🌿 Holme Lock L1 Leisure Mooring
River Trent | Near Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
📍 Location
Holme Lock L1 is a delightfully rural mooring site located beside the National Watersports Centre, just 10 minutes from Nottingham city centre. It sits on the non-tidal River Trent, offering a scenic contrast to the narrow canals it connects with. Access is via Adbolton Lane, through the Watersports Centre car park and across the canoe slalom bridge.
🚤 Mooring Details
- Site length: approximately 170 metres
- Berths: Up to 7 vessels moored on the topside of the lock
- Type: Leisure mooring only (not residential)
- Access: Across the lock; no gated entrance
🛠️ Facilities
- Electricity via metered hook-up
- Drinking water point near refuse area
- Elsan disposal, toilets, and shower in facilities block beside the lock
- Refuse disposal provided by the local waterway team
- Car parking: Open and unsecured; moorers may use but have no priority
- Facilities block and bins are not part of the mooring agreement
🚲 Towpath & Access
- Viewing: Accessible at any time
- Please respect the privacy of other moorers
- High freeboard (depth from coping edge to water level); contact Mooring Manager for suitability
🏘️ Nearby Amenities
- Town: West Bridgford (3 miles west) — shops, restaurants, pubs
- City: Nottingham (4 miles northwest) — full range of services
- Rail: Nottingham Station, Carrington Street, NG2 3AQ
- Road: Access via A52 and Regatta Way
🏡 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: living.boots.acid
- Grade: Standard
- Waterway: River Trent
- Viewing: No restrictions
- Site Facilities
- Electricity Drinking Water Elsan Disposal Refuse Disposal Car Parking
- Nearest Road
- To reach the site, turn off the A52 Radcliffe Road, into Regatta Way which leads into Adbolton Lane. In approx three quarters of a mile, bear left following the signs for the National Watersports Centre Slalom course. Continue on this lane for a further three quarters of a mile, through the NWSC public car park, over the bridge which crosses the canoe slalom course and continue into the car park area adjacent to the lock. West Bridgford town centre, where services are available, is approximately three miles away to the west. Nottingham city centre is approximately four miles away to the north west.
- Nearest Station
- Nottingham, Carrington Street, Nottingham, NG2 3AQ.
- Nearest Town
- Nottingham
- Additional Information
- Toilets and elsan disposal are in a facilities block beside the lock. A waterpoint is available near the refuse disposal point. There is a metered electric hook up point near this berth. Access to the mooring is gained across the lock. 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. Car Parking - an open car park provided by the local waterway, moorers can use it but they do not have any priority over others at this site. IMPORTANT NOTES: The site has a high freeboard (depth from coping edge to water level) so potentially customers are encouraged to make contact with the Mooring Manager to find out more information. 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: ///living.boots.acid
- Waterway
- River Trent
- Car Parking
- Unregulated - Unsecured
- Facilities Block
- Shared(Waterway/Moorings)
- Gated Access
- None
- Grade
- Standard
- Viewing Arrangements
- The site can be viewed at any time, there are no viewing restrictions. Whilst at the site however, please respect the privacy of other moorers
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- Car Parking
- Drinking Water
- Electricity
- Elsan Disposal
- Refuse Disposal
- Toilets