Rivers
Berths available
Willow Moorings
Kegworth, Leicestershire · River Soar
£1,782 a year for a 10m cruiser (from)
Moorings and marinas on the River Soar
The River Soar runs 58.5km from Thrumpton to Sharnford, past Leicester and Loughborough. It meets the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Line), the Grand Union Canal, the River Soar, the River Trent and the River Wreake. Boats here need Environment Agency registration (Thames, Medway, Anglian waterways) as well as a mooring. 5 sites on it, with the ones that have told us they have space first.
5 sites · 1 with space now · 1 with a waiting list · typical £1,782 a year for a 10m boat (£1,188–£2,724 across 3 published tariffs)
Licence: Environment Agency. About licences
At a glance
- 5 sites, all on rivers.
- 1 of the 5 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Willow Moorings.
- Keeping a waiting list: Sileby Mill Mooring Basin.
- For a 10m boat, published prices run from £1,188 a year (Zouch Marina) to £2,724 a year (Leicester Marina); the middle of 3 is £1,782 a year.
- Longest boat taken: 21.9m (72ft) at Sileby Mill Mooring Basin.
- Of the 5, 4 have electric hook-up, 2 a pump-out, 2 diesel and 1 visitor berths.
- 3 of the 5 allow liveaboards, outright or by arrangement.
Rivers
Waiting list
Sileby Mill Mooring Basin
Sileby, Leicestershire · River Soar
Prices on request
Rivers
Leicester Marina
Thurmaston, Leicester, Leicestershire · River Soar
£2,724 a year for a 10m cruiser
Rivers
Zouch Marina
Hathern, Leicestershire · River Soar
£1,188 a year for a 10m cruiser
Rivers
Redhill Marina
Ratcliffe-on-Soar, Nottinghamshire · River Soar
Prices on request
Course, length and connections from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
Close to River Soar
On other water, within 5km of it.
- Pillings Lock Marina 0.2km away · Grand Union Canal
- Memory Lane 0.6km away · Grand Union Canal
- Old Junction Boatyard 0.7km away · River Soar
- Bishop Meadow L1 0.7km away · River Soar
- Cranfleet Offside L1 Leisure 1.0km away · River Trent
- Sawley Lock L1 Leisure 1.7km away · River Trent
- Cranfleet L1 Leisure 1.8km away · Upper Trent
- Trent Lock Wharf L1 1.8km away · Erewash Canal
Compared: prices for a 10m boat
| Site | Where | A year, 10m boat | Space |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Moorings | Kegworth, River Soar | from £1,782 | Berths available |
| Sileby Mill Mooring Basin | Sileby, River Soar | On request | Waiting list |
| Leicester Marina | Thurmaston, Leicester, River Soar | £2,724 | Not reported |
| Zouch Marina | Hathern, River Soar | £1,188 | Not reported |
| Redhill Marina | Ratcliffe-on-Soar, River Soar | On request | Not reported |
From each site's published tariff. "–" means the site doesn't say. Prices change; confirm with the site.
Questions
How much does a mooring for a 10m boat cost on the River Soar?
Across the 3 moorings and marinas here that publish a price, a 10m boat costs from £1,188 a year at Zouch Marina to £2,724 a year at Leicester Marina. The middle figure is £1,782 a year. Check what each includes: electricity, water and VAT vary.
What are the cheapest moorings and marinas on the River Soar?
For a 10m boat, Zouch Marina is cheapest at £1,188 a year in Hathern.
Which moorings and marinas on the River Soar have space now?
1 of the 5 told us in the last six weeks they have space: Willow Moorings. Each page shows the date they told us and what they have.
Can you live aboard at moorings and marinas on the River Soar?
3 of the 5 say you can: Sileby Mill Mooring Basin (liveaboards allowed), Leicester Marina (liveaboards allowed) and Redhill Marina (liveaboard by arrangement). Living aboard can need planning consent and council tax; ask each site about its terms.
Do I need a licence as well as a mooring?
On top of the mooring fee: of these, 1 need a Canal & River Trust boat licence, 3 need Environment Agency registration (Thames, Medway, Anglian waterways) and 1 need the navigation's own licence. Coastal marinas usually need none.
