🌆 Lincoln Lowside L1 Leisure Mooring
Fossdyke Canal | Lincoln, Lincolnshire
📍 Location
Lincoln Lowside L1 is located adjacent to the University of Lincoln Halls of Residence, between Brayford Pool and the Canal & River Trust facilities block. The site is accessed via Campus Way, off the B1273, and is within walking distance of Lincoln city centre (approximately 1.5 to 2 miles).
🚤 Mooring Details
- Site length: approximately 170 metres
- Berths: 16 leisure moorings
- Type: Leisure mooring only (not residential)
- Access: No gated entrance; towpath viewing only
- Height restriction at the Glory Hole: 9ft 2in (2.79 metres)
🛠️ Facilities
- Drinking water points along the mooring site
- Elsan disposal, toilets, shower, and disabled facilities in the shared block
- Pump-out facility at the water’s edge in front of the block
- Refuse disposal behind the facilities block
- Facilities are managed by the local waterway team and not part of the mooring agreement
- Low-level lighting installed
- Car parking: Not provided; public road access only
- Parking is not permitted on the access road; car park reserved for residential moorers
🚲 Towpath & Access
- Viewing: Accessible from the towpath opposite at any time
- Please respect the privacy of moorers
🏘️ Nearby Amenities
- City: Lincoln — shops, restaurants, pubs, historic sites including Lincoln Cathedral and Castle
- Rail: Lincoln Central Station, St Mary’s Street, LN5 7EW
🏡 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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- Grade: Standard
- Waterway: Fossdyke Canal
- Viewing: No restrictions
- Site Facilities
- Drinking Water Elsan Disposal
- Nearest Road
- The site is accessed via Campus Way, which is off the B1273. The City centre is approximately one and a half to two miles away.
- Nearest Station
- Lincoln Central, St Mary’s Street, Lincoln, LN5 7EW.
- Nearest Town
- Lincoln
- Additional Information
- There is a customer service facilities block at the site which includes an elsan disposal point, toilet, shower and a separate disabled toilet and shower. The pump-out facility is at the water's edge in front of the facilities block and the refuse disposal point can be found to the rear of the block. There are a number of water points along the mooring site. 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. Some lighting has been installed on the moorings. This is a leisure mooring site and we do not offer or guarantee parking for leisure customers. Please note - Parking is not permitted on the access road and the carpark is for residential mooring customers only. IMPORTANT NOTE: Please note the height restriction at the Glory Hole, Lincoln is 9ft 2ins (2.79 metres). 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: ///ends.bake.every
- Waterway
- Fossdyke Canal
- Car Parking
- None/Public Road
- Facilities Block
- Shared(Waterway/Moorings)
- Gated Access
- None
- Grade
- Standard
- Lighting
- Low Level Lighting
- Viewing Arrangements
- There are no viewing restrictions. The site may be viewed at any time from the towpath opposite. Whilst at the site however, please respect the privacy of other moorers.
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- Drinking Water
- Elsan Disposal
- Showers
- Toilets