Walks from 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.

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).

Canal, industrial towns and disused railway viaduct.

Waterway: nine tenths along the Erewash Canal.

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.