Foxton Locks

Great day out - engineering, history, lovely views of the Leicestershire countryside. There’s normally a fair few boats going up and down the locks and they are more than happy for you to open and close the gates. Good food and drinks options too.

Lovely place to visit for a walk when the weather is nice. It was interesting to observe how the boats traveled up and down the canal. Also, they had very good ice cream.

Ever wanted to see water flow uphill? This is the place!10 uphill locks linking 2 seperate canals for the past 200years.If your or your child are interested in engineering/science this is a must see. Great British engineering at its finest when it comes to the incline plane.There is a boiler house museum £4 per adult and free for children and free guided tours of the incline plane itself.Our volunteer tour guide Paul was incredibly knowledgeable with a folder containing blown up images of it working as reference.Free parking for blue badge holders and good quality clean facilities too.There are 2 pub/restaurant available to choose from aswell as a small gift/refreshment shop.

Our first visit to the locks with our friends who lived local. It was very interesting and a great piece of engineering to see. We were lucky enough to see boats go both up and down the locks. The surroundings were beautiful and the ice cream was just as nice. A very pleasant walk in the sun. The hill up the locks can be quite steep and is not ideal for if you have walking issues.

We had wanted to visit Foxton Locks for a while and were not disappointed. Lots to see and some lovely local walks. We chatted to a lock keeper who was really interesting, he showed us around and took us to some of the places we would have definitely missed if we were on our own.I could watch the boats coming through the locks all day! The whole place has a really relaxing atmosphere to it.Refreshments available from plenty of different places. Have a visit to the pub too as it is full of information on the locks.Lots of places to park either at the top of the locks or down at the bottom.

Fantastic walks and countryside views with some historic landscapes and landmarks too! Lovely little pubs on the river. Great day out. Car park £3.50 for 4 1/2 hours

A great place to visit. To be able to relax, sit on benches while watching narrow boats go up and down through the locks. Very relaxing. Places there to get food and drink. Staff very friendly. Great to speak to people on the narrow boats. Will definitely return.

Well worth a visit to walk to the top of the locks and see the boats come though. The museum is brilliant and great for young kids with a small boat to climb in and play. Colouring and learning about the inclined plane add to the trip.

Lovely day out, very friendly people. Wonderful example of engineering, children were fascinated by hire the locks worked. Freshly made local ice cream, delicious.

I've visited today for a nice afternoon walk with a friend and it was a beautiful day for a walk. There was hardly anyone around, possibly due to the cold weather, but we warmed up quickly whilst walking by the canal. We nipped into the pub at the bottom of the locks for a quick drink. We got some gorgeous photos on the walk round, definitely somewhere you can come for a nice walk or to walk the dogs, and in summer you can get ice cream from the parlour halfway down.