🌿 Kilby Bridge L1 Leisure Mooring
Grand Union Canal | Near Wigston, Leicestershire
📍 Location
Kilby Bridge L1 is located on a quiet stretch of the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Line), just south of Leicester. The site sits within a Canal & River Trust operational yard, offering a peaceful rural setting near the hamlet of Kilby Bridge. Access is via the A5199 Welford Road, with The Navigation Inn and a car dealership nearby.
🚤 Mooring Details
- Site length: approximately 60 metres
- Berths: Up to 3 vessels moored against the off-side bank
- Type: Leisure mooring only (not residential)
- Access: No gated entrance; towpath viewing only
🛠️ Facilities
- Drinking water
- Elsan disposal
- Refuse disposal
- Car parking: Unregulated and unsecured
- Facilities are shared with waterway users and not part of the mooring agreement
- Grade: Standard
🚲 Towpath & Access
- Viewing: Accessible from the towpath at any time
- Please respect the privacy of moorers
- No public access to boats
🏘️ Nearby Amenities
- Town: Wigston — shops, restaurants, pubs
- Rail: South Wigston Station, Kenilworth Road, LE18 4XU
- Road: A5199 Welford Road
🏡 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: Grand Union Canal
- Viewing: No restrictions
- Site Facilities
- Drinking Water Elsan Disposal Refuse Disposal
- Nearest Road
- A5199 Welford Road. The Navigation Inn pub and a car dealership are close by on the A5199 Welford Road
- Nearest Station
- Wigston, Kenilworth Road, South Wigston, LE18 4XU.
- Nearest Town
- Wigston
- Additional Information
Site Information
Leisure Use Only
This is a leisure mooring site intended for the storage of boats between periods of leisure use. Customers may spend weekends or occasional longer periods on site, but it is not sold as, or intended to be suitable for, long-term residential use.
Location & Setting
Kilby Bridge moorings are located on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Line) in Leicestershire, near the hamlet of Kilby Bridge, just south of Leicester. The site forms part of a Canal & River Trust operational yard and offers a peaceful, rural setting.
Residential Status
This site does not have local authority planning consent for residential use, nor does it have the level of facilities and services expected of a residential mooring. The offer is designed solely to meet the needs of a leisure boater.
Location
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Start Dates
- Auction listings: The mooring agreement is scheduled to begin 15 days after the auction closing date unless an alternative start date is stated in the vacancy details.
- Buy It Now listings: The mooring agreement is scheduled to begin 2 weeks after the Buy It Now purchase date unless otherwise specified.
Application & Invoicing
Your mooring invoice will only be issued once your application has been fully processed and all requirements have been met.
Boat Requirements
- ✔ Valid Boat Safety Certificate
- ✔ Current Licence
- ✔ Active Insurance
- ✔ Capability to navigate on any Trust waterways where it will be used
- Waterway
- Grand Union Canal
- Car Parking
- Unregulated - Unsecured
- Facilities Block
- No
- Gated Access
- None
- Grade
- Standard
- 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.
- Car Parking Nearby
- Drinking Water
- Elsan Disposal
- Refuse Disposal