Allestree Circular Walk James Wyatt built Hall for Bache Thornhill between 1795-1805. In 1928 9 kilometres, 5½miles. Hilly in a couple of places, DUFFIELD developers bought it. They laid out the golf otherwise easy walking. Allow 2½ - 3 hours. course and built Evans Avenue and Short 5 Duffield N Avenue in the Park. Corporation, now , acquired the Hall in 1946. This is an enjoyable walk for all the family, but not Church suitable for pushchairs or wheelchairs. The walk When you reach the end of the houses on takes in parkland, woodland, river valley and Peckwash your right go straight on. After a while, follow pastureland using footpaths and minor roads. Mills Chimney the path around to your right towards St. Edmunds Church. Bear left after the Wear suitable footwear, such as boots or River Derwent solitary Ash tree and follow the path through wellingtons, and take warm, waterproof clothing the woodland. You will eventually come out just in case it rains. LITTLE on to a path at the end of Main Avenue. EATON Please remember to: 2 Now follow the lakeside path. THE COMMON A6 close all gates Burleywood The lake is an important reserve with fish not disturb any animals Farm such as Tench and Pike, waterbirds such as keep to the route shown in this leaflet. Burley Wood Railway Moorhen and Coot and insects such as Line Caddisfly Larvae and Water Scorpions. Along Introduction 4 the banks you will see Willowherb, Rushes Bunkers COACH and Lesser Pond Sedge. 6 Hill BURLEY DRIVE Burley The walk begins at the free car park off Common LANE Hill At the end of the lake turn right on to Evans Woodlands Road. Trent ‘Rainbow’ bus R54, no Farm Avenue, then left towards Duffield Road. Sunday service, will take you to a bus stop nearby. Quarndon Danger, very busy road. Ring Busline on08706 082608 to check details of Church QUARNDON bus services in this area. DERBY CITY COUNCIL 3 Cross Duffield Road and turn left. Go down the path on your right, marked by a finger 1 From the car park walk towards West Bank DUFFIELD MONTPELIER post to Duffield. Beyond the avenue of Road along the path, turning left between the ROAD Hawthorn, go towards the white house on the houses and Big Wood. CLOSE Big Wood CHURCH ROAD Car hill, Farm. In the distance you get park and Park EVANS your first glimpse of Peckwash Mills Chimney. In Big Wood, you will see trees such as Silver 1 Joiners Lake 3 AVENUE At the bottom of the hill, cross the footbridge Birch, Scots Pine and English Oak, shrubs and turn right. Follow the path around the Arms PH WOODLANDS MAIN such as Rhododendron and Hawthorn and base of the hill. Soon you will see the River ROAD AVENUE plants such as Bluebell, Foxglove and Red OLD 2 Derwent. Beyond the fence, follow the path VICARAGE Bus stop Campion. All of Allestree Park is a site of SHORT AVENUE until you reach a footbridge on your right. wildlife interest. LANE 7 WEST BANK ROAD Crown Copyright. All rights reserved. Derby City Council. LA077755(2002) This area of acid grassland is a site of wildlife The Ordnance Survey mapping included Beyond Big Wood keep to the right as you are 0 ½ kilometre within this web-site is provided by interest. It is dominated in parts by Hawthorn ALLESTREE Derby City Council, under licence from Ordnance Survey, in order to fulfil its public now on a golf course. To your left you can see 0 ½ mile function to act as a planning authority. and Gorse. Plants such as Heath Bedstraw, Allestree Hall, Duffield and across the Tormentil, Sheep's Sorrel and Foxglove also St. Edmund's Church A38 Derwent Valley. grow here. 4 Cross over the footbridge and head towards Follow the hedgerow on your left, round to the Peckwash Mills Chimney. In the second field, left. Walk up the hill, crossing the field Allestree continue on to another stile. In the third field, diagonally to the top left hand corner. Here, bear right and under the railway bridge. continue up the hill, keeping the hedgerow to your left. Climb the stile and continue up the Enjoy the countryside and respect its life and work. George Stephenson originally engineered this Circular hill, passing Burleywood Farm on your right. Guard against all risk of fire. line for the North Midland Railway Company Fasten all gates. whose Leeds-Derby service opened in 1840. 6 At the top of the hill, bear right to follow the Keep your dogs under close control. It now carries the main lines between path to the rear of properties off Burley Lane. Keep to public paths across farmland. Walk DERBY CITY COUNCIL and . Use gates and stiles to cross fences, hedges and Turn left and go towards St Alkmund’s On your right is Burley Wood, a site of wildlife walls. Church, Duffield, in the distance. interest. You will find trees such as Ash, Birch, Leave livestock, crops and machinery alone. Sweet Chestnut and Elder, and plants such Take your litter home. The stone embankment you go through is the as Honeysuckle and Yellow Archangel here. Help to keep all water clean. remains of a railway line which served Protect wildlife, plants and trees. Peckwash Mills. It crossed the river on a After Burley Wood there are views over Take special care on country roads. wooden pile bridge erected in 1889. The Mills Quarndon Common towards Duffield and Make no unnecessary noise. started making paper in the 18th Century. The beyond. Follow the grassy path straight ahead chimney was built in the mid-1890s. Having into Montpelier Close. Turn right after the Further Information stood idle since about 1960, the Mills were bungalows. Go through the Holly arch and Environment Projects Officer converted to a private dwelling in the mid- along Coach Drive. Turn left into The Derby City Council 1990s. Common and walk towards Quarndon Church. Development and Cultural Services In the churchyard, you will see Yew trees, Roman House common in churchyards all over the country. Quarndon Church dates from 1874. Only a Friar Gate They supposedly kept evil spirits away. few stones remain of an earlier church DERBY DE1 1XB Plain English by located further along Church Road at the foot Telephone 01332 255021 St Alkmund’s Church, Duffield was started in of the hill, just before point 7. Many thanks to Roy Christian for the historical information and the 12th Century, but dates mainly from the to Wildlife Trust for the natural history information.

early 1300s. It was restored twice in the 19th At the junction, turn right. Just past the This leaflet is one in a series published by Derby City Council. DERBY CITY COUNCIL Century. Joiners Arms Public House, you will see the 5 After leaving the churchyard, turn left towards site of a famous spa. Please tell us if you need this document in large the footbridge over the railway line. Cross the Daniel Defoe visited this ‘Chalybeate’, print, on audio tape, computer disc or in Braille. You can contact us on01332 255093 or on minicom footbridge, turning left and back on yourself at mineral water, well in 1727. the foot of the steps. Follow the path to the 01332 256666or fax 01332 255989 . Or use the A6. Continue on, until you reach Old Vicarage equipment at Central Library, Wardwick to convert Lane on your left. this into voice and large print. Please contact us if Cross over the A6. Danger, very busy road. you need help reading this document or any part of it Walk between house numbers 38 and 40. 7 Walk up the lane and along the grassed path. translating. Cross the field to the hedgerow on your left After the small field, turn left and head for the and, keeping it on your right, continue straight brow of the hill. Once there turn right, keeping Hindi 01332 256088 on. Beyond the hedgerow bear right up the hedgerow on your left. There are views on Bunker's Hill towards the house far in the your right towards Allestree and beyond. Punjabi 01332 256088 distance. Looking back you will see views of Continue on, going up the hill and out on to Duffield, the Derwent Valley and Little Eaton. Woodlands Road. Turn right and back into the Urdu Go through the stile. car park. 01332 256088

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