🌿 Willington West L1 Leisure Mooring
Trent & Mersey Canal | Willington, Derbyshire
📍 Location
Willington L1 is located on the Trent & Mersey Canal in South Derbyshire, just 500 metres north of Willington village and 8 miles southwest of Derby. The site lies directly off Findern Lane, which links Willington and Findern and is accessed from Etwall Road.
🚤 Mooring Details
- Site split into two sections
- Berths: Up to 10 vessels moored on the off-side
- Type: Leisure mooring only (not residential)
- Access: Gated entrance with padlocks; site-specific key required (£50 refundable deposit)
- Grade: Standard
🛠️ Facilities
- Drinking water
- Elsan disposal
- Refuse disposal
- Facilities block beside the winding hole
- Facilities and bins managed by the local waterway team; not part of the mooring agreement
- Car parking: Open and unsecured; moorers may use but have no priority
🚲 Towpath & Access
- Viewing: From the towpath on the opposite side of the canal
- Please respect the privacy of moorers
- No public access to the mooring site
🏘️ Nearby Amenities
- Village: Willington — supermarket, chemist, pubs, post office, railway station
- Rail: Willington Station, The Green, DE65 6BN
- Nearby villages:
- Barrow on Trent — conservation area with Grade I listed church and war memorial
- Egginton — historic church and aqueduct over the River Dove
🏡 Leisure Use Only
This site is intended for boat storage between leisure trips. Weekend stays and occasional longer visits are welcome, but it is not suitable for residential use and lacks planning consent or infrastructure for long-term living.
📌 Additional Info
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- Waterway: Trent & Mersey Canal
- Viewing: From towpath
- Site Facilities
- Drinking Water Elsan Disposal Refuse Disposal
- Nearest Road
- Willington moorings are directly off Findern Lane. This road links Willington (approximately 500 metres to the south) and Findern (approximately two miles to the north east) and is accessed from Etwall Road.
- Nearest Station
- Willington, The Green, Willington, Derbyshire, DE65 6BN.
- Nearest Town
- Burton on Trent
- Additional Information
- All of the site facilities can be found either in or beside the facilities block which is beside the winding hole. The site is protected by fencing and a padlocked gate. Keys are available to berth holders only for a refundable deposit of 50 pounds. Deposits will be refunded when keys are returned with a valid receipt. 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. 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: ///product.name.shadowed
- Waterway
- Trent & Mersey Canal
- Access Restrictions
- Padlocks are fitted to each access gate. Berth holders can obtain keys on receipt of a deposit. No access to the mooring site to the public.
- Car Parking
- None/Public Road
- Facilities Block
- Shared(Waterway/Moorings)
- Gated Access
- Site Specific Key
- Grade
- Standard
- Viewing Arrangements
- The site can be view from the towpath on the opposite side of the canal. Whilst at the site, please respect the privacy of other moorers.
- Car Parking Nearby
- Drinking Water
- Elsan Disposal
- Refuse Disposal
- Toilets