Trent & Mersey Canal Towpath – Swarkestone Lock loop from Weston-on-Trent

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Trent & Mersey Canal Towpath – Swarkestone Lock loop from Weston-on-Trent

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Trent & Mersey Canal Towpath – Swarkestone Lock loop from Weston-on-Trent

01:26

23.7km

60m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 2, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 12.7 km for 291 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.10 km

View of the River Trent from the bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

Swans just landing as we were looking

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3.40 km

Trent & Mersey Canal Towpath

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

As of Jan 2023, the towpath has been upgraded and widened with a tarmac surface. The previously very awkward (impossible for some) barriers have been greatly improved.

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5.77 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 …

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10.1 km

Derby Canal Path (National Cycle Route 6)

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

We were handicapped by having to get to Derby from Belper's, where we live. If you start from Derby, might want to go from Elvaston castle to Weston on Trent, …

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12.9 km

Alvaston Park Lake

Highlight • Lake

Great views of the lake

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15.8 km

Superb Tarmac Section

Highlight • Trail

if going clockwise from the Erewash/ Sandiacre to Derby canal when you get to breaston and the Navigation Pub stay on the cycle path there until it becomes impossible to …

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16.0 km

River Derwent to Elvaston Castle Cycle Path

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Link from the River Derwent riverside cyclepath to the centre of Elvaston Castle park. reasonable surface although beware of a couple of right angled bends where visibility is poor. Completely …

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23.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

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