Broader
Moorings and marinas on other waterways
- Aire & Calder navigation 4
- Aire and Calder Navigation 16
- Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal 8
- Ashton Canal 3
- Basingstoke Canal 8
- Beeston Canal 3
- Birmingham and Fazeley Canal 10
- Brent Canal Feeder 4
- Bridgewater Canal 9
- Broadmead Cut 6
- Burwell Lode 5
- Calder & Hebble Navigation 10
- Calder and Hebble Navigation 5
- Calder and Hebble Navigation Kirklees Cut 3
- Caledonian Canal 3
- Caledonian Canal 3
- Cape Arm Canal 5
- Cassington Cut 6
- Chelmer and Blackwater Navigation 4
- Chesterfield Canal 3
- Chet 3
- Clifton Cut 4
- Coventry Canal 19
- Cranfleet Cut 8
- Crinan Canal 5
- Culham Cut 3
- Derwentwater 2
- Desborough Cut 8
- Droitwich Barge Canal 5
- Droitwich Junction Canal 5
- Engine Arm Canal 5
- Erewash Canal 9
- Fleet Dyke 5
- Forth and Clyde Canal 15
- Fossdyke Navigation 5
- Gloucester and Sharpness Canal 10
- Grand Union Canal 84
- Grand Union Canal 16
- Hertford Union Canal 9
- Huddersfield Broad Canal 4
- Huddersfield Narrow Canal 4
- Icknield Port Loop Canal 5
- Intake Channel 8
- Kennet and Avon Canal 26
- Lancaster Canal 20
- Lee Navigation 8
- Lee Navigation 3
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal 36
- Lichfield Canal 7
- Limehouse Cut 10
- Llangollen Canal 15
- Loch Creran 2
- Loch Fyne 2
- Loch Lomond 2
- Lough Erne 3
- Lough Neagh 3
- Macclesfield Canal 9
- Manchester Ship Canal 8
- Monk's Lode 4
- Monmouthshire & Brecon Canal 5
- New Junction Canal 3
- New River 8
- North Walsham and Dilham Canal 3
- Nottingham Canal 3
- Oulton Broad 2
- Oulton Dyke 4
- Ouse 3
- Oxford Canal 37
- Peak Forest Canal 8
- Reach Lode 7
- Regent's Canal 17
- Ribble Link 4
- River Aire 8
- River Ancholme 2
- River Ant 11
- River Avon 18
- River Avon 11
- River Bure 14
- River Calder 8
- River Cam 8
- River Chelmer 3
- River Chelmer 3
- River Chet 2
- River Clyde 6
- River Colne 8
- River Dee 3
- River Great Ouse 19
- River Great Ouse 5
- River Kennet 11
- River Lea 8
- River Lea 4
- River Lee 9
- River Lee Navigation 14
- River Lee Navigation (Hackney Cut) 10
- River Medway 9
- River Mersey 6
- River Nene 14
- River Nene Navigation 10
- River Ouse 5
- River Severn 14
- River Soar 8
- River Stort 7
- River Thames 91
- River Thurne 7
- River Trent 19
- River Ure 3
- River Usk 5
- River Waveney 9
- River Weaver 8
- River Wey 10
- River Wey Navigation 16
- River Witham 8
- River Wreake 3
- River Yare 11
- River Yare, Norfolk Broads 2
- Rochdale Canal 6
- Sawley Cut 8
- Selby Canal 3
- Sheffield and South Yorkshire Navigation 5
- Shropshire Union Canal 31
- Soham Lode 3
- Soho Loop Canal 6
- Spon Lane Locks Branch Canal 4
- Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal 10
- Staffordshire & Worcestershire Canal 3
- Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal 10
- Staines Reservoirs Aqueduct 8
- Stainforth and Keadby Canal 5
- Stourbridge Canal 5
- Stratford-upon-Avon Canal 9
- Stroudwater Navigation 4
- Swaffham Bulbeck Lode 4
- Tame Valley Canal 6
- Thames & Severn Canal 3
- The New Cut 3
- Thurne 3
- Titford Canal 3
- Trent & Mersey Canal 29
- Trent and Mersey Canal 9
- Trent and Mersey Canal 9
- Tyler's Cut 3
- Union Canal 14
- Upper Lough Erne 3
- Walsall Canal 3
- Wast Hill Tunnel 3
- Weaver Navigation 7
- Wednesbury Old Canal 3
- Wey and Arun Junction Canal 3
- Wicken Lode 6
- Windermere 4
- Worcester & Birmingham Canal 16
- Birmingham New Main Line Canal 8
- Birmingham Old Main Line Canal 6
- Bridgewater Canal (Stretford and Leigh Branch) 5
- Digbeth Branch Canal 5
- Fens Branch 4
- Forth and Clyde Canal (Glasgow Spur) 5
- Grand Union Canal (Aylesbury Arm) 6
- Grand Union Canal (Digbeth Branch) 4
- Grand Union Canal (Kaye's Arm) 7
- Grand Union Canal (Leicester Line) 15
- Grand Union Canal (Market Harborough Arm) 5
- Grand Union Canal (Market Harborough Branch) 5
- Grand Union Canal (Northampton Arm) 4
- Grand Union Canal (Paddington Arm) 10
- Grand Union Canal (Paddington Branch) 11
- Grand Union Canal (Slough Arm) 9
- Grand Union Canal (Wendover Arm) 6
- Leeds and Liverpool Canal (Rufford Branch) 9
- Oxford Canal (Clifton Arm) 4
- Oxford Canal (Wyken Arm) 3
- Shropshire Union Canal (Middlewich Branch) 10
- Springs Branch 3
- Stourbridge Canal (Town Arm) 5
- Troy Arm 3
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