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Boat club

Soar Boating Club

Boat club on the River Soar, 2.6 mi from Loughborough.

Plan a trip from hereDirections by road
LoughboroughShepshedBishop Meadow Lock Water PointLoughborough Canal Basin Water PointLoughborough Canal Basin Elsan PointBishop Meadow Lock Rubbish Disposal
Soar Boating ClubWater pointElsanRubbishAbout 6 miles across. Not a navigation chart.

Will your boat fit?

ft
ftin
BoatSizeFit
Narrowboat57ft × 6ft 10inFits
Hire boat45ft × 6ft 10inFits
Widebeam55ft × 10ftFits
Dutch barge60ft × 12ft 6inFits

Length 70ft (21.34 m), beam 14ft 4in (4.37 m)

Canal & River Trust waterway dimensions, last edited 26 Mar 2026. Where there are two figures, sections differ: "Some sections" means your boat fits the largest but not the smallest.

Length and beam only. Draught and headroom aren't checked yet.

On the water nearby

Water points

Bishop Meadow Lock Water Point1.4 mi SE
Loughborough Canal Basin Water Point2.3 mi SE
Pillings Lock Marina4.3 mi SE

Elsan disposal

Loughborough Canal Basin Elsan Point2.3 mi SE

Pump-out

None mapped within 5 miles.

Boat fuel

None mapped within 5 miles.

Rubbish disposal

Bishop Meadow Lock Rubbish Disposal1.4 mi SE

Winding holes

None mapped within 5 miles.

Locks

Lock0.3 mi W
Zouch Flood Lock0.4 mi NW
Zouch Lock0.8 mi W

Straight-line distances. By boat it may be further.

Ashore, within a mile

Local shops

Normanton on Soar Community Shop0.3 mi SE
Hathern Post office and Shop0.9 mi SW

Pubs

The Plough380 yd SE
Rose and Crown0.5 mi W
Three Crowns0.9 mi SW

Cafés

Dolly's Coffee Corner0.5 mi N

GP surgeries

East Leake Medical Group0.8 mi N
Cross Street Surgery0.9 mi SW

Post offices

Hathern Post Office0.9 mi SW

None mapped within a mile: supermarket, pharmacy, laundrette.

Straight-line distances from the mooring.

Getting here, and other moorings

Nearest railway station

Loughborough station2.4 mi SE

Other marinas and moorings

Zouch Marina0.8 mi W

What we can't tell you yet

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Position 52.8041, -1.2382 · Open in OpenStreetMap