Route Eight
A circular route of eight miles, at an average
speed of 4 mph, two hours of cycling time.
Hemlock Stone – Wollaton Vale –
Wollaton Park – Bramcote Hills.
From the Hemlock Stone on Coventry Road,
near to the junction with Ilkeston Road,
proceed on the cycle path on the left hand
side of Coventry Road.
After nearly a mile, you will come to the
disused Nottingham Canal, at this point you
can cross the road onto the right hand side.
Take the track that goes into Balloon Woods,
the track drops down to go under the railway
line, please be aware of the head room whilst
cycling.
Continue straight when you meet another
track that crosses the track that you are on.
Go down Wollaton Road, just after the bend
and Rectory Gardens on your left, turn right
into Wollaton Park, please use the gateway at
the side, and not the cattle grid.
On entering the park, then left through the
car park, once through, turn right and head up
towards the Hall, which will on your right as
you approach the top.
Once past the hall, the track that you are on
will meet another one going across, turn right
here and go back past the front of the Hall.
If possible, please take selfie picture with the
Hall in the background.
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email it to [email protected] with your
name in the message and the name of the
route.
At the end of the track you will come out into
a housing estate, the road you will be on is
Latimer Drive.
Having past the Hall, take the left turn
towards the toilets and tearooms, continue
on this track, which will bend around the
building, do not take the right hand track after
this, keep straight on down to the lake.
In a short distance, turn right into
Wharfedale, then in a very short distance,
turn left into Grangewood Road, continue on
this road until you come to Wollaton Vale.
As you approach the lake it should be on your
right hand side, follow the lake around in a
clockwise direction.
Turn right onto Wollaton Vale and procced
along until you come to the Hemlock Stone
Inn, turn left at the roundabout and go up
Bramcote Lane,
At the top, the ‘T’ junction with the Wollaton
Road, turn right in front of the Admiral
Rodney.
Once you have been ¾ of the way around the
lake, and prior to going over a small bridge,
take the track to the left, this will take you
directly away from the lake.There is a sign at
this point that shows the types of birds that
are on the lake, please name three of them
Answer
There is a structure in the middle of the road
as it meets the junction, what is it?
One
Answer
Two
Three
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Route Eight continued
This track will take you alongside the Ilkeston
Road back to your starting point.
At the end of this track you will exit the Park
on the road ‘Parkside’, turn left, and
immediately turn right into Wollaton Rise.
The bottom of the rise meets Woolaton Vale,
turn left, and the right into Woodbank Drive.
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Continue on Woodbank, taking the second
turning on the left, Brookside Avenue, at the
end, turn right, still Brookside, the road bends
around to the left, proceed to the top.
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At the end of the road it enters into
woodlands, on entering, turn immediately
left, keeping the houses to your left.
Lead Adult name:
Continue up the track until you come out into
Sandy Lane at the top.
Lead Adult email address:
Lead Adult postal address
What is the name of the Woodland area?
Answer
When you have exited the woodlands, turn
right into Cranston Road, at the end of that
road, right into Burnside Drive.
At the end of Burnside, left into Thoresby
Road, then after the crossing, a short
distance, right into Glenside Road.
At the end of Glenside, right into Balmoral
Drive, follow the road around through two left
hand bends, take the second road on the
right, Deans Croft.
Turn left at the end of Deans Croft into Moor
Lane, proceed to the bottom where it joins
the A52, at this point turn right onto the
shared path, keeping the A52 on your left.
Keep on this pathway past the Leisure Centre
on your right, past the roundabout, then a
short distance down the Ilkeston Road, turn
into the park where there is a cycle track.
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