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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Breaston and Sandiacre.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Breaston and Sandiacre.
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Status
This route has been reviewed by 5 people.
This route has potentially been flagged (1 time) for reasons relating to access.
This route has potentially been flagged (1 time) for reasons relating to accuracy.
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Route status - Live
Reviews - 5
Average rating -
Is this route good enough? - Yes (3) Maybe (2)
Problems reported - Access (1) Accuracy (1)
Downloads - 2
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| Grade 3: Route includes rough surfaces that may include small boulders, potholes, shallow ruts, loose gravel, short muddy sections. Access grade X: At least one stile, flight of steps or other obstacle that is highly likely to block access for wheelchair and scooter users. |
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Facilities
Facilities in the middle third of this route.
Challenges
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Obstacles
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Accessibility
Is this route step and stile free?
Measurements
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Narrowest part of path: no data
The steepest uphill gradient East: no data
The steepest uphill gradient West: no data
The steepest camber: no data
We don't have clear data on the waymarking (1)
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Terrain
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Start and end points
Breaston
Grid Ref
SK4599933535
Lat / Lon
52.89732° / -1.31765°
Easting / Northing
445,999E / 333,535N
What3Words
silks.funded.bats
Sandiacre
Grid Ref
SK4790236445
Lat / Lon
52.92331° / -1.28894°
Easting / Northing
447,902E / 336,445N
What3Words
epic.foam.drank
Bresan One's land is
| Breaston | |
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| Grid Ref | SK4599933535 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.89732° / -1.31765° |
| Easting / Northing | 445,999E / 333,535N |
| What3Words | silks.funded.bats |
| Sandiacre | |
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| Grid Ref | SK4790236445 |
| Lat / Lon | 52.92331° / -1.28894° |
| Easting / Northing | 447,902E / 336,445N |
| What3Words | epic.foam.drank |
| Pasture | 15.6% |
| Urban | 84.4% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
reviews
Hugh Hudson
03 May 2023 (edited 04 May 2023)Walked from Sandiacre to Breaston. This is mostly an easy and enjoyable route, but it is rather let down by lazy GPX plotting. I have submitted BRESAN 2, which is replotted version that clarifies the line in three places where the old course of the Derby canal cannot be followed without deviating from the GPX line. There is one stile (just west of the M1) and a few muddy sections. As others have noted, the steps on the east side of Longmoor Road are closed and protected by locked gates - the new route shows the shortest diversion route onto Waterside Close here.
For a more detailed review with pictures, see BRESAN 2.
Ken
07 Mar 2022Great off road urban Slow Way. Yes it can be muddy with gates, steps and stiles but that's what we have to expect of footpaths compared with footways (pavements). I'm impressed by the heritage cottage at Sandiacre Lock and excavating the lock on the Derby Canal, great work by volunteers.
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StephenWalker
01 Mar 2022I enjoyed this route. I walked it from Breaston in February, after a wet week. The field path leaving Breaston parallel to Longmoor Rd was soft, but by no means impassable. The section on the east of the M1 bridge was very cut up by hooves and cycle wheels. The next section after crossing Bostocks Lane has a gravel surface and keeps you off the roadside. The closed bridge and steps at the Sandiacre end means a detour down Waterside Close, but allows a step free route. The Erewash canal path is surfaced.
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Husk
31 Dec 2021There are nicer routes via the fields between Risley and Breaston than this pavement route (with a quick jump onto a scrubland path between houses). But this is a more direct and quick route. I prefer walking to Breaston via Derby Road and then Risley Lane, but that does involve going up the hill out of Sandiacre if you're on a bike/in a wheelchair.
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Husk
31 Dec 2021Update: probably should be 4 stars – I was frustrated by the closed path under the bridge. Note that the path parallel to Longmoor Lane in Breaston can be muddy and narrow so you can walk along the road if needed.
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Husk
31 Dec 2021Update: probably should be 4 stars – I was frustrated by the closed path under the bridge. Note that the path parallel to Longmoor Lane in Breaston can be muddy and narrow so you can walk along the road if needed.
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MJCunliffe
13 Oct 2021In Breaston, turning left from Main Street onto Risley Lane, the footpath is very narrow. As you get to ManorLeigh at Risley Lane, you then have to cross the road to the footpath.
The footpath behind Longmoor Lane in Breaston is narrow and unpaved, passing through fields with horses and a wooded area.
The footpath behind Longmoor Road in Long Eaton is gravelled and wide, once being the old canal. However once you reach Longmoor Road, the underpass has been bricked up due to safety issues with the bridge, and you need to continue on towards Sandringham Road, onto Longmoor Lane, then double back and walk down wooden stairs to the path.
Once back on the gravel path, the route is wide and relatively easy access to the canal.
On reaching the canal, the path is macadam and level. At Sandiacre, there is a slight incline over the bridge and a busy road junction to cross: however, there are traffic lights and pedestrian crossings.
This is not suitable for those with physical impediments, requiring the use of a wheelchair, or having difficulty with steps.
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