A Narrow Boat Enters Trent Lock - geograph

Trent Lock (otherwise Trentlock) is located south of Long Eaton, on the borders of Derbyshire,

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

and

Nottinghamshire Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated ''Notts.'') is a ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. The county is bordered by South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. Th ...

in the United Kingdom. The area is a major canal navigation junction, where the River Soar and

Erewash Canal The Erewash Canal is a broad canal in Derbyshire, England. It runs just under and has 14 canal lock, locks. The first lock at Langley Mill, Langley Bridge is part of the Cromford Canal. Origins The canal obtained its act of Parliament, ...

can reach the Trent and Mersey Canal by way of the

River Trent The Trent is the third Longest rivers of the United Kingdom, longest river in the United Kingdom. Its Source (river or stream), source is in Staffordshire, on the southern edge of Biddulph Moor. It flows through and drains the North Midlands ...

and adjacent Cranfleet Cut. Immediately to its north-east is Trent Junction, a similarly important five-way meeting point in the national railway system.

Location

Trentlock is at the point where the counties of Derbyshire,

and

meet, with the Soar forming the border between Leicestershire and Nottinghamshire, and the Trent that of Derbyshire. On a local scale this means that Derbyshire is to the north of the point, whilst Nottinghamshire is to the south-east and Leicestershire is to the south-west, which is somewhat different from the global arrangement. Nearby places are Long Eaton, to the north, and Ratcliffe on Soar to the south. Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station dominates the landscape.

Waterways

Trent Lock is the area of canal locks around the point where the River Soar (flowing northwards) meets the

(at this point flowing east). Near this point two canals also meet the Trent - the

, coming south-east from Long Eaton, and the short Cranfleet Cut provides a route for boats heading downstream on the Trent, avoiding a

weir A weir or low-head dam is a barrier across the width of a river that alters the flow characteristics of water and usually results in a change in the height of the water level. Weirs are also used to control the flow of water for outlets of l ...

. The

Midland Main Line The Midland Main Line (MML), sometimes also spelt Midland Mainline, is a major Rail transport in Great Britain, railway line from London to Sheffield in Yorkshire via the East Midlands. It comprises the lines from London's St Pancras railway ...

also runs past the area, over the Trent and the Cranfleet Cut. Some way further to the west on the Trent is the Sawley Cut and Sawley Bridge Marina, and not far west of that is Derwent Mouth, where the River Derwent and the Trent and Mersey Canal join the Trent. ;Junctions ;Facilities Immediately above Trent Lock No. 60 on the Erewash Canal is a dry dock that can be drained into the River Trent below. The current tenants of the dry dock and related buildings are boat builders ''KingFisher Narrow Boats ltd''. On the east side of the same lock is the ''Steamboat Inn''

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and a tea room. Moreover, on the south side of the lock is a ''Vintage Inn'' pub and restaurant called the ''Trent Lock Inn'' which was formerly called (and is still well known as) the ''Navigation Inn''.

Location

Waterways

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