Walks from Long Eaton
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Long Eaton Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Long Eaton by train.
Long Eaton Circular via Trent Lock
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.
Warnings: 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.
Walk details: Derwent Valley Line Community Rail Partnership (local insights).
Long Eaton to Ilkeston
Canal, industrial towns and disused railway viaduct.
Time: 4h–8h
3 lunch spots: Hallam Fields, Ilkeston (2h30–5h in) — Gallows Grub, or the Gallows Inn; plus La Rock (1h30–2h30 in)
1 end-of-walk reward: the Dew Drop Inn
Adapted from: the Leicester Ramblers.
Derby to Long Eaton
Waterways — River Derwent, Derby & Sandiacre Canal and Erewash Canal.
Time: 5h30–11h
2 lunch spots: Canal Cottage Cafe (2h30–5h30 in), or the Navigation (3h–6h30 in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: Peking House, or the Sawley Junction
Adapted from: the Leicester Ramblers.