Swarkestone Lock – View of Swarkestone Bridge loop from Melbourne

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Swarkestone Lock – View of Swarkestone Bridge loop from Melbourne

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Swarkestone Lock – View of Swarkestone Bridge loop from Melbourne

02:32

43.1km

140m

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: August 22, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 16.9 km for 168 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.54 km

View of the River Trent from the bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

Swans just landing as we were looking

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2.84 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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5.22 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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8.40 km

Hippo Wood

Forest

13.0 km

End of the Pennine Cycleway at Derby Station

Highlight • Rest Area

The Pride Park entrance to Derby Railway station marks the end of the Pennine Cycleway (NCN 68) that runs between Berwick-on-Tweed and Derby over lots of hills in the Pennines. …

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14.4 km

Derby River Weir

Highlight • Structure

cloud trial to derby pride park football club

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22.5 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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30.1 km

Sinfin Moor Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

The countryside inside a city. Makes a nice change.

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36.4 km

View of Swarkestone Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

An ancient bridge over the River Trent that also marks the most southern point of Bonnie Prince Charlie's advance on London. He reached the bridge, had second thoughts and returned …

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43.1 km

End point

Bus stop

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