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Trent Lock – Shipley Country Park loop from Ilkeston

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Trent Lock – Shipley Country Park loop from Ilkeston

Moderate

4.8

(10)

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Trent Lock – Shipley Country Park loop from Ilkeston

03:54

59.1km

340m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 21, 2026

Tips

Includes segments that go up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 11.1 km for 3 m

After 19.6 km for 6 m

After 46.8 km for 3 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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3.56 km

Nutbrook Coffee Shop

Highlight • Cafe

Nice cafe with friendly staff. Good mid walk stops while exploring the local reservoirs and Shipley Country Park.
Open Fri: 9:30 - 14:30.
Sat & Sun: 9:00 - 16:00.

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3.97 km

View of Shipley Lake

Highlight • Viewpoint

A gorgeous place to stop on your ride and enjoy the views out over the lake. Look out for some excellent wildlife on the water and banks here too.

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17.0 km

Shaw's Plantation

Forest

26.8 km

Erewash Canal Towpath

Highlight (Segment) • River

Steady canal towpath. Got silly metal gates to stop motorbikes getting through.

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33.0 km

One of Britain's principal canal junctions, Trent Lock's great meeting of waterways is also the border between the historic counties of Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Derbyshire.

Here, the River Soar and …

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33.1 km

Start of the Erewash Canal

Highlight • River

Well surfaced and pleasent canal towpath that runs 12 miles to Langley Mill

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41.8 km

Stanton Lock

Highlight • Rest Area

A beautiful lock on the canal

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47.5 km

Bennerley Viaduct

Highlight • Bridge

Wouldn't recommend trying to cross. Looks bumpy 😳and unsafe. Sure there should be a locked gate, but missing.

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53.8 km

Shipley Country Park

Highlight • Trail

Shipley Country Park is not that far from Derby, close to the Nottingham border. It offers 700 acres of attractive, varied landscape full of lakes, wildflower meadows, woodland, and gentle …

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59.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.4 km

15.8 km

8.08 km

3.63 km

2.36 km

1.71 km

125 m

Surfaces

33.5 km

11.2 km

9.61 km

4.27 km

444 m

142 m

Elevation

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Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

Weather

Tuesday 7 July

30°C

17°C

0 %

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Trent Lock – Shipley Country Park loop from Ilkeston

Nutbrook Coffee Shop

View of Shipley Lake

Erewash Canal Towpath

Trent Lock

Start of the Erewash Canal

Stanton Lock

Bennerley Viaduct

Shipley Country Park

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