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IWA Branch
Navigation Authority
British Waterways
The Kiln
Mather House
NEWARK
NG24 1FB
Tel: 01636 704481
Fax: 01636 705584
enquiries.hq@britishwaterways.co.uk
The river navigation links the Grand Union with canalised sections in Leicester, Loughborough, Zouch and in open countryside to the Trent at Redhill Lock.
The river covers 25 miles or 40km with 15 locks.
|
Length |
Beam |
Height |
Draught |
|
72ft |
14ft |
7ft 6in |
3ft 6in |
|
21.94m |
4.27m |
2.28m |
1.06m |
Boaters’ Services
Hire Boat Companies
Sileby Mill Boatyard
Mill Lane, Sileby,
LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 7NF
Tel: 01509 813583
Fax: 01509 812834
www.surftech.co.uk/canal/sileby
Barrow Boating
Old Mill Basin, Mill
Lane, Barrow-on-Soar, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE12 8LQ
Tel/Fax: 01509 415001
Boatyards
Bridgefield Boatyard
Services
Repairs, emergency call
out, diesel
The Boatyard, 44
Bridgefields, KEGWORTH, DE74 2FW
Tel: 01509 672084
Nimbus Narrowboats
Repairs, diesel, gas, wet
dock, cranage, slipway, chandlery
The Boatyard, Mill Lane,
Thurmaston, LEICESTER, LE4 8AF
Tel: 0116 2693069
Raynsway Marina
Pump out, diesel, gas,
cranage, slip way
Pinfold Road, Thurmaston,
LEICESTER, LE4 8AS
Tel: 0116 2696166
Sileby Mill Boatyard
Repairs, pump out,
diesel, gas, slipway, chandlery
Tel: 01509 813583
Refreshment Facilities
Boat Inn, Meadow Lane,
LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 1JN
Tel: 01509 214578
Visitor Attractions
Great Central Railway
Great Central Station,
Great Central Road, LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 1RW
Tel: 01509 230726
booking_office@gcrailway.co.uk
Bell Foundry Museum
Freehold Street,
LOUGHBOROUGH, LE11 1AR
Tel: 01509 233414
Fax: 01509 263305
Historical Information
Plans to make the river navigable to Leicester were mooted as early as 1634 but the navigation from the River Trent to Loughborough was only opened in 1778. It was extended to Leicester in 1794.
Further Information
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Websites
Local government links
