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Photo of the Grand Union Canal, a 137-mile canal running from Brentford to Birmingham, England.

Grand Union Canal© Andrew Abbott / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Places to explore near East Midlands Parkway StationRatcliffe on Soar

26 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of the Grand Union Canal, a 137-mile canal running from Brentford to Birmingham, England.Highlight

Grand Union Canal

Canal

London to Birmingham by water — the trunk route of the canal age, with arms reaching Leicester, Aylesbury, Northampton and Paddington.

0.6 km W · spans 9 counties

Photo of the River Trent, a 95-mile river navigation running from Shardlow to Trent Falls, central England.Highlight

River Trent

River navigation

The powerhouse river of the Midlands, navigable from Shardlow through Nottingham and Newark to the tidal reaches at Gainsborough.

1.2 km N · Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire & Derbyshire

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of the River Soar, a 24-mile river navigation running from Trent Lock to Leicester, central England.

River Soar

River navigation

Leicestershire's river navigation, winding from the Trent through Loughborough to Leicester's West Bridge.

0.4 km SW · Leicestershire & Nottinghamshire

Photo of the Erewash Canal, a 12-mile canal running from Trent Lock to Langley Mill, central England.

Erewash Canal

Canal

A Derbyshire coalfield canal of 1779, climbing the Erewash valley from the Trent to Langley Mill.

1.5 km N · Derbyshire & Nottinghamshire

Photo of the Trent & Mersey Canal, a 93-mile canal running from Preston Brook to Shardlow, England.

Trent & Mersey Canal

Canal

Brindley's Grand Trunk of 1777 — Potteries bottle kilns, the Anderton Boat Lift and the long darkness of Harecastle Tunnel.

3.9 km W · Staffordshire, Cheshire & Derbyshire

Photo along the Derwent Valley Heritage Way, a 55-mile long-distance path running from Ladybower Reservoir to Shardlow, central England.

Derwent Valley Heritage Way

Long-distance path

Ladybower to the Trent down the Derbyshire Derwent, through the mill valley where the factory system began.

4 km W · Derbyshire

Photo of Whatton House Gardens, a garden near Long Whatton, Leicestershire, central England.

Whatton House Gardens

Garden near Long Whatton

Fifteen acres of Victorian gardens with a Chinese garden and long herbaceous borders near Long Whatton.

5.6 km S

Photo of Rushcliffe Country Park, a country park near Bunny, Nottinghamshire, central England.

Rushcliffe Country Park

Country park near Bunny

A country park in Nottinghamshire.

7.3 km E

Eglantine Vineyard

Vineyard near Costock

Family vineyard on the hill between Bunny and Costock, home of the internationally awarded North Star dessert wine.

7.8 km E

Photo of St Mary's Church, Bunny, a church in Nottinghamshire, central England.

St Mary's Church, Bunny

Church near Bunny

Grade I 14th-century church rebuilt by Sir Thomas Parkyns, the wrestling squire of Bunny Hall.

8.6 km E

Photo along the Robin Hood Way, a 105-mile long-distance path running from Nottingham Castle to Edwinstowe, central England.

Robin Hood Way

Long-distance path

Nottingham Castle to Edwinstowe church through Sherwood Forest — the outlaw's county end to end.

8.8 km NE · Nottinghamshire

Everything else within 10 km (15) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.