontoon type: Fixed with timber surface
- Grade: Basic
🚲 Towpath & Access
- Viewing: Accessible from the towpath at any time
- Please respect the privacy of other moorers
🏘️ Nearby Amenities
- Ranby: Waterside pub
- Retford: Post office, banks, restaurants, pubs
- Rail: Retford Station, Station Road, DN22 7DE
🏡 Leisure Use Only
This site is intended for leisure boat storage between trips. Weekend stays and occasional longer visits are welcome, but it is not suitable for residential use and does not have planning consent or infrastructure for long-term living.
📌 Additional Info
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- Waterway: Chesterfield Canal
- Viewing: From towpath
- Site Facilities
- Drinking Water Elsan Disposal Refuse Disposal Car Parking
- Nearest Road
- The site is between Ranby and Retford. Ranby is a small village, approximately 3 miles away to the south west, which has a waterside pub. Retford is a small canalside town, approximately four miles away to the south east, where services including a post office, banks, restaurants and pubs are available. The access lane is beside the Canal Bridge off Old London Road, which is off the A620.
- Nearest Station
- Retford, Station Road, Retford, DN22 7DE
- Nearest Town
- Retford
- Additional Information
- The majority of the facilities listed can be found adjacent to the lock, beside the parking area. The refuse disposal point is beside the turning point in the parking area. Please note, that the parking area and waste disposal point is managed and controlled by the local waterway team. The water point is above the lock. 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: ///unless.supposes.blazed
- Waterway
- Chesterfield Canal
- Car Parking
- Unregulated - Unsecured
- Facilities Block
- No
- Gated Access
- BW Key
- Grade
- Basic
- Pontoon Type
- Fixed with Timber Surface
- 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
- Elsan Disposal
- Refuse Disposal