Torksey Lock Moorings

🌊 Torksey Lock L1 Leisure Mooring

Fossdyke Canal Torksey, Lincolnshire

📍 Location

Torksey Lock L1 is one of the Canal & River Trust’s largest permanent mooring sites, located in the village of Torksey where the Fossdyke Canal meets the tidal River Trent. The site is directly off the A156, approximately 7 miles south of Gainsborough and 9 miles northwest of Lincoln.

🚤 Mooring Details

– Berths: 55 leisure mooring berths

– Pontoon type: Fixed with GRP surface

– Berth length may exceed jetty length

– Type: Leisure mooring only (not residential)

– Access: Gated entrance; site-specific key required (£50 deposit)

– Car park access also requires a separate £50 key deposit

🛠️ Facilities

– Electricity via Smart Meter bollards

– Drinking water points positioned along the site

– Elsan disposal

– Refuse disposal just inside the gate to the moorers’ car park

– Pump-out facility on the lock approach

– Elsan disposal and bins managed by the local waterway team; not part of the mooring agreement

– Car parking: Unregulated and unsecured

– High-level lighting installed

🚲 Towpath & Access

– Viewing: From adjacent footpath

– No public access to the mooring site

– Please respect the privacy of moorers

🏘️ Nearby Amenities

– Town: Gainsborough (~8 miles north) — post office, banks, restaurants, pubs

– Rail: Gainsborough Central Station, Station Approach, DN21 1XR

🏡 Leisure Use Only

website for details
https://www.watersidemooring.com/351-torksey-lock