A. Park in the visitor car park for the white water centre. This is a pay and display car park. There is an easy get in to the river from the car park. Once on the river turn left, away from the watersports centre and towards the city of Nottingham.

B. Pass a sailing club on the left before travelling alongside an open green area. On your right you’ll start to see some smart new housing developments.

C. Reach Lady Bay Bridge at 1.7 miles. This was originally built as a railway bridge but now takes road traffic in and out of the city.

D. After this you have rowing, dragon boating and kayaking clubs on the left as you approach Trent Bridge. Meaning this stretch can be a busy one. The football grounds for Nottingham Forest and Notts County are left and right of the river respectively.

E. On the right bank, the Nottingham Canal leaves, bound for a major canal junction to the west of the city, with connecting routes to the West Midlands, Merseyside, and London, a relic of the times when this was a very major water-borne route centre. On the left, behind you, are the remains of the Grantham Canal.

F. After Trent Bridge the river opens out into a very pleasant stretch, with a stepped embankment all along the north (right) side, giving access to the water, and a tree-lined riverside road. There can be many fishermen on this bank as well, as access is so easy.

G. Pass under Wilford Suspension Footbridge at just under 2.5 miles before continuing round a long sweeping bend and reaching another bridge which takes trams over the river.

H. Clifton Bridge is reached at around 4.5 miles and you now continue to paddle until a sharp bend to the right takes you to the turn-around point of Beeston Weir and lock. (Note Keep well away from the Weir)

I. Having paddled against the current to 6 miles upstream, you can now drift back at leisure. As you come back towards Trent Bridge on your return you will be able to spot the famous Trent Bridge cricket ground to the right.