Shipley Linear - Part 02
w/e 16 January 2022
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Kodak DX6490
Picking up this Walking For
Health walk on Heanor Road opposite Church Street the route continues
through Shipley Wood before returning to the Ilkeston to Heanor
road on Hassock Lane North.
Having entered the wood we continued along the lane through the
trees. Apparently this is a continuation of Church Street from
Heanor Road and is also known as Church Street.
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Several paths lead from the lane on both sides through the trees
and in a few weeks time the ground will be covered with bluebells.
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After about a quarter of a mile the lane veers off to the right
and is a private road to residences a little further on but a
footpath carries on beyond the gate towards the former American
Adventure Theme Park.
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The path continues through Shipley Wood for another quarter of
a mile but here the trees are not as mature as the first quarter.
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At the end of the wood a right turn leads along what was the
main road in front of the Theme Park and at the moment it resembles
a building site, which in fact it is.
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The former Theme Park is now called Shipley Lakeside and luxury
three, four and five bedroom houses are being built. Luxury houses
they may be but the Pete Seeger song "Little Boxes"
from the 1960s came to mind!
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Part of the site is fenced off but is ready for further development
and the whole site is overlooked by Shipley Hill.
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Long before the American Adventure was built this was the site
of Shipley Woodside Colliery and the Memorial Headstocks that
were erected a few years ago still stand although nature appears
to be making inroads into the land on which they stand.
This is a similar view as seen
at the opening of the memorial in September 2003.
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The access road, Pit Lane, to the site is being improved but
the pavements still need some work.
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Pit Lane leads to Hassock Lane North and once we had crossed
to the other side, we only had to wait a few minutes before a
bus arrived to take us back into Ilkeston.
Back to Part 01
To see a map/aerial view of the whole route in a new window follow
this
link.
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