Walks you can reach from Lowdham by train

Off-road walking and cycling alongside canal and river — a waterside network of paths. Passes the historic Trent Bridge.

Time: 5h30 (4h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Derwent Valley Line Community Rail Partnership (local insights).

Undulating countryside with several steep climbs.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Several steep climbs.

Walk details: Derwent Valley Line Community Rail Partnership (local insights).

Similar walk: Visit Amber Valley (PDF).

Hilly countryside with several steep climbs. Alport Heights — a 314 m peak five miles away — is visible from the route on clear days. Route passes Holbrook.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Several steep climbs.

Walk details: Derwent Valley Line Community Rail Partnership (local insights).

Similar walk: Visit Amber Valley (PDF).

Canal, river, wooded track and roadside footpath.

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

2 lunch spots: Wilford Farm (1h30 in), or Dovecote Barn Café (3h in)

Warnings: Short stretch on busy A453.

Adapted from: the Leicester Ramblers.

Repurposed railway track along the Great Northern Greenway.

Duffield Castle (National Trust)

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

2 lunch spots: the Bell and Harp (1h in), or the Three Horseshoes (2h15 in)

4 end-of-walk rewards: the Alexandra Hotel, the Brunswick, the Waterfall, or the Merry Widows

Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk.

Adapted from: the Leicester Ramblers.

Footpaths, wooded valley paths, fields, stiles and tracks and a ridgeline route.

Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: Knee-trapper stiles; two steady climbs make this a more demanding route.

Walk details: Derwent Valley Line Community Rail Partnership (local insights).

Superb views over open country. Footpaths through ancient deer park, farm tracks, a tarmaced lane and bridleway across fields and river-bank path. Passes through the historic settlements of Bargate and Holbrook and follows the Midshires Way for part of the route.

Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

Warnings: The right of way cuts straight through the front yards of a row of cottages — this is the right of way.

Walk details: Derwent Valley Line Community Rail Partnership (local insights).

Mixture of off-road cycle path and on-road sections. Part of the longer London-to-Lake-District route.

Time: 8h30 (7h walking, 1h30 lunch)

Walk details: Derwent Valley Line Community Rail Partnership (local insights).

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.

River, lanes and racecourse.

Time: 5h (3h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

1 lunch spot: Southwell Minster Refectory Café (2h30 in)

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.

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).

Riverside, good paths and open views.

Waterway: four fifths along the River Trent.

Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)

3 lunch spots: Gunthorpe (3h in) — the Unicorn Hotel, the Anchor, or Tom Browns

2 end-of-walk rewards: the Wheatsheaf Inn, or the Cross Keys

Warnings: Irregular train times.

Adapted from: the Leicester Ramblers.