🌿 Foxton Bottom Basin L1 Leisure Mooring
Grand Union Canal | Foxton, Leicestershire
📍 Location
Foxton Bottom Basin is located at the junction of the Grand Union Canal Leicester Line and the Market Harborough Arm, in the heart of Foxton Locks. The site sits in the shadow of the historic Foxton Inclined Plane Boat Lift and is surrounded by heritage features, green spaces, and wildlife. Access is via Gumley Road, following signs to the lower car park of Foxton Locks. A footpath leads to both sides of the basin near Side Bridge (Bridge 1A).
🚤 Mooring Details
- Berths: 12 long-term leisure moorings
- Type: Leisure mooring only (not residential)
- Access: No gated access; footpath access only
🛠️ Facilities
- Drinking water
- Electricity via secure Smart Meter system (online account required)
- Elsan disposal and toilets (in public car park)
- Refuse disposal and recycling area next to the site
- Tar and chip path with concrete coping edge around the basin
- Facilities are shared with the public and managed by the local waterway team
- Car parking: Regulated, unsecured; one permit provided per mooring
🚲 Towpath & Access
- Viewing: Accessible from footpath at any time
- Please respect the privacy of moorers
- No storage of personal items on land areas
🏘️ Nearby Amenities
- Foxton village (0.5 miles): Local pubs and amenities
- Market Harborough (4 miles): Supermarkets, shops, banks
- Rail: Market Harborough Station, St Mary’s Road, LE16 7DT
🏡 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
- What3Words: empty.mistaking.asked
- Grade: Standard
- Viewing: No restrictions; accessible at any time
- Waterway: Grand Union Canal
- Site Facilities
- Electricity Drinking Water Elsan Disposal Refuse Disposal
- Nearest Road
- Access to the site is from Gumley Road, Foxton, taking the signed road leading to the lower car park of Foxton Locks (pay and display). There is a footpath leading to each side of the basin, next to the Side Bridge, Bridge 1A. The bridge is between the car park and the Foxton Locks Inn.
- Nearest Station
- Market Harborough, St Mary’s Road, Market Harborough, LE16 7DT
- Nearest Town
- Market Harborough
- Additional Information
- Service bollards are installed around the basin, providing drinking water and electricity to each boat. The electricity is supplied via a newly installed, secure Smart Meter system. Electricity accounts and payments are accessed via the internet. A designated rubbish disposal and re-cycling area is available next to the site. Elsan disposal and toilets are available in the public car park. These facilities are for the use of all boaters and the general public. Please be aware, these are provided by and under the control of the local waterway, they do not form part of the mooring agreement. There is a tar and chip path with a concrete coping edge running around the basin. 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. Canal & River Trust, with the assistance of our national car parking contractor – Nexus, have introduced Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) at both car parks at Foxton Locks. One parking permit will be provided for each mooring. Permit holders should only park in the permit holders carpark. What3Words: ///empty.mistaking.asked
- Waterway
- Grand Union Canal
- Access Restrictions
- All customer items must be stored on boats and not on any of the surrounding land areas
- Car Parking
- Regulated - Unsecured
- Facilities Block
- No
- Gated Access
- None
- Grade
- Standard
- Viewing Arrangements
- The mooring site has no access restrictions and can be viewed at any time. Please show consideration for the moorers on site.
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- Car Parking Nearby
- Drinking Water
- Electricity
- Elsan Disposal
- Refuse Disposal