Countryside walk between the village of Ellastone and Waterhouses on the eastern edge of Staffordshire. Route goes up and over the Weaver Hills. The Weaver Hills are considered the southern most point of the Pennines. Continue reading Ellastone – Waterhouses
Walk north along the Tissington Trail from Ashbourne, the gateway to the southern Peak District, to the village of Tissington, supposedly the original home of the White Peak’s well dressing tradition. Continue reading Ashbourne – Tissington
Short walk, just over a mile, mostly on footpaths, uphill from Whatstandwell Railway Station on the Derwent Valley line to Crich Tramway Village. Making for the easiest way of getting to the National Tramway Museum without a car. Continue reading Whatstandwell – Crich Tramway Village
Walk right across the Peak District National Park from Hadfield the most northerly town in the Midlands, to Penistone in South Yorkshire. using the Trans Pennine Trail which takes the course of the old Woodhead Railway Line between Manchester and Sheffield. Continue reading Hadfield – Penistone
Walk right across the Peak District National Park from the historic little industrial towns of Cromford, Wirksworth and Middleton near the River Derwent to the picturesque village of Chelmorton near Buxton. Most of the walk is on the High Peak Trail, formerly the Cromford and High Peak Railway. Continue reading Cromford – Chelmorton
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
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
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
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
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
