Giltbrook Moorgreen Reservoir & Colliers Wood

by Michael Panter
1 year ago
Near City of Nottingham, GB

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Parking - If you need to park the best is in the IKEA retail park just off the A610 dual carriageway coming up from the M1. From there you need to walk back to the IKEA roundabout and turn left. Walk up the main road towards Eastwood, past the Co-op on your right and on past the traffic lights, past Giltbrook Care Home on your left, and staraight on up the next bit of hill and down to the next junctio, where you turn right into Pifold road and follow the directions.
Start from Giltbrook Care home. Walk up main road towards Eastwood past the hayloft Pub on your right and take first turn right up Pinfold Road. At top of Pinfold Road turn left and follow road round to right to next bend. Where road turns sharp left take path to right between houses . Follow round to left behind houses , through gate and down path beside hedge. Through gate and take path to left towards Greasley church , which you can see across the fields. Go through church yard and onto road beyond. Turn right and shortly take path across road to left and go up steep hill. follow the path round to the right and on along edges of filelds. At end of field path goes through hedge and climbs up hill beside stream, with small airfield to your right. follow path up to road and turn left along narrow road until you reach a wood. Take signed footpath to right beside wood towards motorway. Keep on round field beside motorway and follow path into wood (NB wood is private, but public footpath crosses through) . Follow almost straight path through wood to far side and turn left on path , with fine views to your right. Keep to this path beside wood and then on to the bottom of the hill till another path joins from your right, Turn left, and soon left again to find the stream ahead of you Turn left again and follow the path, keeping the stream on your right, all the way down beside Moorgreen reservoir on your right, to the road, Turn left along the road a short distance to the next road junction. Here turn right along the road a short distance to the entrance to Colliers Wood on your left. You need to cross Colliers Wood, either by going straight at the first gate and follow the path round to the right (do not exit at the walking gate on the left corner), on past the Mine Wheels and straight down that path to the far corner. (or you can turn right and go through the car park at the entrance and shortly turn left past the pond and follow the path to the top and turn right and walk right along that path to the far corner). You will pass another path to your left - do not take that. Continue to the end (when you see the road a short distance to your right) and take a path to your left going up the hill. Keep on this path up to reach the road. Turn left up the hill to the T junction. Cross straight over and go down the path at the side of the Sports Centre to the bottom. Turn right along the road and follow it all the way to the T junction just past the shops. Turn right and find your way back - this is the road you started up from Nottingham Road.