🌊 Grand Sluice Lock L1 Leisure Mooring
River Witham | Boston, Lincolnshire
📍 Location
Grand Sluice Lock L1 is located on the River Witham at Boston, surrounded by peaceful fenland countryside. The site is within walking distance of Boston town centre, known for its rich heritage, historic buildings, and nearby nature reserves like Frampton Marsh and Freiston Shore.
🚤 Mooring Details
- Site length: approximately 170 metres
- Berths: Up to 4 vessels moored against floating pontoons
- Type: Leisure mooring only (not residential)
- Access: Padlocked gate; standard BW key required
- Tidal constraints apply; boats may be grounded in winter due to flood alleviation
🛠️ Facilities
- Electricity via Smart Meters (online payment portal)
- Two drinking water points
- Elsan disposal (approx. 400m away at Grand Sluice Lock)
- Refuse disposal provided by the local waterway team
- No dedicated car parking; public-use car park approx. 400m away
- Elsan disposal and bins are not part of the mooring agreement
🚲 Towpath & Access
- Viewing: Accessible from adjacent towpath at any time
- No public access to boat mooring site
- Security lighting present
🏘️ Nearby Amenities
- Town: Boston — shops, restaurants, historic sites, and coastline attractions
- Rail: Boston Station, Station Approach, PE21 8RN
- Road: Witham Bank East via A52 and A1137
🏡 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
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- Grade: Standard
- Pontoon type: Floating with timber surface
- Waterway: River Witham
- Site Facilities
- Electricity Drinking Water Elsan Disposal Refuse Disposal
- Nearest Road
- Witham Bank East. From the A52 Sleaford Road, turn on to the A1137 Brothertoft Road. Turn right at the mini roundabout and follow Fydell Street, proceed over the level crossing, turning left immediately after the bridge into the parking area.
- Nearest Station
- Boston, - Station Approach, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 8RN.
- Nearest Town
- Boston town centre is within walking distance
- Additional Information
- The moorings are on rise and fall pontoons. Each berth has electricity provided through Smart Meters where payment is made via an on-line portal. There are two water points servicing the four moorings. The site is secured by a padlocked gate which requires a standard BW key. Elsan disposal are located at Grand Sluice Lock (approx. 400m away). 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. There is some car parking (approximately 400m away) for general public use - spaces cannot be reserved for moorers. 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. The Environment Agency lowers the level of the River Witham during the winter months for flood alleviation reasons. Craft moored at the site therefore may be grounded during the winter period. 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: ///simply.script.hangs
- Waterway
- River Witham
- Access Restrictions
- Tidal constraints apply. No public access to boat mooring site.
- Car Parking
- Unregulated - Unsecured
- Facilities Block
- No
- Gated Access
- BW Key
- Grade
- Standard
- Lighting
- Security Lighting
- Pontoon Type
- Floating with Timber Surface
- Viewing Arrangements
- Site can be viewed from adjacent towpath at any time.
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- Car Parking Nearby
- Drinking Water
- Electricity
- Elsan Disposal
- Refuse Disposal