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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: April 15, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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173 m

Swan Lake at Straw's Bridge

Highlight • Lake

Known locally as `Swan Lake` this is a beautiful place to walk, bird watch and enjoy the views.

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3.58 km

Stanton North Lagoons

Nature Reserve

7.51 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.

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14.0 km

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.

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14.3 km

The Steamboat

Highlight • Pub

Hopefully open again soon :)

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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 …

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17.7 km

Fox Covert Local Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

19.0 km

Erewash Canal at Oakes Mill, Long Eaton

Highlight • River

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

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29.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.4 km

7.90 km

6.04 km

1.80 km

1.25 km

313 m

Surfaces

19.2 km

5.42 km

2.75 km

1.89 km

282 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Friday 15 May

13°C

5°C

95 %

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Sandiacre Lock – Trent Lock loop from Ilkeston

Swan Lake at Straw's Bridge

Stone Bridge Over the Canal

Sandiacre Lock

Erewash Canal Houseboats

The Steamboat

Trent Lock

Erewash Canal at Oakes Mill, Long Eaton

Springfield Mill

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