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North Kilworth Wharf

North Kilworth Wharf is a long-established working boat yard situated on the Leicester Section of the Grand Union Canal in Leicestershire, near Bridge 45.

The yard has operated for around 200 years and sits on the canal's 20-mile lock-free summit pound, widely regarded as one of the most scenic and rural stretches of canal in England.

The wharf offers a range of boating services including narrowboat hire, welding, fitting, engineering, painting, blacking, and moorings.

It is a family-run operation and serves as a practical access point for boaters exploring the Leicester Line of the Grand Union Canal, with the elevated canal corridor providing views across rolling agricultural countryside.


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