5 - 10 Miles, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, Peak District, Staffordshire, Trent Basin, Walks

Cheeks Hill

Walk from Buxton up into the Peak District hills and across the county boundary to Cheeks Hill the highest hill in Staffordshire at 520 metres above sea level. Continue reading Cheeks Hill

5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Peak District, Trent Basin, Walks

Bakewell – Chatsworth House

Short walk across the Peak District countryside from the market town of Bakewell to Chatsworth House and parkland – the inspiration for Mr. Darcy’s country home Pemberley? Continue reading Bakewell – Chatsworth House

5 Miles or Less, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, Outwith, Peak District, Trent Basin, Walks

Carl Wark

Walk up onto Hathersage Moor to the dramatically sited and enigmatic Carl Wark Iron Age fort. Return to Grindleford Station via Padley Gorge. Continue reading Carl Wark

5 - 10 Miles, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Trent Basin, Walks

Ambergate – Alfreton

Walk east from Ambergate to Alfreton. Taking in parts of the course of the former Cromford Canal and the village of Pentrich where the doomed Pentrich Revolution of June 1817 began. Continue reading Ambergate – Alfreton

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Peak District, Severn Basin, Walks

Grindleford – Millthorpe

Walk from Grindleford to Millthorpe, once home to Edwards Carpenter “the gay godfather of the British left” via Froggatt, Curbar and Baslow Edges. Continue reading Grindleford – Millthorpe

5 - 10 Miles, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Peak District, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks

New Mills – Chapel en le Frith

Valley floor walk in the fringes of the Peak District. Initially along the famously beautiful Peak Forest Canal, then tracing the route of the pioneering Peak Forest Tramway. Continue reading New Mills – Chapel en le Frith

5 - 10 Miles, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Midlands Contemporary, Nottinghamshire, Suburban Strolls, Trent Basin, Walks

Bennerley Viaduct

Walk to see and cross the world renown 443 metre long Bennerley Viaduct spanning the River Erewash between Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Continue reading Bennerley Viaduct

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, History and Heritage, National Forest, Trent Basin, Walks

Calke Abbey

Walk across the gentle rolling hills of southern Derbyshire and the National Forest to the National Trust’s “unstately home” Calke Abbey. Continue reading Calke Abbey

5 - 10 Miles, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, Hills and Uplands, Hills and Uplands, Midlands Contemporary, Peak District, Staffordshire, Trent Basin, Walks

Buxton – Flash

From Buxton up into the Peak District Hills andacross Axe Edge Moor, to Flash, a village 463m above sea level calleded “Britian’s highest settlement”. Continue reading Buxton – Flash

5 - 10 Miles, Arts and Heritage Destinations, Canals and Rivers, Countryside Rambles, Derbyshire, Hills and Uplands, History and Heritage, Industrial Heritage, Peak District, Trent Basin, Walks

Ambergate – Cromford

Walk along a preserved section of the Cromford Canal from Ambergate to Cromford. Part of the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. Continue reading Ambergate – Cromford