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.
Derby to Long Eaton
Waterways — River Derwent, Derby & Sandiacre Canal and Erewash Canal.
Time: 7h (5h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
2 lunch spots: Canal Cottage Cafe (2h45 in), or the Navigation (3h15 in)
2 end-of-walk rewards: Peking House, or the Sawley Junction
Adapted from: the Leicester Ramblers.
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.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
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.
Waterway: nine tenths along the Erewash Canal.
Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)
3 lunch spots: Hallam Fields, Ilkeston (2h30 in) — Gallows Grub, or the Gallows Inn; plus La Rock (1h15 in)
1 end-of-walk reward: the Dew Drop Inn
Adapted from: the Leicester Ramblers.