Severn Trent Upper Derwent Valley
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Find us Located within easy reach Access of Manchester and Sheffield. A lot of our site is accessible. Upper Derwent Valley Fairholmes Visitor Centre Please check the website for Where quiet wooded valleys Derwent Lane, near Bamford, a full accessibility guide. Derbyshire S33 0AQ meet wild open spaces around Heatherdene car park Dogs Severn Trent three majestic reservoirs in the Off the A6013, Hope Valley We want your dog to leave S33 0BY as healthy and happy as Upper Derwent Peak District. Enjoy the rich Opening times they arrived, so please keep them on their lead. history, breathtaking landscapes, Car park is open all year. Valley Activities invigorating walks, wildlife Kiosk is open every day except Christmas Day, check Walking and cycling are the Discover wonderful days out website for opening times. main activities with routes watching, and so much more… available for all abilities. at the Upper Derwent Valley Visitor Centre It’s yours to explore! Opening times vary, please Cycle hire Opening check the website for up times vary from February to date opening times. half-term to the end of www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/ November, see website visiting/visitor-centres/ for more information; derwent www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/ visiting/cycle/bike-hire- Car park charges apply. centres/derwent Cash only at machines, card accepted in Visitor Centre or Tel: (01433) 651261 at the cycle hire. Email: derwent.cyclehire @peakdistrict.gov.uk Ladybower fisheries: ladybowerfisheries.co.uk Contact us [email protected] Tel: 01433 650953 /upperderwentvalley /STWLadybower @severntrent stwater.co.uk/upperderwent This publication is available in alternative formats. Call 0345 7 500 500, textphone 0800 328 1155 or email [email protected] Calls to 0800 numbers are free from UK landlines. Calls to 0345 numbers are charged at a local rate and when phoning from a mobile may be included in your free minutes package. Photos © Daniel Wildey / Severn Trent Water. © Severn Trent Water 2020 / TWD1936. Printed on FSC certified paper. certified on FSC 2020 / TWD1936. Printed Water Trent © Severn Water. Trent / Severn © Daniel Wildey Photos Please recycle stwater.co.uk/daysout Working in partnership to look after this special area. after use. Discover Upper Derwent Valley Slippery Stones Key The mix of moorland, wooded valleys and open water provides great bird and wildlife watching. Car park UPPER Both easy and challenging walks offer fantastic Toilets King’s Tree DERWENT views and insight into the area’s rich heritage. Accessible toilets VALLEY From Fairholmes Derwent, Howden and Information Visitor Centre Slippery Stones Trail Café/kiosk Howden Reservoir •••• Bike hire Derwent Dam Trail Dam •••• Distance: 16km (10 miles) Road Distance: 1.5km (1 mile) This challenging trail will Buildings take you past Derwent This short loop will Woodland Birchinlee and Howden reservoir, Derwent, Howden and show you the iconic dam through mature forests and Slippery Stones Trail made famous by the Alport Castles Fairholmes increasingly wild scenery. ‘Dambusters’ and stunning (Rock formation) Visitor Centre Start the trail at Fairholmes Derwent Reservoir views of the reservoir. Head Restricted Road and head towards the out through the woods Closed to traffic every Sunday west tower of Derwent and on Saturdays and Bank and follow the red route Holidays between Easter Dam, continue to follow waymarkers until you reach and the end of October. the reservoirs round and Dam the dam where you can visit eventually cross the river Derwent Dam Trail the Dambusters memorial at Slippery Stones before before returning to the < Salt Cellar (Boulder) heading back along the east To Glossop Visitor Centre. This map highlights the most Residents Only Road side of the reservoirs. NB popular routes. You can find You cross the valley below Ladybower and the more walking routes on the OL1 Site of Derwent Village Lost Villages Trail Derwent Dam, you cannot Explorer OS map or by buying cross at Howden Dam. a guide from the Visitor Centre •••• at Fairholmes. The wider valley Distance: terrain has some challenging 9km (5.5 miles) From Heatherdene Ladybower and the inclines on rocky paths. Avid Discover the lost villages Lost Villages Trail > Ladybower Dam and walkers planning to explore A57 of Ladybower with this the high moorland should be To Sheffield trail. Start with the water the ‘Plugholes’ Trail suitably equipped. on your right while you •••• pass below Derwent Dam Distance: 1km (¾ mile) Ladybower Reservoir Ladybower Inn until you reach the site of Great views are packed into the old Derwent Village. Please keep dogs Ladybower Fisheries this short walk featuring the on leads Cross the reservoir on the ‘plugholes’, the overflows Plugholes Dam Heatherdene Edale main road bridge over the for the reservoir. Follow Beware of forestry lost village of Ashopton the path from the car park operations on site Win Hill Ladybower Dam and before continuing on the across the dam and return the ‘Plugholes’ Trail path up to Fairholmes. via the same route. No open fires or BBQs Not waymarked. For more Yorkshire Bridge Pub Warning:There is no walking information on the lost route round the reservoir No swimming, boating villages, including more due to the dangerous A57 or unauthorised in-depth guides, visit Hope with no footway or verge. access to the water Bamford Train Station > Fairholmes Visitor Centre. 0 500m 1km.