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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 18.37 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 5h 35 
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    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
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    Vertical gain: + 110 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 105 m
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    Highest point: 81 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 34 m
  • ⚐
    District: Erewash 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.96618° / W 1.29907°
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 59 m - Start near 42 Saint John's Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7, UK
  2. 2 : km 0 - alt. 59 m - Walk south-west on St John's Rd towards Butterton Cl
  3. 3 : km 0.23 - alt. 71 m - Walk south-east on Nottingham Rd/A609 towards Albany St
  4. 4 : km 1.24 - alt. 43 m - Walk south-east on A609 towards The Forge
  5. 5 : km 2.07 - alt. 51 m - Turn right onto Stapleford Rd/A6007
  6. 6 : km 2.22 - alt. 46 m - Walk south-east on Stapleford Rd/A6007 towards Derbyshire Ave
  7. 7 : km 3.44 - alt. 45 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Pasture Rd/B6003
  8. 8 : km 3.74 - alt. 45 m - Walk south on Pasture Rd/B6003 towards Peatfield Rd
  9. 9 : km 4.44 - alt. 39 m - Turn left onto Hickings Ln/B6004
  10. 10 : km 4.58 - alt. 42 m - Walk north-east on Hickings Ln/B6004 towards Grenville Dr
  11. 11 : km 5.58 - alt. 53 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Ilkeston Rd/A6007
  12. 12 : km 5.72 - alt. 53 m - Walk south-east on Ilkeston Rd/A6007 towards Oakland Ct
  13. 13 : km 6.42 - alt. 61 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Brian Clough Way/Derby Rd/A52
  14. 14 : km 6.57 - alt. 67 m - Walk east on Brian Clough Way/Derby Rd/A52 towards Moor Ln
  15. 15 : km 8.74 - alt. 34 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Wollaton Vale
  16. 16 : km 8.82 - alt. 34 m - Walk north on Wollaton Vale towards Parkside
  17. 17 : km 9.02 - alt. 35 m - Turn right onto Parkside
  18. 18 : km 9.19 - alt. 40 m - Walk north-west on Parkside towards Parkside Rise
  19. 19 : km 9.53 - alt. 47 m - Turn right
  20. 20 : km 9.96 - alt. 39 m - Walk west towards Parkside
  21. 21 : km 9.97 - alt. 40 m - Walk east
  22. 22 : km 10.06 - alt. 38 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 10.46 - alt. 54 m - Turn left
  24. 24 : km 10.58 - alt. 52 m - Turn right
  25. 25 : km 10.61 - alt. 55 m - Walk west
  26. 26 : km 10.65 - alt. 51 m - Turn right
  27. 27 : km 11.2 - alt. 50 m - Walk south-west on Wollaton Rd towards Rectory Gardens
  28. 28 : km 11.54 - alt. 59 m - Walk south-east on Wollaton Rd towards Bramcote Ln
  29. 29 : km 11.55 - alt. 59 m - Turn right onto Bramcote Ln
  30. 30 : km 12.26 - alt. 48 m - At the roundabout, take the 1st exit onto Wollaton Vale
  31. 31 : km 12.32 - alt. 47 m - Walk north-west on Wollaton Vale towards Arleston Dr
  32. 32 : km 13.71 - alt. 74 m - Turn right onto Coventry Ln/A6002
  33. 33 : km 13.73 - alt. 74 m - Turn left onto Nottingham Rd/A609
  34. 34 : km 13.84 - alt. 73 m - Walk west on Nottingham Rd/A609 towards Waterloo Ln
  35. 35 : km 14.97 - alt. 80 m - Turn right
  36. 36 : km 14.98 - alt. 80 m - Walk south-east towards Nottingham Rd/A609
  37. 37 : km 14.98 - alt. 80 m - Turn right onto Nottingham Rd/A609
  38. 38 : km 16.3 - alt. 51 m - Walk west on Nottingham Rd/A609 towards Stapleford Rd/A6007
  39. 39 : km 18.15 - alt. 71 m - Turn right onto St John's Rd
  40. S/E : km 18.37 - alt. 59 m

