We spent a week at Kings Orchard Marina as a base for walking the canals of the area. With direct access onto the towpath and reasonably easy access to bus and train services, this allowed three of the walks to be accomplished without need of the car. Staff are very pleasant and accommodating and the facilities are excellent. We stayed on the CL area which is all grass, but possibly the non-CL area with hardstandings would have been better, although the CL area is closer to the towpath so suited us well. There certainly is background car noise from the A38, but this is tolerable, and we hope for Kings Orchard's sake that the HS2 construction and operation won't affect the site too much in the future.