🌾 Bardney Lock L1 Leisure Mooring
River Witham near Lincoln, Lincolnshire
📍 Location
Set in the tranquil fenlands of Lincolnshire, Bardney Lock L1 offers a peaceful escape approximately 11 miles east of Lincoln. The site is accessed via a gated track off the B1190, just before the River Witham bridge — follow signs for about a mile to reach the moorings.
🚤 Mooring Details
- Site length: approximately 200 metres
- Berths: 24 echelon pontoons and 8 linear berths
- Type: Leisure mooring only (not residential)
- Access: CRT key required for gated entrance; no public access
🛠️ Facilities
- Two drinking water points
- Shared electricity (purchased online)
- Elsan disposal
- Refuse disposal (beside bridge on approach road)
- No dedicated electric points per berth
- No dedicated car parking
- Water depth: 0.8 to 1 metre (varies along jetty and with conditions)
🚲 Towpath & Access
- Cycleway: Adjacent Sustrans path for viewing
- Security: Locked steel gate and six-foot wooden boundary fence
- Public access: Towpath only; please respect moorers' privacy
🏘️ Nearby Amenities
- Village: Bardney (2 miles) — Co-op, post office, chemist, pubs
- Town: Lincoln (11 miles) — full range of services
- Rail: Lincoln Central Station, St Mary’s Street, LN5 7EW
🏡 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 lacks planning consent or infrastructure for long-term living.
📌 Additional Info
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- Grade: Standard
- Pontoon type: Fixed with GRP surface
- Viewing: From adjacent cycleway
- Site Facilities
- Electricity Drinking Water Elsan Disposal Refuse Disposal
- Nearest Road
- To get to the site, take the B1190 out of Lincoln heading towards Bardney village. Turn left approximately 300 yards before the bridge over the River Witham, onto the approach access track. Continue on this track, following the signs, for approximately one mile until you reach the site. Bardney village is approximately two miles away to the east and has a Co-op supermarket, post office, chemist and a couple of pubs. Lincoln, where many further services are available, is approximately 11 miles away to the west.
- Nearest Station
- Lincoln Central, St Mary’s Street, LN5 7EW
- Nearest Town
- Lincoln is approximately 11.5 miles from Bardney by road.
- Additional Information
- The showers, toilets and elsan disposal point can be found in the facilities block adjacent to the lock and close to the parking area. The refuse disposal point is on the approach road to the moorings, beside the bridge. There are two water points positioned along the length of the site. There is no dedicated electric point with any advertised mooring. The on site electric facility is available for all moorers to share. Electricity is purchased online. Please note that the berth length available is typically longer than the jetty, i.e. a boat moored against the jetty may extend beyond the length of the jetty. There is a Sustrans cycleway and public access along the path adjacent to the mooring site. The site has a 6 feet high wooden fence on the boundary and access to the pontoons is gained through a locked steel security gate. 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 - there is no dedicated car parking at this site. IMPORTANT NOTE: The depth of water at the piled edge is 0.8 metres. This increases to 0.9 metres half way along the jetty and measures 1 metre at the far end. Please note however that water levels can fluctuate 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: ///balancing.clerics.survey
- Waterway
- River Witham
- Access Restrictions
- A locked barrier on the access road and locked gates at the mooring site. No public access to the mooring site.
- Car Parking
- None/Public Road
- Facilities Block
- No
- Gated Access
- Site Specific Key
- Grade
- Standard
- Pontoon Type
- Fixed with GRP Surface
- Viewing Arrangements
- The site can be viewed from the adjacent Sustrans cycleway. Whilst at the site, please respect the privacy of other moorers
- Car Parking Nearby
- Drinking Water
- Electricity
- Elsan Disposal
- Refuse Disposal
- Showers