i have to collect in tdg w hallam/ilkeston (postcode DE7 6HE)tommorow, i will be 14’6 high and coming from felixstowe(so probably up the m1)and cant see an obvious way into the site, anyone know the “proper” way in for a hgv or is it pot luck, i only have a 9/13 hour day tommorow so dont want to mess about getting lost.
Hi mate our company collect from there heres our map we use.Come off j25 m1take 2nd exit 1st one is a52 derby.Come to set of lights turn right b5010 come down to another set of light with the red lion pub on left corner bear left here onto b6010 keep on this road, a bit tight in places and some nasty bends until you come to the a6096 with bulls head pub in front of you turn left here.Go down this road past the speed camera until you come to an windmill in a field on your right,turn right here into cat&fiddle lane go down this road and the entrance to estate is on your right.Hope this helps
cheers mate thats a great help. thats the way my sat nav was saying but didnt trust the lil blighter after looking at my map thought it cant be right but will give it a whirl. cheers again
Good old Tnuk. Googled Cat & Fiddle lane west Hallam trying to find suitable route and it came up with the answer on here. Thanks!!!
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Good old Tnuk. Googled Cat & Fiddle lane west Hallam trying to find suitable route and it came up with the answer on here. Thanks!!!
Yes, it just looks wrong on a map or a sat nav. I suppose that is why we won the war, by keeping our ordnance well hidden 
Went there on my first ever day in an artic, my first reverse too and guess what, it’s a blindside! Doh. They seemed a decent bunch though. Sorry I can’t help with the route, I’ll warn you the turning onto the last B roads easily missed, it’s near the top of a hill on a shallow bend iirc. I missed it and ended up spinning round in a village, near a pub.
Follow the blue line drive! Lol, might’ve been green or any other colour for that matter but you’ll see what I mean.
I went there way back in the 60s when the country was being converted from coal gas to natural gas. This was a huge operation which meant that a gas fitter had to come and change the jets on every gas appliance in the land.
They took over the whole of the old military depot at West Hallam to use as a distribution centre for all the millions of parts they needed to do the job. Thos lanes weren’t fit for much more than horses and carts then - easy to spot the turnings though - all you had to do was follow the mulched up grass verges.
I went there a couple of years ago,went down the A52 to junction with A6005,turned left and left at junc A6090,followed 6090 to Cat and Fiddle Lane,lots of room in the yard when I went.
Thats a blast from the past for me. 
Used to go there three times a week collecting suit cases for Argos when I was on for Wincanton.
As you go up Cat & Fiddle lane as soon as you come to the 7.5T weight limit sign the entrance for TDG is on the right.
Always used to be good for a kip, havent been there for a couple of years now though.