Shardlow marina walks

Turn right out of the car park along Wilne Lane, descend the steps on the left to the canal towpath and go right. After about one mile Derwent Mouth Lock is passed and where the River Derwent and River Trent meet, go over Long. Continue along the road to the right keeping close to the.

Plotted with the plotaroute. Here you leave the canal to follow a riverside path along the River Trent to Cavendish Bridge, passing an aqueduct on the way.

The route then passes the pretty Shardlow Marina before returning to the car park. If you enjoy this walk then you could head east to visit the noteworthy Trent Lock.

Our return route was along the path next to the River Trent at which point we were walking in Leicestershire. Having crossed back into Derbyshire Shardlow Marina came into view. The toll charges to cross Cavendish Bridge were on diaplay close to where they would have been collected. It would have cost John and I two pence to cross.

What is Shardlow Marina? Where is the leisure marina in Shardlow?

Is the WAK Shardlow still alive? A level walk following the local waterways. We walk to Harrington Bridge and then follow the Trent to Shardlow Marina then return following the Trent and Mersey canal and using the new Long Horse Bridge.

There are a few stiles. The route start at Shardlow near Long Eaton in Derbyshire and heads through Weston-on-Trent and Willington to Burton-Upon-Trent where you will pass Mercia Marina and the lovely Branston Water Park with its woodlan wetland and meadow.

You continue to Alrewas where you will pass the National Memorial Arboretum. It was an important location in days gone by and the heydays of the canal.

Sandiacre walk miles Shardlow walk miles Sinfin walk 4. Spondon walk miles Stanley walks 2. Stanley walk miles Stanton-by-Bridge walk miles Stanton-by-Dale walk miles Swadlincote walk 0. These include Harecastle Tunnel, the lengthy lock flight known as ‘Heartbreak Hill’, and the traditional canal town of Shardlow. The towpath creates a green corridor through Stoke-on-Trent, as well as offering a cycling and walking route through rural Cheshire, Staffordshire and Derbyshire.

Follow the Trent and Mersey Canal through Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire on this long distance waterside walk. Taking in Trent Lock Golf Course! Park at Trent Lock public car park!

We stayed at the Shardlow Marina the first week in July and the weather was great the site was very clean and tidy and the site wardens very nice. The Centre is open Easter to October on Saturdays, Sundays and bank holidays from noon to pm.

Evening and group visits can be arranged as well as guided walks for – people. Walks begin at the Heritage Centre and take about an hour and a quarter, ending with a visit to the Centre.

Aston Marina, near the market town of Stone in Staffordshire. The walking route leads you past the pretty marina before joining a peaceful stretch of the towpath alongside the Trent and Mersey Canal.

South East Derbyshire walk, visiting Shardlow, one of the best-preserved inland canal ports in the country, and returning along the towpath of the Trent and Mersey Canal. Shardlow is a fascinating place to explore, still busy with boats, now used for leisure and not for commerce.

This was a lovely walk, although at one period I nearly became the founder member of the Sub-aqua chapter of the Long Distance Walkers Association. Pack : Today I carried full Pennine Way kit.

Condition : I feel generally okay after this walk, and I could have walked much further if there had been a sensible stopping place. The Swan at Milton is a traditional village pub, popular with walkers.

Image: Colston Crawford) Shardlow and Great Wilne: With eight licensed premises, you aren’t short of choice in Shardlow.