Cotes Park Woods – Alfreton Park loop from Alfreton

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Cotes Park Woods – Alfreton Park loop from Alfreton

Moderate

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Cotes Park Woods – Alfreton Park loop from Alfreton

00:58

9.16km

80m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.38 km

Cotes Park Woods

Highlight • Trail

The entrance to Cotes Park Woods is marked by a Large yellow Miner's wheel sign, woodland trail for about a mile, several forked paths some leading out to houses, other to a dead end, but possible for dogs to go under fence and probably possibly for people to climb over but I didn't try.

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4.70 km

Amber Valley Memorial Park & Crematorium

Highlight • Monument

5.60 km

Abraham Lincoln Library

Highlight • Other

Alfreton Masonic Temple was originally built as a library in 1938 by an American Philanthropist named Robert Watchorn who was born in Alfreton and emigrated to the USA in his early teens. He made his fortune before returning to England and in the 1930’s he bought up and demolished the row of back to back miner’s houses where he was born. He then built the Watchorn Methodist Church, a substantial number of houses, and the Abraham Lincoln Library as an educational facility for Alfreton.

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6.28 km

Alfreton Park

Highlight • Rest Area

Updated October 2022: school moved/extended to the site on another side of the park - A large park with easy walking both across and around the track (mainly for horses) with lots of old trees, plenty of birds and wildlife, Alfreton Cricket Club (where you can often watch matches in the Summer) and Alfreton Hall at the other end. Various entrances and exits at different intervals around the park. At certain times (dog training lessons/cricket clubs etc) parking verge is quite busy but there is turning space further up and a car park to the left but currently only surfaced with big stones that don't do tyres a lot of good. Dog bins on either side of park and plenty of benches at different intervals to rest on.

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9.16 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.84 km

1.97 km

984 m

378 m

Surfaces

6.10 km