Useful Information

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Other walks in the area

Walking Ilkeston, Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution

Association or club
Ilkeston, Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution
↔1.53 km ↗+19 m ↘-19 m ◔0h 30 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Erewash (Derbyshire)

This is a short urban walk around the centre of Ilkeston which traces the connections of the town to the Pentrich Rising of 1817. In the early 1800s Ilkeston was a village of 2000 people. William Felkin, born here in 1795, a framework knitter or stockinger, became mayor of Nottingham and a respected historian. He recalled that ‘the streets were dirty and unpaved’ and ‘noted the ‘squalid wretchedness of their abodes’, many ‘little better than huts inside or outside.
This is Walk 23 of the Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution group.

Walking Giltbrook, Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution

Association or club
Giltbrook, Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution
↔4.50 km ↗+19 m ↘-19 m ◔1h 20 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Greasley (Nottinghamshire)

This walk visits sites associated with the story of Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution. In the morning of 10th June the Pentrich rebels approached the stream, the Gilt Brook, marching down the Nottingham Road from Eastwood. This walk takes you to places associated with these events and follows the route of the final part of their march. This is Walk 13 of the Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution group.

Walking Eastwood, Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution

Association or club
Eastwood, Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution
↔7.99 km ↗+63 m ↘-57 m ◔2h 30 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Eastwood CP (Nottinghamshire)

This walk visits sites associated with the story of Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution. It takes you to places associated with the rebels’ march on the morning of 10th June 1817. This is Walk 12 of the Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution group.

Walking Langley Mill, Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution

Association or club
Langley Mill, Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution
↔8.33 km ↗+63 m ↘-66 m ◔2h 35 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Aldercar and Langley Mill CP (Derbyshire)

This walk visits sites associated with the story of Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution. After walking through the night the rebels reached the crossing of the Erewash River at Langley Bridge. They were to stop for refreshment here at the Junction Navigation Inn, now the Great Northern public house, before continuing their march towards Eastwood. This is Walk 11 of the Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution group.

Walking Heanor, Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution

Association or club
Heanor, Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution
↔5.97 km ↗+80 m ↘-81 m ◔1h 55 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Heanor and Loscoe CP (Derbyshire)

This walk visits sites associated with the story of Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution. In 1817 Heanor was a small settlement next to Heanor Hall and estate, where most were miners in shallow ‘bell pits’, quarrymen and domestic framework stocking knitters. Men from the area were to join the rebels as they marched from South Wingfield and Pentrich on 10th June 1817. This is Walk 10 of the Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution group.

Walking Heanor, Codnor, Giltbrook, Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution Group

Association or club
↔14.22 km ↗+135 m ↘-194 m ◔4h 25 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Heanor and Loscoe CP (Derbyshire)

This historical walk is part of the Bicentennial walk (2017), Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution Group. It starts in Heanor and finishes in Giltbrook.

Walking Moorgreen Res & Felley Mills Track

Walker
↔9.64 km ↗+73 m ↘-73 m ◔3h 00 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Greasley (Nottinghamshire)

A moderate walk for all weathers on well trodden tracks through varied terrain including woodland, along a reservoir and on open tracks with great views over the outer Nottinghamshire Countryside.

Walking Around the remains of Dale Abbey and The Hermitage cave

Walker
Around the remains of Dale Abbey and The Hermitage cave
↔8.67 km ↗+111 m ↘-103 m ◔2h 50 ▲Easy
⚑Departure from Ockbrook and Borrowash (Derbyshire)

This circular walk brings you to visit Ockbrook Morvian Settlement, the remains of Dale Abbey, Hermit's Wood, The Hermitage cave "troglodyte", and beautiful views of Derby countryside. This walk has several wooden stiles and steep steps. It also crosses horse and stoke fields so please keep dogs under control.

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