Derby to Loughborough
Description
Follow
National Cycle Route 6
from Derby to Loughborough. Much of this route follows off road paths and tracks including a pleasant stretch along the River Derwent at the start. This section takes you past Pride Park football stadium and also through Alvaston Park. You then pick up the
Cloud Trail
along a dismantled railway before another waterside stretch along the Trent & Mersey Canal and then across the River Trent. You then enter Leicestershire passing by the villages of Wilson and Breedon on the Hill and through some lovey countryside on the approach to Loughborough.
Derby to Loughborough Ordnance Survey Map
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Derby to Loughborough Aerial Photo View Map
   
Distance
25 miles (40 km)
Difficulty
**
Joining Routes
Cloud Trail
,
Charnwood Forest Railway
Memory Map Route
Derby to Loughborough.mmo
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GPX File
Derby to Loughborough.gpx
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Elevation
Route Photos
Alvaston Park Lake
Swarkestone Lock
Trent & Mersey Canal
Along the canal
Crossing the River Trent
Breedon on the Hill
Near Loughborough
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Map (Route in Red)
Aerial Photo View of this route
Video
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