Boaters Xmas Bash. Friday 16th December from 5pm in the Boaters Lounge. Buffet will be provided by Bosworth Marina. There will also be an hour set from a guest guitar vocalist.
Xmas Opening Hours:
Xmas Eve – 11.00am – 2.00pm
Xmas Day – Closed
Boxing Day – Closed
Tues 27th – 11.00am – 2.00pm
Wed 28th – 11.00am – 2.00pm
Thurs 29th – 11.00am – 2.00pm
Fri 30th – 11.00am – 2.00pm
New Years Eve – 11.00am – 2.00pm
New Years Day – Closed
In September, Bosworth Marina was one of the first tourism businesses in the county to be awarded the ‘Good to Go’ logo. Bosworth Marina was able to demonstrate that it was ‘open for business’ following all strict guidelines required to be covid safe.
We are proud to have been awarded the ‘good to go’ logo and we will be open every day from July 4th. Our shop, chandlery and office hours will be 11 am – 4 pm every day.
Autumn 2019
Bosworth Marina is proud to announce it secured 2nd place in the Hinckley and Bosworth farms diversification cup🏆🏆.
The summer of 2018 is proving to be a hot one, and the picnic tables and benches are in full use. We are very busy using Mallard’s Mere for supplying water for the young trees, shrubs and hedging which are all desperate for some moisture. Ben, Nathan and Chris have been carrying out weeding and finishing work in the landscaped areas and we have put some barley straw in Mallard’s Mere to try to keep the water weed free. All tree and hedge planting was halted because of the very wet spring, and we are now hoping that all our young shrubs, trees and hedging will survive the very hot dry weather we are now experiencing.
Chris (the marina manager) and Jane have been overwhelmed by the donations from our boaters for a bench to be sited by the lake to commemorate Ash, Chris’s brother who died last month. Chris and Jane would like to say a big thank you to all.
Bosworth Marina now has a defibrillator. We have sited it outside the main doors of the building and we are waiting for a demonstration on its usage which we hope as many people as possible will attend.
The linear moorings on the canal, outside the marina entrance, are proving popular with boaters cruising The Ashby, as these overnight stops on the side of the canal saves boaters coming in to the marina to tie up.
You can subscribe to the Bosworth Marina newsletter by following the link in the right-hand column on the home page of our website – we will then keep you updated as to what is going on at Bosworth Marina plus news about our day boat Harry and Sally. In preparation for the new data protection regulation GDPR which comes into force on May 25th we have updated our Privacy statement for newsletter subscribers (and for boat owners and day boat hirers) which can be viewed here. An email will go out to newsletter subscribers shortly. If you have already subscribed to our newsletter you may unsubscribe at any time using the link at the bottom of any newsletter we send. We would like to thank all newsletter subscribers for their interest and support.
We are sad to report that a devastating fire broke out on 27th January in Cafe’ 1804, severely damaging the kitchen and causing smoke and water damage to the facilities building. The Cafe will be temporarily closed until further notice and we will keep you updated. Thank you to all who helped and expressed concern and also thank you to the fire service for their prompt action. The shop and facilities are up and running again and the marina is functioning as normal.
For information on winter stoppages and map for the East area click here
Cafe’ 1804 Our staff are supporting and organizing our Macmillan Coffee Morning on 29th September. Please come along and enjoy coffee/tea and cake, raffle etc. to support this very worth cause.
The Italian Evening in August was an immediate sell out and was very successful. Thank you for all the great comments received! Our September evening was a Greek theme and also a brilliant sucess thanks to Heidi, Will and team.
Works We now have additional bike racks for visitors to Cafe’ 1804 and our boaters.
The cafe and visitors car park has been extended and will be made larger in the future to accommodate our increased traffic to the shop and cafe’. The steep ramp that we used for many months for access to the basin has now been taken out and is no longer in use. Ben and Nathan have started to carry out essential fencing works.
Site works The perimeter road was in use in time for the opening of Cafe 1804 and now Ben and Nathan are finishing off pathways and landscaping work. Nearly all the trees and shrubs have survived the dry weeks of spring and early summer with lots of TLC from Chris, Gordon and Lee. The site is now maturing well and there will be a lot more planting activity on additional areas during next winter and spring.
The two new boaters’ gates are now fully operational and have proved a great success. We have also erected lots of new directional signs for boaters and visitors.
The large sheepsfoot roller and the 20 tonne excavator are no longer to be seen on the site. The roller, which was used to compact the huge quantities of engineering fill and puddle clay, has been sold to a company in Poland and our 20 tonne excavator has found a new home locally. This signals that the basic infrastructure of the Bosworth Marina site is coming to a close. Now lots of fencing and finishing off to do!
Ecological News It is nearly four years since we completed the two parallel ponds adjacent to the canal which are mitigation areas for the Special Site of Scientific Interest further along the canal towards Carlton…….and with brilliant results. We will publish the results of this year’s monitoring report when it is ready. Recently our swans have raised 6 cygnets between the two ponds.
Cafe news ‘Cafe 1804’ is now well and truly up and running and is proving very popular to our visitors from near and far. Pastry chef Sharon’s afternoon teas and chef Will’s food are receiving lots of well deserved praise. Congratulations to Will and Ayla who have announced their engagement.
Please Note: The Café is closed Monday – Tuesday. See the website for the cafe here for more information
Harry and Sally The recent good weather has seen Harry and Sally, our day boat, out a lot on the Ashby Canal. Judging from the feedback from our passengers their time out on the canal has been very special and enjoyable. You can read some testimonials and see photos on the Harry and Sally website www.leicestershiredayboathire.co.uk. Our day boat Harry and Sally can visit the SSSI area on the canal.