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Cotgrave

Grantham Canal Path – Colliery Canal Lock Gates loop from Holme Pierrepont

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United Kingdom
England
East Midlands
Nottinghamshire
Rushcliffe
Cotgrave

Grantham Canal Path – Colliery Canal Lock Gates loop from Holme Pierrepont

Moderate

4.8

(12)

130

hikers

Grantham Canal Path – Colliery Canal Lock Gates loop from Holme Pierrepont

02:24

9.29km

50m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: March 4, 2026

Waypoints

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Start point

Parking

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1

2.40 km

Heron Lake (Cotgrave Welfare Diamond Angling Club)

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Formerly the run-off collection pond for the colliery spoil tips, now a picturesque fishing lake run by Cotgrave Welfare Diamond Angling Club.

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2

3.29 km

Cotgrave Country Park Lake

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3

6.07 km

Cotgrave Country Park

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Formerly the site of Cotgrave Colliery, one of the most modern pits in Britain, employing up to 2,000 people it closed in 1993. The coal was used to fuel the …

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4

6.45 km

5

7.37 km

Narrow section of mostly natural woodland path through the trees alongside the stream.

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6

7.54 km

Grantham Canal Path

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A few gates but otherwise a really beautiful route to avoid the roads

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7

7.69 km

Colliery Canal Lock Gates

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The colliery closed in 1993 and the park opened in 2000. The gates are no longer in use as the canal has become overgrown at this point, although they look to be in working condition.

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8.19 km

Gravel Sprint

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9.29 km

End point

Parking

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.33 km

1.78 km

179 m

Surfaces

5.62 km

1.79 km

1.02 km

613 m

239 m

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Wednesday 27 May

29°C

11°C

16 %

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