🌿 Hazelford Lock L1 Leisure Mooring
River Trent | Near Newark, Nottinghamshire
📍 Location
Hazelford Lock L1 is located on a rural stretch of the non-tidal River Trent, approximately 13 miles northeast of Nottingham. The site is accessed via Staythorpe Road from the A617 at Averham, crossing the level railway and continuing to the car park near the lock. Moorings are found beyond the lock approach, across the weir footbridge and Hazelford Lock.
🚤 Mooring Details
- Site length: approximately 50 metres
- Berths: Up to 2 vessels moored against the river wall on the lock approach
- Type: Leisure mooring only (not residential)
- Access: Gated entrance; BW key required
- No public access to boats
🛠️ Facilities
- Drinking water points located on the lock approach
- Refuse disposal in the car parking area
- Toilets available in the facilities block near the lock
- Facilities block shared with waterway users; not part of mooring agreement
- Car parking: Unregulated and unsecured
- Grade: Basic
🚲 Towpath & Access
- Viewing: Accessible at any time
- Please respect the privacy of other moorers
- Access requires crossing the weir footbridge and Hazelford Lock
🏘️ Nearby Amenities
- Town: Newark-on-Trent — shops, restaurants, pubs, and services
- Rail: Bleasby Station (nearest) or Newark North Gate for broader connections
🏡 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: not listed
- Waterway: River Trent
- Viewing: No restrictions
- Site Facilities
- Drinking Water Refuse Disposal Car Parking
- Nearest Road
- To access the site from the A617 at Averham, turn on to Staythorpe Road and continue across the level crossing and on to Main Street. Turn left on to the access track and continue until you reach the car parking area.
- Nearest Station
- Bleasby
- Nearest Town
- Newark
- Additional Information
- Facilities Block housing toilets is located near the Lock. Waterpoints are positioned on the Lock Approach. The refuse disposal point is in the car parking area. 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.
- Waterway
- River Trent
- Access Restrictions
- No public access to boats
- Car Parking
- Unregulated - Unsecured
- Facilities Block
- Shared(Waterway/Moorings)
- Gated Access
- BW Key
- Grade
- Basic
- 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. The site is accessed by walking across the weir footbridge, then across Hazelford Lock where the moorings are found beyond the lock approach.
- Car Parking
- Drinking Water
- Refuse Disposal
- Toilets