Edale – Castleton
Peak District walk from Edale to Castleton via Hollins Cross on the Great Ridge and the Odin Mine beneath Mam Tor begins from Edale Railway Station. Continue reading Edale – Castleton
Category: Derbyshire
Hartington – Warslow
This walk in the limestone countryside of the Derbyshire and Staffordshire Peak District is between the villages of Hartington and Warslow via the River Dove and Ecton Hill site of 3,500 years of copper mining. Continue reading Hartington – Warslow
Hope – Edale
Walk in the Peak District from Hope Railway Station along the famous Great Ridge via Lose Hill, Hollins Cross and Mam Tor. Then along Rushup Edge and down to Edale where the Pennine Way begins. Continue reading Hope – Edale
Ambergate – Langley Mill
Walk across western central Derbyshire, partly rural, partly urban, it traverses one of the world’s oldest industrial regions, following the route of the old Cromford Canal closed in 1944. Continue reading Ambergate – Langley Mill
Beeston – Ilkeston
Walk between Beeston in Nottinghamshire and Ilkeston in Derbyshire. Through the Erewash Valley mostly along the line of the abandoned Nottingham Canal and across Bennerley Viaduct. Continue reading Beeston – Ilkeston
Bakewell – Magpie Mine
Circular walk in Derbyshire’s White Peak countryside from Bakewell out to the historic and deeply atmospheric Magpie Mine where lead was mined for hundreds of years. Continue reading Bakewell – Magpie Mine
The Source of the River Derwent
Walk to Swains Greave the source of the River Derwent in the north of the Derbyshire Peak District. Walk begins from Glossop Railway Station and goes via Bleaklow, heading back to Hadfield Railway Station along the Longdendale Trail. Continue reading The Source of the River Derwent
Long Eaton – Shardlow
Easy going walk mostly along the banks of the River Trent and the Trent and Mersey Canal, along the boundary between Derbyshire and Leicestershire, ending at the historic, well preserved, canal village of Shardlow. Continue reading Long Eaton – Shardlow
New Mills – Bugsworth Basin
Towpath walk in the fringes of the Peak District. Follows the lower reaches of the Peak Forest Canal in Derbyshire from New Mills to its terminus at Bugsworth Basin. Continue reading New Mills – Bugsworth Basin
Duffield – Kedleston Hall
Walk in the mid-Derbyshire countryside from Duffield Railway Station to the National Trust’s Kedleston Hall. Continue reading Duffield – Kedleston Hall