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Cloud Trail – Swarkestone Lock loop from Loughborough

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Cloud Trail – Swarkestone Lock loop from Loughborough

Moderate

4.3

(6)

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Cloud Trail – Swarkestone Lock loop from Loughborough

03:15

53.2km

340m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 17, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 36.7 km for 138 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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9.15 km

Garendon Way

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Good mix of tarmac and gravel, a few gentle climbs.

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16.4 km

Vulture Sculptures

Highlight • Structure

cloud trial take to derby football ground about 15 miles from Worthington quarry

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17.7 km

View of Cloud Hill Quarry

Highlight • Structure

Bike ride from snibston trails to Staunton Harold Calke Abbey Staunton Reservoir cloud trail and Worthington quarry 29 miles these places are good for biking and walks great views

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18.7 km

Cloud Trail Greenway

Highlight • Trail

Dropping down onto Cloud Trail Greenway

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19.1 km

The Cloud Trail (sometimes called Cloud Trail Greenway) is a 13‑mile (21 km) mostly flat, traffic‑free route stretching from Derby to Worthington via former railway track and canal towpaths. The route winds through riverside scenery, crosses a Grade II listed viaduct near Melbourne, and skirts Cloud Quarry offering scenic viewpoints.

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25.7 km

View of the River Trent from the bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

Swans just landing as we were looking

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26.0 km

Trent & Mersey Canal Towpath

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Nice and flat towpath alongside the Trent & Mersey canal that forms part of NCN route 6. The surface is gravelly and, in dry weather, can be a bit loose. Path is narrow so beware of oncoming walkers and cyclists, in particular when passing under the canal bridges where visibility can be poor. Nice and scenic and chance to cycle along a traffic free route watching the canal boats.

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28.4 km

Swarkestone Lock

Highlight • River

Nice place to rest on a cycle ride next to a lock on the Trent & Mersey canal. Can travel north from here to Derby on the route of the closed Derby canal or east along the tow path following NCN route 6 to Loughborough and beyond.

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53.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.1 km

15.0 km

5.89 km

2.81 km

1.27 km

1.10 km

Surfaces

42.1 km

5.83 km

4.03 km

1.18 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (110 m)

Lowest point (30 m)

Weather

Monday 27 July

28°C

17°C

0 %

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Cloud Trail – Swarkestone Lock loop from Loughborough

Garendon Way

Vulture Sculptures

View of Cloud Hill Quarry

Cloud Trail Greenway

Cloud Trail

View of the River Trent from the bridge

Trent & Mersey Canal Towpath

Swarkestone Lock

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