Erewash Canal

#3666 among destinations in the United Kingdom

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The Erewash Canal is a broad canal in Derbyshire, England. It runs just under 12 miles and has 14 locks. The first lock at Langley Bridge is part of the Cromford Canal. ()

Coordinates: 53°1'13"N, 1°19'30"W

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Erewash Canal – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Rutland Recreation Ground, Town Hall, D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum, Shipley Hall.

3.5 miS
Sport venue, Sport, Outdoor activities
Rutland Recreation Ground
90 min walk • Rutland Recreation Ground, nestled in the heart of the smallest county in the United Kingdom, is a quintessential sports venue that serves as a hub for community activity and sporting events. This open space provides a variety of facilities that cater to a wide range...
1.3 miW
City hall
Town Hall, Heanor
33 min walk • Heanor Town Hall is a municipal building in the Market Street, Heanor, Derbyshire, England. The town hall, which is the meeting place of Heanor and Loscoe Town Council, is a grade II listed building.
0.8 miE
Museum, History museum
D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum
20 min walk • The D. H. Lawrence Birthplace Museum is a writer's home museum dedicated to the writer D. H. Lawrence situated in Eastwood, near Nottingham. It is the house in which he was born in 1885, and one of the four houses the family occupied in Eastwood. Now a museum, visitors can visit the building via guided or self-guided tour.
2.1 miSW
Park
Shipley Hall
54 min walk • Shipley Hall was a country estate in Shipley, Derbyshire near Heanor and Ilkeston which now forms a Country Park.
2.5 miNE
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
Church of St Michael and All Angels, Underwood
65 min walk • The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Underwood is a parish church in the Church of England in Underwood, Nottinghamshire. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.
2.2 miE
Church
St Mary's Church
57 min walk • St Mary's Church, Greasley is a parish church in the Church of England in Greasley, Nottinghamshire. The church is Grade II listed by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport as it is a building of special architectural or historic interest.
2.4 miSE
Bridge
Bennerley Viaduct, Erewash
62 min walk • The Bennerley Viaduct is a disused railway viaduct spanning the Erewash Valley between Awsworth and Ilkeston in central England. It was built in 1877 but closed to rail traffic in 1968, as part of the Beeching cuts. It was sold to conservation group Railway Paths Ltd in 2001.
3.1 miN
Church
Christ Church
80 min walk • Christ Church, Ironville is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ironville, Derbyshire.
3.5 miS
Museum
Erewash Museum
88 min walk • The Erewash Museum is a museum in the town of Ilkeston, Erewash, in Derbyshire, England. The building that houses the museum is named the Dalby House after one of the families who inhabited it, and has served as a school and a private dwelling.
3.1 miNE
Monastery, Vernacular architecture
Felley Priory, Underwood
80 min walk • Felley Priory is a 16th century house with gardens located in the village of Felley, Nottinghamshire, UK. It is situated on the grounds of a former priory established by Augustinians in 1156 and dissolved in 1536.
4 miNW
Church
All Saints' Church, Ripley
103 min walk • All Saints’ Church, Ripley is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Ripley, Derbyshire.