🌿 Beeston Lock Offside L1 Leisure Mooring
Nottingham & Beeston Canal | Near Beeston, Nottinghamshire
📍 Location
Beeston Lock Offside is located just outside the town of Beeston in Nottinghamshire. The site offers convenient access to the River Trent and is approximately six miles from Nottingham city centre. It sits about 1.5 miles southeast of Beeston town centre, which has a wide range of shops, banks, chemists, and a post office.
🚤 Mooring Details
- Site length: approximately 260 metres
- Berths: Up to 15 vessels moored to the off-side
- Type: Leisure mooring only (not residential)
- Access: Via bridge and steps; no vehicle access to pontoons
🛠️ Facilities
- Drinking water
- Elsan disposal
- Refuse disposal (opposite Lock Cottage)
- Elsan disposal and bins provided by the local waterway (not part of mooring agreement)
- Open car park available for moorers, but no priority access
- Pontoon type: Fixed with GRP surface
- Grade: Basic
🚲 Towpath & Access
- Viewing: From towpath opposite; please respect moorers' privacy
- No gated access
🏘️ Nearby Amenities
- Town: Beeston (1.5 miles) — shops, restaurants, pubs, and cultural attractions
- Rail: Beeston Station, Station Road, NG9 2AB
- Nottingham city centre: Approximately 6 miles away
🏡 Leisure Use Only
This site is designated 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 facilities for long-term living.
📌 Additional Info
- What3Words: cotton.backup.proven
- Viewing: No restrictions; accessible from towpath
- Site Facilities
- Drinking Water Elsan Disposal Refuse Disposal
- Nearest Road
- This site is on Canal Side which can be reached from the A6005 Queens Road, via Station Road and then Meadow Road, or by following the signs to Beeston Marina. The mooring site is approximately 1.5 miles south east of Beeston town centre where services including shops, banks, chemists and a post office can be found. Nottingham city centre is approximately 6 miles away.
- Nearest Station
- Beeston train station is located in Beeston, Nottinghamshire, just southwest of Nottingham city centre. It sits on a spur of the Midland Main Line, making it a handy stop for routes between London, Leicester, Derby, Birmingham, Nottingham, and Lincoln Beeston Station Station Road Beeston Nottinghamshire NG9 2AB
- Nearest Town
- Beeston, Beeston is about 4.4 miles from Nottingham city centre by road.
- Additional Information
- The elsan disposal point are located beside Beeston Old Lock. The refuse disposal point is opposite the Lock Cottage. The water point is at the side of the facilities block. Elsan disposal 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. 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: ///cotton.backup.proven
- Waterway
- Nottingham & Beeston Canal
- Access Restrictions
- No access restrictions, however to access the mooring site is via a bridge and steps. No vehicle access to mooring Pontoon.
- Car Parking
- None/Public Road
- Facilities Block
- No
- Gated Access
- None
- Grade
- Basic
- Pontoon Type
- Fixed with GRP Surface
- 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