- Trentlock
Trentlock, or Trent Lock is located on the border of
Derbyshire ,Leicestershire andNottinghamshire near toLong Eaton . The area is a major canal navigation junction, where theRiver Soar andErewash Canal can reach theTrent and Mersey Canal by way of theRiver Trent and adjacentCranfleet Cut .Immediately to the 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 ,Leicestershire andNottinghamshire 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 with Derbyshire in the north-west, Nottinghamshire in the north-east and Leicestershire to the south.
Nearby places are
Long Eaton , to the north, andRatcliffe on Soar to the south.Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station dominates the landscape.Waterways
Trent Lock is the area of
canal lock s around the point where theRiver Soar (flowing northwards) meets theRiver Trent (at this point flowing east). Near this point two canals also meet the Trent - theErewash Canal , coming south-east fromLong Eaton , and the shortCranfleet Cut provides a route for boats heading downstream on the Trent, avoiding aweir .The
Midland Main Line 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 andSawley Bridge Marina , and not far west of that isDerwent Mouth , where the River Derwent and theTrent 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 "King Fisher Narrow Boats".On the opposite side of the same lock is the "Steamboat Inn"
public house .References
Further reading
*cite book |last= De Salis|first= Henry Rodolph|title= Bradshaw's Canals and Navigable Rivers|origdate= |edition= Reprint|year= 1969|publisher= David & Charles|isbn= 0-7153-4689-X
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