# Zouch

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For people with the surname, see [Zouch (surname)](/source/Zouch_(surname)). For the English Member of Parliament, see [Zouch Tate](/source/Zouch_Tate).

**Zouch** /ˈzɒtʃ/ is a [hamlet](/source/Hamlet_(place)) in south west [Nottinghamshire](/source/Nottinghamshire), England. It is located between [Hathern](/source/Hathern) and [Normanton on Soar](/source/Normanton_on_Soar) and is situated by the [River Soar](/source/River_Soar), which marks the [county](/source/Counties_of_England) boundary with [Leicestershire](/source/Leicestershire).[1]

Most of the hamlet lies in the [civil parish](/source/Civil_parishes_in_England) of [Sutton Bonington](/source/Sutton_Bonington), apart from Zouch Farm which falls within Normanton on Soar parish, and the part in Leicestershire which is in Hathern parish. The nearest town is [Loughborough](/source/Loughborough). The [A6006 road](/source/A6006_road) passes through the hamlet and crosses the Soar on **Zouch Bridge** (alternatively "County Bridge"[2] as it spans the county border). The [elevation](/source/Elevation) of Zouch is 30 metres (98 ft).[1]

There is a [pub](/source/Public_house) in the hamlet, the *Rose and Crown*, with one side of the pub on Main Street and the other on the bank of the Zouch Cut canal.[3] On the far western end of the hamlet, on the Leicestershire side of Zouch Bridge, is the County Bridge Mobile Home Park, where tent pitching is available.[4]

## River Soar and Zouch Cut

Zouch is an example of a small canal settlement, though there was a mill there long before the Soar was made navigable (and on some historic maps is denoted as **Zouch Mill**). Due to the canalisation of the River Soar, involving the construction of the **Zouch Cut** and several weirs and canals in the vicinity, the hamlet lies on several islands (including the main island, and the much smaller islands of Lower Holme and Upper Holme, which have small houses on them). Canal mooring is a notable feature; on the Leicestershire side of Zouch Bridge, situated on the River Soar, are Zouch Marina and the clubhouse of the Loughborough Boat Club.[2][5] The [Long Whatton Brook](/source/Long_Whatton_Brook) joins the Soar between the two.

## Etymology

The meaning of the name derives from the [Old English](/source/Old_English) term for poor ground.[6]

It is alphabetically last in a list of all the named settlements in Britain.[7]

## References

1. [Ordnance Survey](/source/Ordnance_Survey) mapping

1. [Loughborough Boat Club](http://loughboroughboatclub.co.uk/location/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160307154306/http://loughboroughboatclub.co.uk/about-us/location/) 7 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine location

1. [Dining Pubs](http://www.diningpubs.co.uk/pub_details.asp?id=705) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20110929233644/http://www.diningpubs.co.uk/pub_details.asp?id=705) September 29, 2011 at the Wayback Machine Rose and Crown, Zouch

1. [UKparks.com](http://www.ukparks.com/park_details_top.asp?parkid=704) Johnsons County Bridge Mobile Home Park

1. ["Secure Offline moorings Zouch Leistershire | Zouch Marina | England"](https://www.zouchmarina.com/). *Mysite*

1. Poulton-Smith, Anthony (2009) *Nottinghamshire Place Names*

1. [Ordnance Survey](/source/Ordnance_Survey) gazetteer (2011)

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