Mystery Steps down to River Soar

[Brick]

In one part of Leicester they are reshaping the end of a park that hits the river.

As part of this, they're building a bit set of steps down to a platform on the riverside.

What wants to bet that there will be a big unfriendly "no swimming" sign erected at the bottom of the steps?

[Dave_G]

I cannot speak for any individual council, but knowing the hostility and paranoia displayed by local authorities and other bodies towards open water swimming, I shouldn't be at all surprised to see this happen! However, if they do this, then why are they putting in the steps and platform in the first place?
Whereabouts in Leicester is this?

[jeff-d]

I've not seen them, but they could be for us canoeists or even fisher people.
Although fishermen seem to think that everything is for their private use!

[Dave_G]

Yes, a large number within the angling community seem to think they have a God-given right to sole (no pun intended!) use of rivers, lakes etc.

[Brick]

I don't know how to copy links in google maps any more. The option to copy a map location doesn't come up when you right click on the map. It's the end of Soar lane in leicester. If you look at the road, it crosses the river and recently split canal over a bridge, and then does a right angle and follows the river for a short distance before stopping. The steps are on the "park" side of the river, near the BMX track you can see. The steps aren't on google maps yet.

I wouldn't describe it as the best place to swim in the river, and I don't remember seeing people canoeing there either. I'd guess that the council are expecting people to walk down the very wide steps to the sizeable platform at the bottom, and feed the water birds.