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Grantham Canal Path – Colliery Canal Lock Gates loop from Rushcliffe

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Grantham Canal Path – Colliery Canal Lock Gates loop from Rushcliffe

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Grantham Canal Path – Colliery Canal Lock Gates loop from Rushcliffe

01:14

11.6km

50m

Running

Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 9, 2026

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Parking

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1.44 km

Grantham Canal Path

Highlight • River

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

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2.82 km

Grantham Canal Path

Highlight • Trail

Great little run when staying over at the Nottinghamshire Golf Club

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4.68 km

Gravel Sprint

Highlight • Trail

5.02 km

Heron Lake (Cotgrave Welfare Diamond Angling Club)

Highlight • Lake

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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5.22 km

Colliery Canal Lock Gates

Highlight • Bridge

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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6.96 km

West Viewpoint

Highlight • Viewpoint

Great views on a sunny day.

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10.5 km

Cotgrave Country Park Lake

Highlight • Forest

11.5 km

Cotgrave Country Park

Highlight • Trail

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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11.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.3 km

751 m

551 m

Surfaces

6.16 km

2.93 km

738 m

593 m

591 m

563 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 27 June

23°C

14°C

44 %

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Grantham Canal Path – Colliery Canal Lock Gates loop from Rushcliffe

Grantham Canal Path

Grantham Canal Path

Gravel Sprint

Heron Lake (Cotgrave Welfare Diamond Angling Club)

Colliery Canal Lock Gates

West Viewpoint

Cotgrave Country Park Lake

Cotgrave Country Park

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