Ilkeston/swingate/Trowell Circular

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
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    Distance: 28.36 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 8h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 172 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 174 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 135 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 38 m
  • ⚐
    District: Erewash 
  • ⚑
    Start/End: N 52.984598° / W 1.308073°
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Description

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(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

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The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 65 m - Start on Duke Street
  2. 2 : km 0.03 - alt. 66 m - Turn right onto Cotmanhay Road
  3. 3 : km 0.73 - alt. 61 m - At roundabout, take exit 1 onto Bridge Street
  4. 4 : km 1.05 - alt. 53 m - Turn right
  5. 5 : km 1.05 - alt. 53 m - Turn left
  6. 6 : km 1.56 - alt. 49 m - Keep left
  7. 7 : km 1.61 - alt. 49 m - Turn slight left
  8. 8 : km 1.96 - alt. 50 m - Turn right
  9. 9 : km 2.24 - alt. 57 m - Turn left
  10. 10 : km 2.71 - alt. 60 m - Turn right onto Halls Lane
  11. 11 : km 3.41 - alt. 89 m - Turn left onto Halls Lane
  12. 12 : km 3.61 - alt. 91 m - Turn right onto Newthorpe Common
  13. 13 : km 4.12 - alt. 88 m - Turn right onto Nottingham Road
  14. 14 : km 5 - alt. 70 m - Keep left onto Nottingham Road
  15. 15 : km 5.25 - alt. 69 m - Keep left onto Gilt Hill
  16. 16 : km 7.41 - alt. 112 m - Turn sharp right onto Knowle Hill
  17. 17 : km 7.57 - alt. 129 m - Turn sharp left
  18. 18 : km 7.57 - alt. 129 m - Turn right
  19. 19 : km 7.64 - alt. 128 m - Turn right onto Knowle Lane
  20. 20 : km 8.03 - alt. 128 m - Turn left onto Swingate
  21. 21 : km 8.14 - alt. 130 m - Turn right onto Babbington Lane
  22. 22 : km 9.05 - alt. 123 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 9.23 - alt. 107 m - Keep left
  24. 24 : km 9.66 - alt. 79 m - Turn slight right onto Westby Lane
  25. 25 : km 10.09 - alt. 66 m - Turn sharp left
  26. 26 : km 10.1 - alt. 65 m - Turn right
  27. 27 : km 10.6 - alt. 62 m - Turn left onto Awsworth Lane
  28. 28 : km 11.07 - alt. 53 m - Turn right
  29. 29 : km 11.1 - alt. 57 m - Turn sharp right
  30. 30 : km 11.18 - alt. 57 m - Turn right
  31. 31 : km 11.19 - alt. 56 m - Turn left onto Soloman Road
  32. 32 : km 11.28 - alt. 56 m - Turn left
  33. 33 : km 11.3 - alt. 58 m - Turn right
  34. 34 : km 11.6 - alt. 61 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 12.11 - alt. 60 m - Turn right onto Mill Lane
  36. 36 : km 12.12 - alt. 59 m - Turn left
  37. 37 : km 12.75 - alt. 55 m - Turn left
  38. 38 : km 12.77 - alt. 57 m - Turn sharp right onto Dead Lane
  39. 39 : km 12.95 - alt. 59 m - Turn left
  40. 40 : km 14.32 - alt. 87 m - Turn right
  41. 41 : km 15.4 - alt. 90 m - Turn slight right
  42. 42 : km 16.16 - alt. 72 m - Turn left
  43. 43 : km 16.16 - alt. 72 m - Turn right onto Coventry Lane
  44. 44 : km 16.38 - alt. 68 m - Turn right
  45. 45 : km 16.38 - alt. 67 m - Turn left
  46. 46 : km 16.62 - alt. 66 m - Turn right
  47. 47 : km 16.72 - alt. 64 m - Turn right
  48. 48 : km 18.33 - alt. 62 m - Turn left
  49. 49 : km 18.65 - alt. 51 m - Turn left onto Stapleford Road
  50. 50 : km 19.43 - alt. 46 m - Turn right onto Moorbridge Lane
  51. 51 : km 20.11 - alt. 40 m - Turn right
  52. 52 : km 20.14 - alt. 39 m - Turn slight right
  53. 53 : km 20.73 - alt. 39 m - Turn left
  54. 54 : km 21.55 - alt. 43 m - Turn slight right onto Crompton Road
  55. 55 : km 21.57 - alt. 44 m - Keep left
  56. 56 : km 24.96 - alt. 54 m - Turn right
  57. 57 : km 24.99 - alt. 54 m - Turn sharp left
  58. 58 : km 25.36 - alt. 55 m - Keep left
  59. 59 : km 25.4 - alt. 56 m - Turn slight left
  60. 60 : km 25.54 - alt. 55 m - Keep left
  61. 61 : km 25.86 - alt. 56 m - Turn right
  62. 62 : km 25.88 - alt. 57 m - Turn slight right
  63. 63 : km 26.14 - alt. 58 m - Turn right
  64. 64 : km 26.23 - alt. 60 m - Keep left
  65. 65 : km 26.33 - alt. 65 m - Turn slight right onto Manners Avenue
  66. 66 : km 26.41 - alt. 70 m - Turn right onto Manners Avenue
  67. 67 : km 26.76 - alt. 76 m - Turn right onto Manners Avenue
  68. 68 : km 26.98 - alt. 79 m - Turn left onto Manor Road
  69. 69 : km 27.42 - alt. 62 m - Turn left onto Bath Street
  70. 70 : km 27.58 - alt. 70 m - Turn right onto Factory Lane
  71. 71 : km 27.73 - alt. 66 m - Turn left onto Cotmanhay Road
  72. 72 : km 28 - alt. 64 m - Turn right
  73. 73 : km 28.29 - alt. 62 m - Turn left onto Duke Street
  74. S/E : km 28.36 - alt. 65 m

Useful Information

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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
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↔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
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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
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↔8.33 km ↗+63 m ↘-66 m ◔2h 35 ▲Moderate
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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
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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
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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.

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⚑Departure from Codnor CP (Derbyshire)

This walk visits sites associated with the story of Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution. After visiting the Butterley Works, the rebels continued their march through the night of the 9th June 1817 towards Nottingham. At Codnor they sought refreshment and shelter from the rain in public houses and continued their search for weapons, being joined by those from Ripley, Heage, Swanwick and Alfreton. This is Walk 9 of the Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution group.

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