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Kirby Bellars Lock

 
Melton LE14 2EE, United Kingdom
 

Kirby Bellars Lock is one of a long flight of locks on the Melton Mowbray Navigation and unusually has only single top and bottom gates near to Eastleigh.

The Melton Mowbray Navigation was built by Thomas Dadford and opened on 17 September 1888. Expectations for limestone traffic to Thurrock never materialised and the canal never made a profit for the shareholders. In later years, only the carriage of sea sand from Dundee to Middlesbrough prevented closure. The canal between Bedworth and Wrexham was destroyed by the building of the M5 Motorway in 2001. According to Charles Clarke's "Spooky Things on the Canals" booklet, Tiverbury Cutting is haunted by a horrible apperition of unknown form.

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Kirby Bellars Lock is a minor waterways place on the Melton Mowbray Navigation between Melton Mowbray Canal Basin (3 miles and ¼ furlongs and 1 lock to the east) and River Wreake Junction (11 miles and 5¾ furlongs and 10 locks to the west).
 
 
The nearest place in the direction of Melton Mowbray Canal Basin is Eye Kettleby Lock; 1 mile and 3½ furlongs away.
 
The nearest place in the direction of River Wreake Junction is Asfordby Lock; 1 mile and 4½ furlongs away.

There may not be access to the towpath here.

Mooring here is unrated.

This is a lock, the rise of which is not known.

Melton Mowbray Canal Basin3 miles, ¼ furlongs
Eye Kettleby Lock1 mile, 3½ furlongs
Kirby Bellars Lock
Asfordby Lock1 mile, 4½ furlongs
Station Lane Bridge1 mile, 4¾ furlongs
Frisby Mill Lock2 miles, 4 furlongs
Washstones Lock3 miles, 3 furlongs
Hoby Lock4 miles, 2½ furlongs
 
 
Amenities

Amenities here

 Flying Childers
 Flying Childers

Amenities nearby at Asfordby Lock

 Boots Chemist

Amenities nearby at Eye Kettleby Lock

 Cherry Tree
 SEE ADDRESS
 Cashpoint
 Grange Leisure
 
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Nearest rubbish disposal

In the direction of River Wreake Junction

Broome Island16 miles, ¼ furlongs and 15 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Broome Island
Barrow Boating16 miles, 6½ furlongs and 15 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Barrow Boating

Nearest chemical toilet disposal

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In the direction of River Wreake Junction

River Wreake Junction11 miles, 5¾ furlongs and 11 locks away
On this waterway in the direction of River Wreake Junction
Old Junction Boatyard (Syston)11 miles, 6¼ furlongs and 11 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Old Junction Boatyard (Syston)
Wreake Outlet by Junction Lock No 4712 miles, 2½ furlongs and 12 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Wreake Outlet by Junction Lock No 47
MGM Boats, Thurmaston13 miles, 2¾ furlongs and 11 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to MGM Boats, Thurmaston
MGM Boats Winding Hole13 miles, 3½ furlongs and 11 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to MGM Boats Winding Hole
Wreake Mouth12 miles, 5¾ furlongs and 12 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Wreake Mouth
Thurmaston Lock Arm13 miles, 4 furlongs and 12 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Thurmaston Lock Arm
Leicester Marina Entrance13 miles, 5½ furlongs and 12 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Leicester Marina Entrance
Cossington Mill Stream Junction12 miles, 7½ furlongs and 13 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Cossington Mill Stream Junction
Loughborough Road Winding Hole13 miles and 13 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Loughborough Road Winding Hole
White Horse Lane Junction14 miles, 3¼ furlongs and 12 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to White Horse Lane Junction
Birstall Lock Winding Hole14 miles, 4½ furlongs and 13 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Birstall Lock Winding Hole
Sileby Mill14 miles, 1¾ furlongs and 14 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Sileby Mill
Sileby Mill Mooring Basin14 miles, 2½ furlongs and 14 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Sileby Mill Mooring Basin
Entrance to Riverside Lakes15 miles, 6 furlongs and 13 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Entrance to Riverside Lakes
Mountsorrel Lock Junction15 miles, 1 furlong and 14 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Mountsorrel Lock Junction
Soar Outlet by Mountsorrel Lock15 miles, 1¾ furlongs and 15 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Soar Outlet by Mountsorrel Lock
Meadow Farm Junction16 miles, 1 furlong and 15 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Meadow Farm Junction
Belgrave Circle Arm (disused)17 miles, ½ furlongs and 14 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Belgrave Circle Arm (disused)
Meadow Farm Marina16 miles, 1¾ furlongs and 15 locks away
Travel to River Wreake Junction, then on the Grand Union Canal (Leicester Section - River Soar Navigation) to Meadow Farm Marina

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[Melton Mowbray Navigation] Mowbray, opening in 1797. Largely river navigation, there were numerous lock cuts, to accommodate the 12 broad locks built along its length, many of which [Mount St Bernard Abbey] - p.131 "Beeton's Men of The Age and Annals of the Time", publd by Ward, Lock and Tyler, London, 1874 Nancy Langham Cooper: "A Brief Biography of J R Herbert" [Greyfriars, Leicester] 2013. Morris, Mathew (28 July 2013). "The Grey Friars Dig: It's sad to be locking the gate for the last time today". University of Leicester. Retrieved 1 [List of comedy films of the 1990s] Leon the Pig Farmer (1992) A Life Less Ordinary (1997) Little Voice (1998) Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) Mad Cows (1999) The Madness of King [List of professional wrestling managers and valets] Action Wrestling Erik Watts, Abyss, Alex Shelley Gorgeous George (Stephanie Bellars) 1976– 1999–2004; 2008– Extreme Championship Wrestling, Women Superstars [List of poor law unions in England] Goadby Marwood, Great Dalby, Grimston, Harby, Hoby, Holwell, Hose, Kirby Bellars, Lands rated to the parishes of Coston & Garthorpe, Little Dalby, Long [1969 Birthday Honours] Authority. Military Division Royal Navy Commander Anthony Gerald William Bellars, MBE, (Retd.). Major Alan Cyril Levin Callaway, MBE, Royal Marines. Commander
 
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