🌊 Trent Lock Wharf L1 Leisure Mooring
Erewash Canal | Near Long Eaton, Nottinghamshire
📍 Location
Trent Lock Wharf L1 is located near Long Eaton, at the junction of the River Trent, River Soar, Trent & Mersey Canal, and Erewash Canal — a major crossroads known as Waters Meet. The site sits at the end of Lock Lane, off the B6540 Tamworth Road, just before the railway level crossing. It’s on the border of Leicestershire, Derbyshire, and Nottinghamshire.
🚤 Mooring Details
- Berths: 2 moorings
- Type: Leisure mooring only (not residential)
- Access: No gated entrance; footpath access only
- Private washroom with toilet and hand basin available
- Some storage space provided on site
- Grade: Standard
🛠️ Facilities
- Drinking water
- Refuse disposal
- Shared facilities block (toilets, showers, Elsan disposal)
- Car parking: Adjacent to mooring; unregulated and unsecured
- Facilities and bins managed by the local waterway team; not part of the mooring agreement
🚲 Towpath & Access
- Viewing: From adjacent footpath
- Appointments required for full site access via the Moorings Manager
- Please respect the privacy of moorers
🏘️ Nearby Amenities
- Village: Sawley (~1 mile northeast) — small selection of shops and railway station
- Town: Long Eaton (~3 miles) — banks, post office, pubs, restaurants
- Rail: Long Eaton Station, Tamworth Road, NG10 3GS
🏡 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
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- Waterway: Erewash Canal
- Viewing: From footpath
- Site Facilities
- Elsan Disposal Refuse Disposal
- Nearest Road
- Approaching the site from Long Eaton, turn left off the B6540 Tamworth Road in to Lock Lane immediately before KAM Servicing. Follow Lock Lane, over the railway level crossing to the end of the road where the site can be found on the left land side. There is a small selection of shops and a railway station in Sawley village, approximately one mile away to the north east. Long Eaton town centre, where services including banks, a post office, pubs and restaurants, are available is approximately three miles away.
- Nearest Station
- Long Eaton, Tamworth Road, Long Eaton, NG10 3GS.
- Nearest Town
- Long Eaton
- Additional Information
- This mooring berth has the use of a private washroom with toilet and hand basin. Some storage is available on the site. Vehicle parking is available adjacent to the mooring. What3Words: ///native.icons.salads
- Waterway
- Erewash Canal
- Car Parking
- Unregulated - Unsecured
- Facilities Block
- No
- Gated Access
- None
- Grade
- Standard
- Viewing Arrangements
- This mooring can be viewed from the adjacent footpath. Please contact the Moorings Manager for an appointment if you wish to gain full access to the site.
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- Car Parking Nearby
- Elsan Disposal
- Refuse Disposal
- Toilets