Canal Boat Holidays from Mercia Marina
Exploring the Trent and Mersey, Nottingham and the Trent Valley, the Birmingham Canal Navigations, Stoke Potteries and other Inland Waterways
Available Canal Boat Holidays (click)
Mercia Merina is a family owned business which has been built around the existing Willington
Lake with nine islands/promontories added to the existing lake to create a
series of mini-marinas The soft banks have been planted with wildflowers and
reed beds. There is plenty of open water for easy manoeuvring boats.
The marina is within easy walking distance of the attractive canal side village
of Willington with bus services on Findern Lane and rail services in Willington
itself. The marina includes the usual range of services for servicing boats both
residential and commercial useage, plus :
Midlands Chandlers, a Brokerage, the Willow Tree Tea Rooms and a shop for basic
provisions. All within a delightful and well landscaped waterway setting.
The location makes a good starting point for narrowboat vacations enabling
exploration of the Trent and Mersey Canal. as well as choices such as Nottingham
and the Trent Valley on the River Trent itself, Stoke Potteries or the
Birmingham Canals. The picturesque River Soar which wends its way down to
Leicester via the Leicester ring can also be recommended if you have the time,
though expect delays at Foxton locks as you pass the Foxton incline.
Available
Canal Boat Holidays (click)
The boats advertised here are from the Shakespeare Classic Line Fleet ...
Timeshare weeks that owners are unable to use and wish to rent out instead. As
such standards are high with little touches like filtered drinking water at the
kitchen sink , which you do notfind in every hireboat, prices are also very
reasonable typically well below equivelent boats offerred by comparable hire
fleets. The boats come equipped with all bedding, towels and linen as well as
central heating, 240v electricity and freeview TV with a DVD player, should you
really need it. Also onboard you will find guides and maps to the trent and
Mersey and other local waterways, plus leaflets detailing the numerous
attractions that can conveniently be
accessed from the waterways. Folding bicycles can be hired from the marina if
desired and if you want to fish bring a rod ( and licence).
Basic boat hadling and safety traing will be given before departing marina. You
will find the staff both helpful and friendly so please take full advantage of
your time with them to discover how things work ... like how to light the cooker
etc before departing. Test the lights find out where the pumpout switch for the
shower is and generally play with the switches etc until you are happy that
everything works and that you know what does what. it is much easier to deal
with any problems in the marina. turning a 56 ft boat around to come back and
ask can waste a lot of time and is really not so easy.
