Historic Walks in Derbyshire - The Peak District

The 60 walks in this guidebook are set against the backdrop of Derbyshire’s history, taking walkers past remnants of ancient settlements to fine market towns and villages, caverns and mines, castles, country houses, craft centres, Georgian and Victorian spa resorts and industrial heritage. Includes the Peak District and Derbyshire’s lower southern landscape.

Historic Walks in Derbyshire

Around Derbyshire’s Peak District

Author

Elaine Burkinshaw

Cover

Paperback - Laminated

Edition

First

ISBN_13

9781852843533

Availability

Published

Price

£12.00

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Front Cover (1)
Location Map (1)
Overview Maps (1)
Sample Routes (1)
Sample Photos (1)

Seasons

All year.

Centres

Glossop, Buxton, Bakewell, Matlock, Ripley, Ashbourne, Derby

Difficulty

Easy to moderate day- or half-day walks (2.5 to 9.5 miles).

Must See

Hardwick Hall, Kedleston Hall, Eyam, Chatsworth House, New Mills, Buxton, Cromford, Goyt Valley, Dovedale

Preface

Introduction
How to use this guide
Geology
History
The shaping of present-day Derbyshire
Customs

Walks
1 Creswell Crags
2 Arbor Low Stone Circle
3 Baslow, Curbar and Froggatt Edges
4 Edale and Mam Tor
5 Longshaw Estate and Carl Wark
6 Hope, Win Hill and the Navio Roman Fort
7 Roystone Grange
8 Castleton
9 Hartington and Pilsbury Castle
10 Dale Abbey and Locko Park
11 Chelmorton
12 Hartington and Beresford and Wolfscote Dales
13 Tideswell
14 Ashbourne
15 Bakewell and Ashford in the Water
16 Haddon Hall and Bakewell
17 Wingfield Manor and Crich
18 Longshaw Estate and Padley Chapel
19 Hardwick Hall
20 Bolsover Castle
21 Tissington
22 Eyam
23 Chatsworth House
24 Chatsworth House, Bakewell and Edensor
25 Calke Abbey and Staunton Harold Reservoir
26 Swarkestone
27 Shipley Country Park
28 Kedleston Hall
29 Magpie Lead Mine
30 Wirksworth and Middleton Top Engine House
31 Lathkill Dale and Bradford Dale
32 Winster, Elton and Robin Hood’s Stride
33 Carsington and Brassington
34 Cromford
35 Pinxton Wharf
36 Shardlow
37 Belper
38 Monsal Head, Litton and Cressbrook
39 Peak Forest Canal and Torrs Riverside Park
40 New Mills, Sett Valley Trail and Hayfield
41 Glossop
42 Three Shires Head and Flash
43 Birchen Edge
44 Pentrich
45 Elvaston Castle and Country Park
46 Melbourne Hall
47 Errwood Hall and Goyt Valley
48 Osmaston
49 Hathersage and River Derwent
50 Hathersage and Stanage Edge
51 Holloway and Dethick
52 Midland Railway Centre and Codnor Castle
53 Tissington and High Peak Trails
54 Caudwell’s Mill and Nine Ladies Stone Circle
55 Upper Longdendale Valley
56 Buxton and its Country Park
57 Matlock and Matlock Bath
58 Dovedale
59 Derwent Dams
60 Carsington Water