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r&slambert

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HI there everyone

we currently have our Viking 23nb moored on the river nene

we are looking at moving on to the canal system next April around the grand union/oxford/Coventry canal area

or somewhere around an hours driving from Melton Mowbray

has anyone any marina recommendations for that area

did visit baby moorings a couple of years ago is it anywhere near finished yet

 

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We are very happy at Yelvertoft. Laundrette is handy and everyone is very friendly. There's a lot of lock-free cruising adjacent and a lovely countryside to cruise in.

Barby moorings is STILL unfinished although the club house will be finished this summer; they say this every year.

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I think everyone has different requirements for a marina e.g. quietness, local pub, internet access etc. so it’s very hard to decide just on recommendations. When we wanted to move our boat to a new marina, we fixed on the general area where we would like to be and then made a list of five marinas we thought were worth considering. We then spent a day visiting them, looking at the surroundings and the facilities and talking to people already mooring there before deciding on the one we both (fortunately) liked the best.

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There is also The Ashby Canal Centre at Stoke Golding on, you've guessed it. The Ashby!

 

http://www.ashbycanalcentre.co.uk/

 

Plus Trinity Marina at Hinckley, also on the Ashby Canal

 

http://trinitymarinas.co.uk/

 

Also Castle Marinas at Kings Bromley, Ventnor and Wigrams, GU / Oxford Junction.

 

http://www.castlemarinas.co.uk/

 

Brinklow Marina on the North Oxford

 

http://www.brinklowmarina.com/

 

Napton Marina on the south Oxford, just!

 

http://www.napton-marina.co.uk/moorings/index.php

 

Calcutt Marina, GU Stockton.

 

http://www.calcuttboats.com/moorings.html

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thanks everyone for your replies

been in Northampton today so called in at Gayton marina for a look

then north kilworth dosnt look like the new marina there will be ready anytime soon !

There's also Blisworth marina just around the corner from Gayton marina - on the GU and only a few hundred yards from Gayton marina.

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