Best walks from Attenborough

Attenborough Station Circular via Nature Reserve

15km. Flat terrain. 4h–6h30.

Good paths, nature reserve, canal, and river. Check for flooding.

Lunch stops in Beeston Lock (1h–2h in): the Riverside Bar, Boathouse Cafe, or Canal Heritage Centre. Other lunch stop: Restaurant Sat Bains (2h–3h30 in).

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

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.