Public Transport

The most convenient access points to the canal by public transport are:

  1. Lady Bay/Gamston: served by numerous bus routes or walk from Nottingham Station
  2. Cotgrave: served by frequent buses from Nottingham and West Bridgford
  3. Bottesford: by train from Grantham or Nottingham followed by approx. 2 mile walk or cycle 
  4. Grantham; by train or bus
  5. Other villages along the canal are served by less frequent bus services. 


Using the train

Grantham is served by the East Coast Mainline and the Nottingham – Skegness line (Poacher Line)

The canal can be accessed about one mile from Grantham Railway Station.

From Bottesford on the Poacher Line, it’s a pleasant walk through the villages of Easthorpe and Muston to join the canal. A study of the map will show the way.

Live in London?

The East Coast Mainline delivers you to within about a mile of the canal at Grantham.

The Midland Mainline at Nottingham is adjacent to the Nottingham Canal, and will take you home.  Access the Nottingham Canal towpath (which is opposite the Grantham Canal, by crossing the nearby Trent Bridge.  So in effect, it’s towpath all the way from joining the canal at Grantham 33 miles away – save for a few hundred yards here and there. 

Addtional Information

You may find our online canal map useful, both in planning and during your walk:

GUIDE TO THE GRANTHAM CANAL

A useful site with information about the Vale of Belvoir: VisitBelvoir.co.uk