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Sandiacre Lock – Trent Lock loop from Ilkeston

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Sandiacre Lock – Trent Lock loop from Ilkeston

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Sandiacre Lock – Trent Lock loop from Ilkeston

07:33

29.7km

70m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

3.58 km

Stanton North Lagoons

Nature Reserve

2

7.51 km

Stone Bridge Over the Canal

Highlight • Structure

3

9.36 km

Sandiacre Lock

Highlight • River

Not "just another lock", it's always cool to watch the boats manoeuvre their way through this particular one. The Erewash Canal has a few locks along the way.

Tip by

4

14.0 km

Erewash Canal Houseboats

Highlight • Structure

The Erewash canal flows 12 miles from the River Trent to the Nottingham Canal. It was completed in 1779 and worked until the last commercial canal boat stopped in 1952. Today it's a leisure canal with boats and walking trails.

Tip by

5

14.3 km

The Steamboat

Highlight • Pub

Hopefully open again soon :)

Tip by

6

14.3 km

Trent Lock

Highlight • Structure

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 …

Tip by

17.7 km

Fox Covert Local Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

8

19.0 km

Erewash Canal at Oakes Mill, Long Eaton

Highlight • River

9

22.1 km

Springfield Mill

Highlight • Historical Site

Was built in 1888 as a tenement lace factory and has now been converted into a modern apartment building.

source: sandiacreparishcouncil.org/about_sandiacre.html

Tip by

10

24.5 km

Erewash Canal Towpath

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

B

29.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.9 km

8.13 km

5.39 km

1.82 km

1.15 km

398 m

Surfaces

19.5 km

5.73 km

2.38 km

1.77 km

274 m

< 100 m

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Tuesday 20 October

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6°C

89 %

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