Best walks from Long Eaton

Long Eaton Station to Ilkeston Station

16km. Flat terrain. 4h–7h.

Canal, industrial towns, and disused railway viaduct.

Lunch stops in Hallam Fields, Ilkeston (2h30–4h in): Gallows Grub, or the Gallows Inn. Other lunch stop: La Rock (1h30–2h in).

End-of-walk reward: the Dew Drop Inn.

Adapted from a route by the Leicester Ramblers — download GPX route

Derby Station to Long Eaton Station

Tough: 21km. Flat terrain. 5h30–9h.

Waterways — River Derwent, Derby & Sandiacre Canal, and Erewash Canal.

Lunch stops: Canal Cottage Cafe (2h30–4h30 in), or the Navigation (3h–5h30 in).

End-of-walk rewards: Peking House, or the Sawley Junction.

Adapted from a route by the Leicester Ramblers — download GPX route

Long Eaton Station Circular via Trent Lock

8km.

Public roads, footpaths and canal towpaths; railway embankments, and woodland tracks and grass areas. Extensively documented railway history of the Long Eaton triangle spanning 1840–1968: wagon works, sheet stores and canal-transhipment facilities, with modern flood defences and Ratcliffe Power Station visible. One stretch alongside the River Trent is liable to flooding in very wet weather; beware of traffic turning off the roundabout at Tamworth Road; beware of fast-moving traffic on Fields Farm Road (40 mph). Canal towpath often under water when the river is in flood.

Documented by Derwent Valley Line Community Rail Partnership.

Attenborough Station to Long Eaton Station

4km.

Riverside path along the Trent. In spring and summer, breeding skylarks, meadow pipits and grasshopper warblers; spring and autumn migrants include whinchat and wheatear; in winter snipe, stonechat and even short-eared owls.

Documented by Derwent Valley Line Community Rail Partnership.