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Colliery Canal Lock Gates – Grantham Canal Path loop from Cotgrave

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Nottinghamshire

Colliery Canal Lock Gates – Grantham Canal Path loop from Cotgrave

Easy

4.0

(2)

6

hikers

Colliery Canal Lock Gates – Grantham Canal Path loop from Cotgrave

01:52

7.30km

30m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 18, 2026

Waypoints

A

Start point

Bus stop

1

429 m

Pig and Pudding Café

Highlight • Cafe

Lovely café for breakfast! Good vegetarian options, friendly staff. Check their Facebook page for opening hours.

Tip by

2

2.82 km

Heron Lake (Cotgrave Welfare Diamond Angling Club)

Highlight • Lake

Formerly the run-off collection pond for the colliery spoil tips, now a picturesque fishing lake run by Cotgrave Welfare Diamond Angling Club.

Tip by

3

3.01 km

Colliery Canal Lock Gates

Highlight • Bridge

The colliery closed in 1993 and the park opened in 2000. The gates are no longer in use as the canal has become overgrown at this point, although they look to be in working condition.

Tip by

4

3.15 km

Grantham Canal Path

Highlight • River

A few gates but otherwise a really beautiful route to avoid the roads

Tip by

3.75 km

Grantham Canal

Lake

6

4.29 km

Grantham Canal Path

Highlight • Trail

Great little run when staying over at the Nottinghamshire Golf Club

Tip by

B

7.30 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.24 km

865 m

676 m

338 m

158 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.73 km

1.70 km

1.21 km

389 m

158 m

< 100 m

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