A mainly linear walk of about 13 miles from Shardlow in Derbyshire along the Trent and Mersey Canal to Bridge 11a where the Cloud Trail crosses the canal, then back through Shardlow to Derwent Mouth and Cavendish Bridge.
- Shardlow Car Park in Wilne Lane (SK445304)
- Trent & Mersey Canal westwards to Bridge 11a near Swarkestone where the Cloud Trail crosses the canal
- Back eastwards to Weston Lock
- A detour down Trent Lane to near King's Mills and then north to rejoin the canal near Weston Grange
- Trent and Mersey Canal eastwards through Shardlow to Derwent Mouth
- Alongside the River Trent to Cavendish Bridge
- Shardlow Car Park
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| Shardlow |
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| Milepost on Trent and Mersey Canal at Shardlow |
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| Shardlow |
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| Trent and Mersey Canal to the west of Shardlow |
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| Trent and Mersey Canal Aston Lock Bridge 6 |
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| Trent and Mersey Canal Aston Lock 3 |
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| Trent and Mersey Canal Aston Lock 3 |
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| Trent and Mersey Canal Cow Pasture Bridge 7 ... |
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| ... and cows on the far side |
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| Trent and Mersey Canal Weston Lock Bridge 8 |
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| Trent and Mersey Canal Weston Lock 4 |
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| Trent and Mersey Canal Weston Lock 4 |
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| Trent and Mersey Canal Fine George's Bridge 9 ... |
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| ... with a damaged far side |
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| Church of St Mary at Weston-on-Trent |
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| Milepost on Trent and Mersey Canal 4 miles from Shardlow |
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| Railway Bridge over the River Trent (now part of the Cloud Trail) |
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| Trent and Mersey Canal Sarson's Bridge 10 |
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| The Priest House on the other side of the River Trent at King's Mills |
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| Quarry workings near Weston-on-Trent |
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| Quarry workings near Weston-on-Trent |
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| Ratcliffe on Soar Power Station and a massive new building - the Marks & Spencer distribution centre on the site of the old Castle Donington Power Station. It's over 28m high (nearly 100 feet), 200m deep and 800m (half a mile) wide. |
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| Back at Shardlow |
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| Shardlow |
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| Trent and Mersey Canal Floodgates to the east of Shardlow |
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| The new footbridge near Derwent Mouth |
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| The new footbridge near Derwent Mouth |
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| The new footbridge near Derwent Mouth |
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| The remains of the old Long Horse Bridge at Derwent Mouth |
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| Shardlow Marina |
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| Toll details from the old Cavendish Bridge at Shardlow |
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| Toll details from the old Cavendish Bridge at Shardlow |
Complete set of photos for this walk on Picasa Web Albums
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