A well surfaced route made for easy and safe walking even after recent heavy rains....

Martin

A well surfaced route made for easy and safe walking even after recent heavy rains....

Martin

I started along the canal at Sandiacre (heading to Long Eaton), before crossing a canal bridge to follow the route of the old Derby & Sandiacre canal (mostly filled in these days but the Friends of the canal have heady dreams)....

Lynn Jackson

A footpath takes us right to The Spinney, which we cross and take the path left to join the Nutbrook Trail, a surfaced path and cycle track on an old railway....

Hugh Hudson

There is one stile just west of the M1, which is only avoidable by walking along Longmoor Road rather than following the canal line through the fields - I think most active walkers would prefer the field path. Either way we rejoin Longmoor Road to cross under the M1 bridge, then follow the path right over a stile and through a series of gates and x`fields, some of which may contain horses, to reach Risley Lane, where we turn right and follow the road into Breaston, where the meeting point is a short distance right along Main Street....

Hugh Hudson

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....

Hugh Hudson

Leaving the Sandicare meeting point, we cross Town Street and Station Road on pelican crossings, then follow Station Road over the railway bridge, then turn right down Bessell Lane which leads to an industrial area. At the end we cross Toton Lane and turn right, then use the pelican crossings over the A52 (Brian Clough Way), then take the footpath left parallel to the main road....

Hugh Hudson

At Station Road in Sandiacre we leave the canal to the right (further right than the GPX plot, there are no steps here) then follow the road left and over the pelican crossings to reach the Sandiacre meeting point....

Hugh Hudson

An easy route featuring pavement or well-made paths, slight hills and mostly quiet roads, though it does involve crossing Brian Clough Way but there are traffic lights for this. It follows along the Erewash Valley Trail for some of the way....

MagneticSpy

Too much road walking for my taste, though there are pavements, and the stiles on the path from Breaston Lane to the (long gone) Derby canal rather spoil it from an accessibility perspective....

Hugh Hudson

My only real concern is the number of steps on the section between Stapleford and the Erewash Canal, where both the bridge over the river Erewash and the higher bridge over the railway have steps on both sides and are not suitable for wheelchairs or cycles....

Hugh Hudson

Although a short stretch, I walked past two nice bridges crossing the canal (I do love a nice bridge!). And so onto Common Lane; I met no cars at any point until I had to nip across Chilwell Lane and onto the path past the golf course and into Beeston....

Lynn Jackson

Basically a canal side walk along an improved towpath shared with cyclists. A good off and quiet road link at Ilkeston and difficult to make a shorter link at Sandiacre. Not a lot of boats to be seen because the heavy locks on the Erewash canal are hard work....

Ken

Roadside pavements, a bit of cross field work and a very good wide cycle track along the course of the Derby canal. Perhaps I'm being mean offering just 4 stars, I'm not an urban walker....

Ken

I'm impressed by the heritage cottage at Sandiacre Lock and excavating the lock on the Derby Canal, great work by volunteers....

Ken

The field path leaving Breaston parallel to Longmoor Rd was soft, but by no means impassable....

StephenWalker

A straight forward walk on good surfaces. Steps at the ends can easily be avoided....

StephenWalker

There had been wet weather in the week before my journey, but the good surfacing posed no problems underfoot. I found it to be a lovely walk with the short urban sections on quiet roads with pavements, or paths through the residential areas....

StephenWalker

There are steps by the Brian Clough way crossing, and steeply onto the railway bridge west of Stapleford....

StephenWalker

Photo 1: I walked the from Sandiacre to Borrowash route heading from east to west which is the GPX route direction. Photo 3: Cross the road to enter the cricket field and follow the footpath. Photo 4: Step stile through a hedgerow (there are a lot of hedgerow stiles on this route). Photo 6: The field ends and you walk onto the National Cycle Path no. Photo 7: The cycle path stops at the Hopwell Road....

Lynn Jackson

An unavoidable exit by road and tramline to Chilwell once the home of the Barton Bus Company, now part of Trent Barton....

Ken

If you want a little more field and less road, you can do the Risley section on a footpath that runs parallel to the route – join it at the top of the hill on Rushy lane (if coming from Sandiacre) or opposite the Risley Park Pub (if coming from Borrowash)....

Husk

As the creator identifies, this is an alternative to BorSan One due to a temporary closure of that route. This one is fine, but you'd be sensible to follow the original route that is now reopened....

Husk

There 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....

Husk

An alternative is to take the Nutbrook Trail (route still to be uploaded) and into Ilkeston once you hit Straws Bridge. A more direct route (avoiding the end loop) if needed is straight up Nottingham Road from Gallows Inn, but that is very dull. Overall a good route to Il'son....

Husk

I use an entirely different route that I will upload when I get the tech to do it that I find far better and more direct via Windmill Hill in Stapleford....

Husk

Good standard of paths in good condition (the gravel track on the raised section at Toton Washlands can get a bit messy for wheeled transport, but passable). The stairs up onto Derby Road can be avoided easily before or after the turning depending on your needs....

Husk

Now that the canal has been repaired and reopened, Borsan One becomes the better route between Borrowash and Sandiacre....

Lynn Jackson

The footpath behind Longmoor Road in Long Eaton is gravelled and wide, once being the old canal....

All level except steps in Long Eaton these can be avoided by leaving the towpath at Dale Avenue 350 metres before Derby Road or Regent Street 150 metres after Derby Road bridge. Some areas the hedge is overhanging the surfaced path which is already quite narrow for a public footpath shared with cycles. Worth a short detour at the delightful Sandiacre Lock Cottage to see work that has exposed the lock on the Derby Canal....

Ken

I agree that Chilwell Road and High Road is a better choice than Queens Road as in SanBee One....

Kathryn

There is a section in the middle where you have a choice of a cycle path (wider) or a footpath next to the canal (narrower, but more interesting views)....

Kathryn

This route is a functional but poor route spoilt by using the A6005 to get into/out of Beeston. The A6005 is longer, busier and has no facilities on it at all. There is no reason to use Sanbee One as Sanbee Two is shorter, quieter and has better facilities....

Lynn Jackson

A good route that has been temporarily blocked for Canal reconstruction (to be reopened 31/07/21). I will survey the second half once reopened but Borsan_2 can be used in the meantime. EDIT 9/12/21: THIS ROUTE HAS BEEN REOPENED....

Lynn Jackson

A nice canal path walk that takes you directly from Sandiacre to Long Eaton. There is a section attached to the Long Eaton Angling Society that narrows, and so wheeled users and those with dogs may find it easier to use the adjacent cycle path for a short way....

Lynn Jackson

Choosing Queen's Road West over Chilwell Road and High Road seems like a mistake. It is significantly further and is a busy main road. Chilwell Road/High Road is a quieter road (although the trams do pass along here)....

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