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Walk Derbyshire – Walking Eyam, Bretton Edge and Foolow

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Walk Derbyshire – Walking from Golden Valley to Codnor Castle

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Walk Derbyshire – Combs Reservoir

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Walk Derbyshire – Thorpe Cloud

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Walk Derbyshire – Three Shires in a Flash

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Walk Derbyshire – Walking Eyam, Bretton Edge and Foolow

October 5, 2021 Alistair Plant

Here is a walk through some of the historical countryside surrounding the plague village of Eyam, a village where the Covid-19 pandemic must have jogged some deep folk memories from a time when the inhabitants of Eyam made a courageous stand against an outbreak far worse than that which beset them in more recent days. […]

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Walk Derbyshire – Walking from Golden Valley to Codnor Castle

August 26, 2021 Alistair Plant

Here is a walk through history – from medieval times through the industrial revolution to the present day. Starting at the quaintly named Golden Valley, it passes the monument to a Victorian ironmaster and civil engineer, before crossing farmland slowly recovering from the depredation of open-cast coal mining in order. From here farm lanes reach […]

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Walk Derbyshire – Combs Reservoir

May 26, 2021 VickyP

Combs Moss is an outlier of the higher moors of the Daark Peak. It sits between Buxton and Chapel-en-le-Frith, mainly overlooking the latter. Looking upwards from Chapel, a long escarpment dominates the skyline, marked by two protruding side ridges radiating from its eastern edge. The further of the two, between Combs and Short Edges, […]

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Walk Derbyshire – Thorpe Cloud

April 18, 2021 VickyP

Two prominent hills guard the southern entrance to Dovedale; bulky Bunster rises to the west at the end of a broad limestone ridge, while Thorpe Cloud’s graceful summit looks to the east. The steeper of the two, the Cloud has footpaths on three sides and as such has become a popular venue for walkers looking […]

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Walk Derbyshire – Three Shires in a Flash

February 23, 2021 VickyP

Children will love this walk, for where else can they visit three counties within a matter of seconds? The highlight of the walk is the bridge known as Three Shire Heads, where Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire all meet at a point in the middle of an ancient pack horse bridge over the River Dane. To […]

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Walk Derbyshire – Elton & Gratton Dale

February 15, 2021 VickyP

This walk explores one of the lesser known parts of the White Peak. Properties in Elton where the walk starts, would be easily recognised by any returning inhabitant, even after the passage of long forgotten centuries. At one time there were two villages, Gratton as well as Elton, but following an outbreak of the Black […]

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Walk Derbyshire – Howden & Derwent Reservoir Walk

September 23, 2020 VickyP

Distance: 10.3 miles of easy road walking, mostly through woodland followed by a gravel track above Howden and Derwent Reservoirs. Recommended Map: Ordnance Survey Outdoor Leisure Series Sheet1; The Peak District, Dark Peak Area Public Transport: Hulleys and TM Travel 273, 274 & 275 Two Hour Service from Bakewell and Sheffield via Castleton and Bamford. […]

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Walk Derbyshire – Into The Past Through Five Historic Sites

August 25, 2020 VickyP

History is everywhere with us in the Peak District. People have lived on and shaped the land for thousands of years, from the erectors of prehistoric standing stones and henges, right down to the current developments needed to house today’s expanding population. This walk touches a sample of five different ways the Peak has been […]

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Walk Derbyshire – Holymoorside

March 27, 2020 Alistair Plant

DISTANCE: 3½miles (5.6km) of easy walking along farm lanes and woodland, plus by-roads and side lanes. RECOMMENDED MAP: Ordnance Survey 1:25000 scale Explorer Map, Sheet 269, Chesterfield & Alfreton. PUBLIC TRANSPORT: Stagecoach X17 from Matlock. CAR PARKING: Roadside on Belland Lane, connecting the A632 Matlock/Chesterfield road to the B5057 Darley Dale /Two Dales road. REFRESHMENTS: […]

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Walk Derbyshire – Miller’s Dale

February 25, 2020 Alistair Plant

DISTANCE: 5 miles (8km) of field and river path walking linked by a mile of walled farm track. Reasonably dry underfoot except during lengthy wet spells. RECOMMENDED MAP: Ordnance Survey1:25,000 scale Outdoor Leisure Series Sheet 24, White Peak area. PUBLIC TRANSPORT: TM Travel service 65 between Sheffield, Miller’s Dale and Buxton, hourly service, Monday to […]