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Walk · Derbyshire

Repton and Willington: the Trent and Mersey towpath

Repton
Egginton A38 A5132 Egginton Road River Trent Trent & Mersey Canal River Dove N 1 MILE © OpenStreetMap contributors
4.6MILES
2hON FOOT
20mCLIMB
Out & backSHAPE
The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland
Off-road 96% 4% shares tarmac with cars
Field & moor path 10%Lane & track 86%Road with traffic 4%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill.

Starts at
Willington picnic site, off the road bridge over the canal
Parking
Free county council picnic site car park at Willington with accessible facilities and direct towpath access; Repton itself has only roadside parking
Directions to the start →

Four and a half miles there and back on the flat, two hours, along the Trent and Mersey towpath with the option of crossing the Trent bridge into Repton for the abbey church and the village. Start from the county council picnic site at Willington, a mile and a half from Repton, which is free and gives direct access to the towpath. Level, surfaced and traffic-free the whole way, so close control is enough rather than a lead, the canal is deep with steep sides so a dog that swims needs watching between locks, and there are pubs at both the Willington and Repton ends with outside tables.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead OK
REGION · DERBYSHIRE
GRID · 52.8578, -1.5619
SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.DERBYSHIRE.GOV.UK/LEISURE/COUNTRYSIDE/COUNTRYSIDE-SITES/WILDLIFE-AMENITY/WILDLIFE-AND-AMENITY-SITES.ASPX
Also in Repton
440 YD © OpenStreetMap contributors
Walk SOME LIMITS

Foremark Reservoir and Carver's Rocks

DE65 6EG
4.4 MI · 2H 10M · 96% OFF-ROAD

Four and a half miles and a little over two hours round the reservoir on woodland trails, with a short spur to the sandstone outcrop and bog of Carver's Rocks at the southern end. Start from the Severn Trent car park off the Ticknall road above Milton, two miles from Repton, which is paid and closes at dusk. Severn Trent requires dogs to be on a lead at all times here because of the wildlife, the shoreline is largely fenced with no swimming, and the Carver's Rocks nature reserve section has a boardwalk over wet ground that suits paws better than the surrounding bog.

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