2023-2025
We are working on an exciting new project to waymark the Trent Valley Way through Stoke-on-Trent, thanks to nearly £190,000 of Government funding from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
From now until March 2025, we’ll be creating a safe, attractive and more accessible walking route that will connect the communities and towns that make up Stoke-on-Trent with their namesake river. We will provide interpretation along the route, as well as a range of circular walks suitable for all abilities. We will also deliver local activities designed to educate, engage and energise people about the River Trent, to improve the wellbeing of local people and the river.
Did you know? The River Trent is 298km long and rises in Biddulph, just upstream of Stoke. It flows through the heart of the English Midlands, reaching the Humber Estuary south of Hull.
The Trent Valley Way follows the Trent Valley from its source to the sea.
This project is part of £2.1m being invested in a variety of community initiatives in Stoke via the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and we’ll be working closely with other local groups and the city council to deliver this landmark scheme.
You can also find more about our work in Stoke, including events and activities, on our dedicated Stoke webpage.
Many people enjoy walking by water, but they might not always know when they are on the Trent Valley Way – a long-distance, source-to-sea walking route that we at Trent Rivers Trust would like to see fully signposted. The path needs looking after, waymarking, and celebrating to all of those who live and walk along its route.
Downstream of Nottingham to Alkborough overlooking the Humber is a long-established route. Funding from the National Heritage Lottery Fund and Tarmac meant we could extend the Trent Valley Way upstream across the ‘Transforming the Trent Valley’ (TTTV) landscape area. Blending in seamlessly, our newest new section of the Trent Valley Way stretches from Shardlow to just upstream of Rugeley, edging closer towards the Trent’s source in the Staffordshire Moorlands.
Now we are able to extend this even further, thanks to our funding to waymark the Trent Valley Way through Stoke-on-Trent. We look forward to working with community partners, the city council, local people and volunteers as we uncover the Trent’s rich history as well as helping to safeguard its future as a real asset for the people of Stoke.
The Trent Valley Way has been a project in the making since the Trent Rivers Trust’s founding days. We were delighted to be able to add 43 miles to the waymarked route with our recent project in Staffordshire and Derbyshire. Now, our work in Stoke will build on this, adding another 10 miles of signposted path and further fuelling our ambition to waymark the entire route, from source to sea.
Working with the wonderful volunteers who helped us in Staffordshire and by making new allies in Stoke-on-Trent, we’re looking forward to completing a project that will have a lasting legacy in the city, providing a safe, accessible, well-used and valued walking route for people to enjoy for years to come.
With thanks to our funders
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