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This route contains 2 steady farmland and ancient woods. eventually dropping down into the historic climbs. Using the town map in the inset find East Mill and the river. town of Belper. Leave the station, follow the town map in the inset to the Take the footpath left immediately after crossing the bridge Leave the station car park into Station Approach and then Coppice car park. Go downhill, over the Coppice Brook and and head on for some way to where the path forks towards turn right along the main A6. Pass the site of Duffield Castle follow the path to the left leading through the ancient deer the river. Pass through a stile on the right and begin to climb and continue on to turn left into Avenue Road then park, (now a nature reserve). the valleyside to eventually emerge by the side of a large immediately right towards the golf club. The walk now At the road turn right and keep uphill via Pinchoms Hill house on to Chevin Road. Turn left and soon right up a follows the route of the Midshires Way around the rear of the Road to Bargate. Go straight over the road and soon turn footpath leading to North Lane. golf club along a track and over a stile, then round right and up right to follow the path behind the houses. Turn right onto the route of the Midshires Way and go between the greens. The walk climbs steadily uphill crossing This eventually cuts straight through the front yards of a downhill for 100 yards at Farnah Green to a fingerpost on tracks until a main walled track is reached. row of cottages - this is the right of way! Turn left at the the left. Keep to the left side of the wall and follow the Turn left onto this prehistoric highway, called North end of the path between fields, then pass through two path as it leads into a wooded valley, the “Depth Lane, and enjoy the extensive views of the valley and stiles and turn right to cross two fields to emerge onto a o'Lumb”. Keep to the edge of the wood before entering Belper below. Just before the lane turns 90 degrees to the lane. Turn left and follow the track to Ben's Farm and the fields and descending to Lumb Lane then downhill to the left, turn right into fields (thereby leaving the Midshires road. road. Way) and go downhill, turn left at the road and then soon Turn right and walk through Holbrook village to Town Street Turn right, then left on Longwalls Lane for about a mile. right. Head past the house on the left, then cross a series and soon turn left down a tarmaced path. Turn right at the Emerging out onto a metalled road turn left downhill, then of fields downhill to the River Derwent and follow the bottom of the allotments and follow the quiet lane as far as right into fields. Still following the Midshires Way follow the path upstream to Belper Bridge. the main road. Here, turn right and cross the road to find a ridge up hill quite a way through a series of “knee trapper After passing the town’s historic mills, and going under the path leading left uphill into a wood, over a bridge and on stiles”. After the summit and on entering a large field veer off 1795 ‘gangway’ bridge, turn right and find the way to the uphill to a lane and finally to Daypark Cottage. to the right to two more stiles next to gates and up to station using the town centre map in the inset. Take the path bearing at 45 degrees away from the stile another stile, then aim for a small footbridge.