Derby Motor Boat Club

We have lock gates above and below our moorings and so the level of water is controlled to a considerable degree. There is still some rise and fall depending on the water levels but nowhere near the variation that would occur if we were actually on the river. We accommodate around 130 boats on individually allocated moorings most of which are stagings projecting into the waterway. The moorings stretch for about one third of a mile along the bank of the canal and go back about 80 yards. They are fully grassed and a tarmac road runs the whole length of the moorings.