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Walking in Derbyshire WALKING IN DERBYSHIRE by Elaine Burkinshaw JUNIPER HOUSE, MURLEY MOSS, OXENHOLME ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 7RL www.cicerone.co.uk © Elaine Burkinshaw 2003, 2010 CONTENTS Second edition 2010 ISBN 978 1 85284 633 6 Reprinted 2013, 2017 and 2019 (with updates) Overview map ...................................................................................................5 Preface ..............................................................................................................7 First edition 2003 INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................9 Geology ..........................................................................................................10 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. History ............................................................................................................12 Printed by KHL Printing, Singapore The shaping of present-day Derbyshire ............................................................22 Customs ..........................................................................................................28 This product includes mapping data licensed from Ordnance How to use this guide ......................................................................................30 Survey® with the permission of the Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. © Crown copyright 2010. All rights reserved. THE WALKS Licence number PU100012932 1 Creswell Crags ......................................................................................31 2 Arbor Low Stone Circle .........................................................................34 3 Baslow, Curbar and Froggatt Edges .......................................................36 Acknowledgements 4 Edale and Mam Tor ..............................................................................42 I would like to thank my family for their special contributions to this book, in particular my dad, Peter Mellor, who assisted with the maps. Thanks also to 5 Longshaw Estate and Carl Wark ............................................................47 husband Andrew, mum and dad for accompanying me on many of the walks and 6 Hope, Win Hill and the Navio Roman Fort ...........................................50 putting up with my conversations with my dictaphone. 7 Roystone Grange ..................................................................................55 8 Castleton ..............................................................................................59 9 Hartington and Pilsbury Castle ..............................................................65 Updates to this Guide 10 Dale Abbey and Locko Park..................................................................68 While every effort is made by our authors to ensure the accuracy of 11 Chelmorton ..........................................................................................72 guidebooks as they go to print, changes can occur during the lifetime 12 Hartington and Beresford and Wolfscote Dales .....................................74 of an edition. Any updates that we know of for this guide will be on the 13 Tideswell ..............................................................................................79 Cicerone website (www.cicerone.co.uk/633/updates), so please check 14 Ashbourne ............................................................................................83 before planning your trip. We also advise that you check information about 15 Bakewell and Ashford in the Water .......................................................86 such things as transport, accommodation and shops locally. Even rights of 16 Haddon Hall and Bakewell ...................................................................94 way can be altered over time. We are always grateful for information about 17 Wingfield Manor and Crich ..................................................................99 any discrepancies between a guidebook and the facts on the ground, sent 18 Longshaw Estate and Padley Chapel ...................................................105 by email to [email protected] or by post to Cicerone, Juniper House, 19 Hardwick Hall ....................................................................................110 Murley Moss, Oxenholme Road, Kendal LA9 7RL. Register your book: To sign up to receive free updates, special offers and 20 Bolsover Castle ...................................................................................115 GPX files where available, register your book at www.cicerone.co.uk. 21 Tissington ...........................................................................................120 22 Eyam ..................................................................................................125 23 Chatsworth House ..............................................................................131 24 Chatsworth House, Bakewell and Edensor ..........................................137 Front cover: Chatsworth House (Walk 23) OVERVIEW MAP 25 Calke Abbey and Staunton Harold Reservoir.......................................143 26 Swarkestone .......................................................................................148 WEST 27 Shipley Country Park ..........................................................................153 YORKSHIRE 28 Kedleston Hall ....................................................................................155 MANCHESTER 29 Magpie Lead Mine ..............................................................................159 30 Wirksworth and Middleton Top Engine House ....................................163 31 Lathkill Dale and Bradford Dale..........................................................168 55 Der Rive 32 Winster, Elton and Robin Hood’s Stride ..............................................172 SOUTH Glossop went r YORKSHIRE 33 Carsington and Brassington .................................................................176 41 34 Cromford ............................................................................................180 35 Pinxton Wharf ....................................................................................186 59 Sheffield 40 4 36 Shardlow ............................................................................................189 39 6 8 50 37 Belper .................................................................................................192 5 49 13 18 38 Monsal Head, Litton and Cressbrook ..................................................198 47 22 Rive 39 Peak Forest Canal and Torrs Riverside Park .........................................203 Buxton r 3 Wy 43 1 CHESHIRE e 38 Chesterfield 40 New Mills, Sett Valley Trail and Hayfield............................................208 56 11 24 29 15 23 20 42 41 Glossop ..............................................................................................212 Bakewell 16 19 42 Three Shires Head and Flash ...............................................................215 31 54 9 2 Matlock 43 Birchen Edge ......................................................................................218 53 32 12 57 44 Pentrich ..............................................................................................221 7 30 34 51 33 35 45 Elvaston Castle and Country Park ........................................................224 Leek 21 58 60 17 44 52 NOTTS 46 Melbourne Hall ..................................................................................228 14 Ashbourne Ripley 47 Errwood Hall and Goyt Valley ............................................................231 37 48 27 48 Osmaston ...........................................................................................234 STAFFORDSHIRE 49 Hathersage and River Derwent ...........................................................237 48 10 50 Hathersage and Stanage Edge .............................................................241 Derby 45 51 Holloway and Dethick ........................................................................244 36 52 Midland Railway Centre and Codnor Castle........................................248 26 53 Tissington and High Peak Trails ..........................................................252 River 46 ent 25 54 Caudwell’s Mill and Nine Ladies Stone Circle.....................................254 Tr 55 Upper Longdendale Valley .................................................................259 LEICESTERSHIRE 56 Buxton and its Country Park ...............................................................262 57 Matlock and Matlock Bath ..................................................................267 58 Dovedale ............................................................................................273 59 Derwent Dams ...................................................................................276 WARWICKSHIRE 60 Carsington Water ................................................................................280 APPENDIX ....................................................................................................284 5 WALKING IN DERBYSHIRE River Lathkill, Walk 31 PREFACE Walking in Derbyshire is my third provide comprehensive coverage of walking guide, following Walking in the whole of the county or of south Sherwood Forest and the Dukeries Derbyshire in isolation – a part of the (Cicerone) and Discovery Walks in county that adds an extra dimension North East Derbyshire (Sigma Press), in terms
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