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Walks in Derbyshire

Derbyshire is famous for being the home of the majority of the Peak District, with the rolling dales of the White Peak covering the middle band of the county and the bleaker moorland of the Dark Peak covers the northern section.

However outside the Peak District there are still some pleasant walks to be had, and some of these are listed on the page below. The River Dove forms the border between Derbyshire and the neighbouring county of Staffordshire, whilst the River Derwent rises on the bleak moorland to the north of the county, before running south through to Derby an on towards the Trent.

 


 

Below is a map showing all the walks that I have completed in Derbyshire.

Completed walks in Derbyshire

 
Wheston trig pillar.

Grinsbrook Clough.

The 'Kissing Stones', at the Wain Stones, Bleaklow Head.

   


List of walks in Derbyshire

Walk No. Description Distance (miles)
1048 Derby to Nottingham21.1
1024 Buxton to Macclesfield via Cheeks Hill, Shining Tor and Shutlingsloe18.8
1017 Barrow-on-Trent to Melbourne via Thringstone, Whitwick and Breedon-on-the-Hill21.1
975 Pennine Bridleway: Blackwell to Hayfield17.8
974 Pennine Bridleway: Cromford to Blackwell22.2
973 A circular walk between Matlock and Rowsley, taking in Stanton Moor16.0
969 A Christmas Day walk to my birthplace7.0
941 The Monsal Trail from Bakewell18.5
940 Edale to Kinder, Brown Knoll, Rushup Edge and Mam Tor17.7
939 The Limestone Way: Castleton to the Waterloo Hotel and back19.9
936 Limestone Way: Matlock to the Waterloo Hotel18.7
935 Limestone Way: Rocester to Matlock24.6
897 A circular walk between Uttoxeter and Denstone20.9
705 A circular walk from Shirley to Kirk Langley and Brailsford18.7
704 A circular walk from Hadfield onto Bleaklow13.5
703 A circular from Baslow to Monsal Head and Eyam18.2
702 A circular walk from Wirksworth17.1
687 A circular walk from Marsden to Black Hill13.5
686 Hope to Sheffield15.5
685 A circular walk from Fairholmes to Alport Castle and Bleaklow19.7
640 A circular walk from Edale to Lose Hill and Kinder Scout12.4
639 A circular walk from Buxton to Wheston and Taddington18.8
638 A circular from Ashbourne to Tissington and Shirley18.6
634 A circular walk from Rowsley to Baslow17.4
628 Bakewell, Monsal Dale and Lathkill Dale17.7
614 A circular walk from the Cat and Fiddle Inn17.2
613 Derby to Matlock20.2
597 Mansfield to Matlock21.2
588 Grindleford to Brough via the eastern edges23.0
587 A circular walk between Baslow and Grindleford16.1
586 A circular walk from Crowden to Bleaklow16.3
585 Kinder Scout from the Snake Pass11.0
584 Doveridge to Longport21.7
583 A circular walk from Tissington to Longcliffe and Parsley Hay21.9
582 A circular walk from Hartington to Hollinsclough and Earl Sterndale14.8
581 Burton-on-Trent to Derby16.3
578 A circular walk from Edale to Kinder Downfall and Rushup Edge14.2
577 A circular walk including Dovedale6.5
576 A circular walk from Winster to Youlgreave, Haddon and Rowsley14.3
575 Doveridge to Ashbourne via the Weaver Hills16.9
171 Doveridge to Abbots Bromley9.7
145 A circular walk to Margery Hill from Derwent Resevoir9.9
144 A circular walk from Crowden to Black Hill8.9
128 The Castleton Ridge circular walk7.1
101 Castleton circular via Rushup Edge and Edale12.5
95 Nottingham to Long Eaton10.3
70 Thorpe to Matlock13.0
69 Doveridge to Thorpe14.9
68 Willington to Doveridge12.6
64 Long Eaton to Willington14.0
31 Crowden to Standedge11.7
30 Edale to Crowden16.5
23 The Limestone Way from Pomeroy to Castleton14.0
22 The Limestone Way from Matlock to Pomeroy16.9
19 Castleton circular via Lose Hill and Mam Tor7.7
17 Alport circular11.8
16 Darley Dale - Winster - Matlock7.0
14 Friden, Long Dale and Gratton Dale7.8
13 Edale and Kinder Scout11.0
12 Darley Dale, Stanton Moor and Rowsley8.7
11 Stanton Moor2.9
1 Shining Tor and Cat's Tor from the Cat and Fiddle pub7.2

This was a total of 933.1 miles in 62 walks (an average of 15.05 miles per walk).


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