The
walks start from bases all over the area including Glossop, Buxton,
Bakewell, Matlock, Ripley, Ashbourne and Derby. The routes are
illustrated with OS map extracts and accompanied with the author's own
photographs, as well as including plenty of practical information on
getting to and around Derbyshire and the routes.
The uniquely contrasting and beautiful Derbyshire landscape is steeped
in history. Each route is linked to a main historical theme, and the
walks have been arranged in a rough chronological order according to the
selected theme, so that you are literally walking through layers of
history and treading in the footsteps of past generations.
Historic
sites including Hardwick Hall, Kedleston Hall, Eyam, Chatsworth House
(the fictional Pemberley), New Mills, Cromford, Goyt Valley and Dovedale
are also explored, as are Bronze and Iron Age forts, medieval castles
and ruined Abbeys.
Walking routes pass remnants of ancient
civilisations, fine market towns and villages, caverns, castles, country
houses and parklands, historic spa resorts and industrial heritage
sites, and the book is full of background information detailing the
local history.
Without doubt Derbyshire is one of the most picturesque counties in
England, renowned for its varied scenic beauty ranging from wild sombre
moorland in the north to sparkling rivers laced with delightful deep
dales in the central area and gentle rolling countryside further south.
The 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
