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Gainsborough Floating Pontoon

 
Also known as: Gainsborough Bridge Floating Pontoon
Riverside Walk, West Lindsey DN21 2AQ, United Kingdom
 
Information about the place
Gainsborough Floating Pontoon is a minor waterways place on the River Trent (tidal section - Cromwell to Keadby) between Knaith (5 miles and 1¾ furlongs to the southeast) and Walkerith (3 miles and 1 furlong to the northwest).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Knaith is Gainsborough Road Bridge; 1¾ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of Walkerith is Morton; 1 mile and 4¼ furlongs away.

There may not be access to the towpath here.

Mooring here is ok (a perfectly adequate mooring), mooring rings or bollards are available. Check try the Trent information on this mooring, it silts up regularly .

Marton8 miles, 2 furlongs
Littleborough Ford7 miles, ¼ furlongs
Knaith5 miles, 1¾ furlongs
Gainsborough Railway Bridge1 mile, 3½ furlongs
Gainsborough Road Bridge1¾ furlongs
Gainsborough Floating Pontoon
Morton1 mile, 4¼ furlongs
Walkerith3 miles, 1 furlong
Chesterfield Canal - River Trent Junction4 miles, 2¼ furlongs
Trent - Idle Junction4 miles, 3 furlongs
Heckdyke5 miles, 3½ furlongs
 
 
Amenities

Amenities here

 Lidl
 Tesco
 Tesco - Gainsborough - Beaumont Street
 Tesco Cafe Stores - Gainsborough - Beaumont Street
 McDonalds
 Canute
 Elm Cottage
 Gainsborough
 Sweyn Forkbeard
 Wetherspoons
 B&M Bargains
 W H Smith
 Fish & Chips
 Boots Chemist
 Barclays
 Cashpoint
 Cashpoint
 Cashpoint
 Cashpoint
 Cashpoint
 Cashpoint
 Cashpoint
 HSBC
 NatWest
 Santander
 TSB
 Farm & Forest Equipment
 Tesco Fuel
 Gainsborough Central Station

Amenities nearby at Gainsborough Road Bridge

 Aldi
 Costcutter
 SEE ADDRESS
 Trent Port
 Jet
 Gainsborough Lea Road Station

Amenities nearby at Morton

 Ship Inn
 
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In the direction of Keadby Junction

West Stockwith Basin4 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 1 lock away
Travel to Chesterfield Canal - River Trent Junction, then on the Chesterfield Canal (Retford to the Trent) to West Stockwith Basin
Manor Farm Winding Hole6 miles, 7 furlongs and 3 locks away
Travel to Chesterfield Canal - River Trent Junction, then on the Chesterfield Canal (Retford to the Trent) to Manor Farm Winding Hole
Drakeholes Tunnel (southern entrance)10 miles, 6¾ furlongs and 5 locks away
Travel to Chesterfield Canal - River Trent Junction, then on the Chesterfield Canal (Retford to the Trent) to Drakeholes Tunnel (southern entrance)
Drakeholes Visitor Moorings10 miles, 7 furlongs and 5 locks away
Travel to Chesterfield Canal - River Trent Junction, then on the Chesterfield Canal (Retford to the Trent) to Drakeholes Visitor Moorings
Otter's Bridge Winding Hole13 miles, 2¼ furlongs and 5 locks away
Travel to Chesterfield Canal - River Trent Junction, then on the Chesterfield Canal (Retford to the Trent) to Otter's Bridge Winding Hole
Clayworth Top Bridge Winding Hole13 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 5 locks away
Travel to Chesterfield Canal - River Trent Junction, then on the Chesterfield Canal (Retford to the Trent) to Clayworth Top Bridge Winding Hole
Main Street Winding Hole15 miles, 5 furlongs and 5 locks away
Travel to Chesterfield Canal - River Trent Junction, then on the Chesterfield Canal (Retford to the Trent) to Main Street Winding Hole
Grove Mill Bridge Winding Hole19 miles, ¾ furlongs and 6 locks away
Travel to Chesterfield Canal - River Trent Junction, then on the Chesterfield Canal (Retford to the Trent) to Grove Mill Bridge Winding Hole
Retford Winding Hole19 miles, 2½ furlongs and 6 locks away
Travel to Chesterfield Canal - River Trent Junction, then on the Chesterfield Canal (Retford to the Trent) to Retford Winding Hole

Nearest self-operated pump-out

In the direction of Cromwell Lock Weir Exit

Torksey Lock10 miles, 6¼ furlongs away
Travel to Torksey Junction, then on the Fossdyke Canal to Torksey Lock

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CanalPlan has no information on any of the following facilities within range:
boatyard pump-out
Direction of TV transmitter (From Wolfbane Cybernetic)
 
 
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[Port of Grimsby] a 2,200 feet (670 m) north quay, rail fed coaling jetties on the east quay, and outfitting jetties and slipways on the south-east side. A third lock 45
 
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Pleasure Craft Navigation - ABP Humber
4A Clee Ness Light Float to the Humber Bridge. ... should avoid manoeuvring close to jetties and entrances to docks as large vessels, ... Gainsborough Bridge
Allen Ginsberg - Howl
... high sat up smoking in the supernatural darkness of cold-water flats floating across ... who walked all night with their shoes full of blood on the snowbank docks ... who sat in boxes breathing in the darkness under the bridge, and rose up to ...
NYC Ferry - Wikipedia
NYC Ferry is a network of ferry routes in New York City operated by Hornblower Cruises. ... However, by 1918, the construction of bridges and New York City Subway ... Construction on the four remaining NYC Ferry docks in Manhattan and the ... "Rockaway Ferry Floats On Through May, But Trip Will Cost Nearly Double  ...
Flood warning
Areas affected: River Trent at Newark Sugar Factory and Kelham Bridge. ACTIVE ... Areas affected: River Trent from Cromwell Weir to Gainsborough. ACTIVE.
Wikidata:WikiProject sum of all paintings/Collection/Tate - Wikidata
The Wife of William St Quintin, painting by Thomas Gainsborough. Esposa de ... William Turner. William Turner, Bridge of Sighs, Ducal Palace and Custom- House.jpg ... NG2650, http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/constable-yarmouth- jetty-n02650 · Malvern Hall ... Float III, painting by Henry Mundy, Henry Mundy, T00709 ...
VHF Radio Channels
Most port radio stations and many locks and bridges also monitor Channel 16, but ... Grimsby Docks (Grimsby Docks Radio) *, 74 18 79 ... Bristol Floating Harbour, 73 ... Listen on Channel 15 on the Trent seaward of Gainsborough but also on ...
London: A Pilgrimage
... BUSY RIVER-SIDE · CHAPTER III - THE DOCKS · CHAPTER IV - ABOVE BRIDGE ... Every tint and shade and film of shade, of Gainsborough's Blue Boy, was ... of a dozen bridges; this unbroken water procession and these moving steamers ... plank that will float: upon every inch of vantage ground-covering every slate ...