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0 Miles 1 2 d131 The Tissington Trail & Thorpe from 0 Kilometres 1 2 3 Ashbourne The walk shown is for guidance only and should Mappleton Bridge Car Park is NW of Ashbourne on the road to Mappleton & Okeover not be attempted without suitable maps. 1 Go NW on the road to a junction. Continue 4 Go S (left - ‘Mappleton’) to join a track that Details generally follows the riverbank through Big 3 W (half-left) to a T-junction. Side step N (right) Distance: 11km (6 /4 miles) & continue W past a former pub (left) & garage Peg's Wood to reach an open field. Bear SSE Total Ascent: 267m (876ft) (right - sweets & drinks) until the road bends (half-right) across the grass & into Little Peg's 1 1 Time: 3 /2 hrs Grade: 4 SW at the entrance to a large hotel. (3/4 km) Wood. (1 /4 km) ® Maps: OS Landranger 119 2 Join the Limestone Way (LW) & continue 5 About half-way through Little Peg's Wood ™ or OS Explorer Map OL24 & 259 SW on the road into Thorpe. Just beyond a go SSE (half-right) at a signed fork. Beyond the Start/Finish: Mappleton Lane Car Park, junction on your left (& before the road bears wood, continue SSE up through fields, gently Ashbourne, Derbyshire right) go SE (left - LW waymark) down the climbing away from the river to reach the Grid Ref: SK176469 grass & then S (right) at the bottom through access track to Littlepark Farm. Go S (right) on Sat Nav: N53.0192 W1.7396 woodland, gently climbing to join a track. the track for 200m before bearing SE (half-left) 3 Follow the track SW up to a road. ( /4 km) over a stile to cross more fields to rejoin the GPS data: Position Format = 'British Grid' NB. To visit Thorpe Church, go N (right) for River Dove at a weir. Bear S (half-right) away Map Datum = 'ord srvy GB' 100m - well worth it. from the river again to reach a road via a gate. 1 A dismantled railway & a riverside path 3 Go S (left) on the road for a few paces & (1 /4 km) Go NNW on the Tissington Trail (a former then W (right) in front of Landscape Cottage to 6 Go SE (left) on the road & bear E across railway line) until you reach the former Thorpe follow the Limestone Way down through two bridges & then SE (half-right) across a field 3 Station. (3 /4 km) woodland to join a farm track. Go W (right) & to emerge in Mappleton opposite the church. follow the track down to cross Coldwall Bridge. Go S (right) past the pub to a signed footpath 1 (1 km) on your left. ( /2 km) 7 Go E (left - ‘Ashbourne’) between houses & Peveril The Limestone Way is a 74km Minor Road then SE (half-right) steadily up a open field. of the garage SK 16608 (46 miles) footpath connecting to Ilam Peak Cross a 2nd narrow field & continue SE along 50340 1 Castleton in Derbyshire to the top edge of a 3rd larger field. ( /2 km) Rocester in Staffordshire. 8 In the next field go E (left) to a stile. B&B SK 15901 Thorpe It is waymarked by a Derby ram. 50521 Station Continue SE following a clear path across fields & a huge caravan and camping site to Thorpe reach the Tissington Trail via some steps. Looking 3 ( /4 km) for new kit? SK 14788 9 Go SSE (right) on the trail to return to the SK 15566 Gear offers 1 49731 50074 impartial car park & the start. ( /2 km) Coldwall advice. Bridge SK 15777 The Tissington Trail is a 21km Big Peg’s 49328 (13 mile) bridleway from Wood Little Peg’s Parsley Hay (where it joins the Wood If you're lucky, you'll High Peak Trail) to Ashbourne. spot a Dipper along Originally a railway line built in the River Dove. 1890 to connect Buxton to Dove Dale is an ideal Ashbourne, it was finally closed Littlepark habitat for this bird, to rail traffic in 1967. Farm because the river is shallow (mostly) Redhouse and stony. Farm Kendar Taken pictures on this Wood weir walk? Send them in The OS & Google and we'll put them in refer to Mappleton the Photo Gallery Okeover as ‘Mapleton’ Bridge Okeover Mappleton Hall Okeover In association with: SK 16148 Arms Haywood 48151 Farm SK 16542 Hill Classifications: 47941 campsite Hewitt (Mountain) SK 16736 Dewey (Hill) For your FREE Páramo System Catalogue 47690 Nuttall call: 01892 786444 or visit: www.paramo.co.uk SK 17434 47376 Wainwright Keep a record of Bridget (Hill) which mountains SK 17568 Trig Point you have climbed 46913 with go4awalk.com Peak Bagging 400m 200m maps and lists. Mappleton to Ashbourne 0m Bridge The information given in this document has been provided in good faith. It is intended Appropriate equipment and maps should always be carried, along with suitable clothing the information contained within it is and remains the sole property of TMDH Limited and only as a general guide. We advise you to verify the accuracy of information before and footwear. Always follow the Countryside Code. 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