Foxton Locks Inn

Wonderful place, especially in the summer! Both restaurants great… One traditional hearty barge food the other more upmarket offering everything. The dogs will love it too.

I visited the Foxton Locks Inn in April 2012 following a days boat hire from North Kilworth Warf with two families. I found the pub at lunch time ok no problems with the staff in previous reviews.
The boat hire from North kilworth gets you directly to Foxton locks and back in one day so we used this pub a lunch time.
The foods was good and the kids weren’t frowned on like other premises.
The food was averagely priced, my only geniune criticism was the service was slow.

This place is great for a nice walk. But it can get busy on bank holidays. If you bring your car, beware there is a charge for the car park even if you stay for just a short while. It can get busy too. Also, try the small pub at the bottom of the lock rather than the big pub as it’s friendlier and cheaper though much less developed.

I have given this the two stars purely for location. I totally agree with the other reviewers– we have found the manageress to be very rude and talks down to people. If there’s a problem with the food or wait for your meal, drinks, cutlery etc etc there’s no point talking to her as she will make the situation feel your fault. The customer should always be right and people with good money to spend should be treated with respect not contempt. A better manager could make this place a sensation

We were greeted warmly last Saturday evening and ushered to our table. Our request for the volume of the piped music to be turned down was immediately met without demur and the drinks and menus followed.
We ordered whitebait and prawn cocktail for starters and cod, chips and peas for mains. We also tried to order a bottle of Argentinean Sauvignon Blanc but it was out of stock. Instead we settled for a bottle of Pino Grigio.
The food was served promptly and with good humour but the prawn cocktail was declared to be a bed of tasteless prawns as a vehicle for Thousand Island dressing. The whitebait was fine. The cod probably wasn’t but we couldn’t tell what it was. It was quite tasty…
We were hungry, the service was good and the food was unexceptional. Overall there was a positive feel, but there’s still work to be done to create a restaurant that matches its stunning position.

I grew up not very far from here and it’s idyllic. Recently restored to its former glory I would recommend hiring a boat for the day mid summer, having a meal at the pub by the water and relaxing in style… Oh and don’t forget the fishing rod!

A lovely place to go for a walk, plenty of areas great for a picnic while watching the barges go by. Reasonably priced parking with toilet facilities available.

For a family afternoon out, Foxton Locks is a lovely visitors centre which our family has been visiting for years. The peaceful walk along the canal from the parking area gives you a chance to see wildlife on the canal, narrow boats moored up and the odd fisherman. The locks themselves are a collection of locks together going up the hill and you nearly always see a narrow boat making its journey up one lock at a time. If your lucky the boat owners sometimes let you help.
At the centre of Foxton Locks there is a small collection of pubs and gift shops where you can eat, have a drink, get the kids an ice cream, take a short boat trip up the canal or visit the museum.
All in all a worth while trip out suitable for people of all ages.

This is a well known tourist attraction, on my door step, and can be very popular. Lovely to sit by the water and have a drink, lovely food available too. If you want to work up an apetite before you eat it is great for walking along the canal. Good for pets and kids too.

Nice place to go for a canalside walk. It has a small museum. Toilets avaliable. Medium sized car park. Also has a lovely little pub.

A great day out for all ages — although it is very steep so this could make is inaccessible for disabled people. It is an awesome series of locks and seeing people make their way up or down in barges is amazing. You’ll want to have a go! It is very educational and gives you lots to takl to your kids about. Then go into the Museum and you can explain it all. Godd pub, good walks along the canal and (very) tame boat rides.

This is a great place to visit on a nice day, great for families and everyone else. You can see barges going up the flight of ten locks and you can usually help to open the gates as the locks fill up.
With so many locks to go through you are bound to get a goods idea of how the whole thing works so it is great for children to see.
You can cross from side to side of the river over narrow bridges, and you can see and walk accross the old method of moving barges up and down this steep hill — the inclined plane.
It is also great fun for those actually on the barges, especially if you have just hired one for a holiday, the challenge of all these locks is worth doing.

Foxton locks is a beautiful place to visit when the weather is nice. I say when the weather is nice due to it being a canal and not many boats go up and down when the weather is colder. There is a lovely pub/​restaurant which you can sit in and look out on the canal, You can walk up and down the canal where there are little huts for a coffee/​tea and a cake. In the summer you can help the boats go through by opening the locks for them, this is a lot of fun if you have little ones

The real selling feature of this pub /​restaurant is the location. You are slap bang on the canal and you can enjoy a cool drink or a bite to eat watching the barges slip by. On a sunny day this is bliss, but be warned — spaces outside are at a premium and you may find that you have to sit on the grass, very close to someone else! The food is reasonably priced but they perhaps need a bit more choice. They do have a good range of drinks and the service is good. There is a car park but you will have to pay within normal day-​time hours. Also, there is not that much space so if it is busy, you may have to park on the grass and that can get really boggy on a wet day. Overall, a great place to go on a sunny day to relax by the canal (but be prepared to fight for space!) or at night for some good, hearty pub grub with friends. One of my favourite pubs in the area.

A place vertually on my door step and yet I don’t visit as often as I should. A lovely place to visit and take on board the skill used in navigating the narrowboats through all those locks. If you get the opportunity to follow a boat, take the time to walk alongside.
There are two car parks and both charge a fee of a couple of pounds… money goes back into the restoration projects. If you have walking difficulties, drive to the bottom of the locks and admire the view from there. otherwise, park at the top and a 15 min walk will lead you to the first lock and the gate keepers house. There you can look down on the other locks and a view across Leicestershire spanning for miles on a clear day.
At the bottom, you can reward yourself and wet your whistle and order some food in the restored and refurbished pub. When you’re suitably refreshed, you can head back up to the top at your leisure.
Give it a go…