🌿 Egginton L1 Leisure Mooring
Trent & Mersey Canal | Near Burton upon Trent, Derbyshire
📍 Location
Egginton L1 is a long linear mooring site situated just north of Burton upon Trent. It lies directly off the A38 Derby to Lichfield Road, offering convenient access to nearby towns and services. Willington village is approximately 1.5 miles away, and Burton upon Trent is around 3 miles to the southwest.
🚤 Mooring Details
- Site length: approximately 325 metres
- Berths: Up to 19 vessels moored against the off-side
- Type: Leisure mooring only (not residential)
- Access: CRT key required for gated entrance
🛠️ Facilities
- Drinking water, Elsan disposal, and refuse bins available at Willington (~1.5 miles away)
- Winding hole located at Willington
- No facilities block on site
- Car parking: Open and unsecured; moorers may use but have no priority
- Facilities block and bins are managed by the local waterway and not part of the mooring agreement
🚲 Towpath & Access
- Viewing: Accessible from the towpath at any time
- Please respect the privacy of other moorers
- Vehicle access available to some berths
🏘️ Nearby Amenities
- Willington: Supermarket, chemist, pubs, post office, railway station
- Burton upon Trent: Post office, banks, restaurants, pubs
- Derby city centre: Approximately 8 miles away
- Rail: Willington Station, The Green, DE65 6BN
🏡 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: coast.screamed.hairspray
- Grade: Basic
- Viewing: From towpath
- Site Facilities
- Car Parking
- Nearest Road
- Willington village is approximately one and a half miles away and has a number of services available including a supermarket, chemist, pubs, post office and railway station. Burton on Trent, which is approximately three miles away to the south west, has a post office, banks, restaurants and pubs. Derby city centre is approximately eight miles away. The mooring site is directly off the A38 Derby to Lichfield Road.
- Nearest Station
- Willington, The Green, Willington, Derbyshire, DE65 6BN.
- Nearest Town
- Burton on Trent
- Additional Information
- The nearest Canal & River Trust facilities, including elsan, water and refuse disposal, are at Willington, approximately one and a half miles away from the site. There is also a winding hole at Willington. Car parking is available at this site but is very limited. 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. A CRT key is required to acess the mooring site. This can be purchased via the online shop: https://shop.canalrivertrust.org.uk/shop. 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: ///coast.screamed.hairspray
- Waterway
- Trent & Mersey Canal
- Access Restrictions
- Vehicle access to some berths.
- Car Parking
- Unregulated - Unsecured
- Facilities Block
- No
- Gated Access
- BW Key
- Grade
- Basic
- Viewing Arrangements
- The site can be viewed at any time from the towpath. Whilst at the site, please respect the privacy of other moorers
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- Car Parking