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Walking in the Peak District - White Peak East

42 walks in Derbyshire including Bakewell, Matlock and Stoney Middleton

ISBN

9781852849764

Availability

Published

16 May 2020

Reprinted

15 Oct 2022

Edition

Third

Pages

232

Size

17.20 x 11.60 x 1.60cm

Weight

260g

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This guidebook to walking in the Peak District details 35 day walks and 7 longer trails in the eastern part of the White Peak, part of the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. The book includes walks near Bakewell, Matlock and Eyam, as well as the Monsal Trail, Tissington Trail and White Peak Circular. GPX files available to aid navigation.

Seasons

Walking in the Peak District is enjoyable all year round although the famous limestone landscapes can be slippery in or after wet weather. A snowy winter walk in the White Peak can be an enchanting experience.

Centres

Ashbourne, Bakewell, Calver, Chatsworth, Cromford, Eyam, Hope, Matlock, Middleton, Monyash, Parwich, Stoney Middleton, Tissington, Tideswell, Youlgrave, Wirksworth, Winster

Difficulty

Ranging between 4 and 12 miles in length and largely following well-marked paths over gentle landscapes, these walks are suitable for walkers of all abilities. Free GPX files available to aid navigation.

Must See

Market town of Bakewell; medieval village of Tissington; plague village of Eyam; Thorpe's Norman church; Chatsworth House; Haddon Hall; Cromford World Heritage Site; Stanton Moor stone circle; the Dales of Lathkill and Cressbrook; Thorpe Cloud; the Monsal Trail; the Companion Stones on White Edge; limestone plateaus; Neolithic burial site of Arbor Low; the Headstone Viaduct

ISBN

9781852849764

Availability

Published

16 May 2020

Reprinted

15 Oct 2022

Edition

Third

Pages

232

Size

17.20 x 11.60 x 1.60cm

Weight

260g

Delivery & Returns

Overview

A guidebook to 35 circular day walks and 7 longer trails exploring the eastern White Peak in the Peak District National Park. Covering Derbyshire and Staffordshire, the walks are suitable for beginner and experienced walkers alike.

The day walks range in length from 7–19km (4–12 miles) and can be enjoyed in 2–6 hours. The longer trails take between 5 hours and 3 days to complete, cover 15–70km (10–42 miles), and include the White Peak Circular and Monsal Trail.

1:50,000 OS maps included for each walk
GPX files available to download
Detailed information on refreshment and transport options
Easy access from Bakewell, Buxton and Sheffield
Part of a 2-volume Cicerone series on the White Peak

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Map key

Overview map

Introduction

Geology

Plants and wildlife

History

Local communities

Customs

Peak District National Park

Local services and transport

The walks

Responsible walking

Maps and navigation

Using this guide

Northern section

Walk 1 Bradwell to Offerton

Walk 2 Hope to Shatton

Walk 3 Longshaw to Curbar Gap

Walk 4 Grindleford to White Edge

Walk 5 Foolow to Wardlow

Walk 6 Eyam to Abney

Walk 7 Eyam to Grindleford

Walk 8 Eyam Village

Walk 9 Tideswell to Cressbrook

Walk 10 Curbar to Gardom’s Edge

Walk 11 Calver to Hassop

Walk 12 Calver to Great Longstone

Walk 13 Taddington to Monsal Dale

Walk 14 Chatsworth to Beeley

Walk 15 Ashford in the Water to Monsal Head

Walk 16 Bakewell to Chatsworth

Walk 17 Bakewell to Monsal Head

Walk 18 Bakewell to Over Haddon

Walk 19 Monyash to Sheldon

Walk 20 Rowsley to Birchover

Southern section

Walk 21 Youlgreave to Elton

Walk 22 Middleton to Elton

Walk 23 Middleton to Kenslow Knoll

Walk 24 Winster to Bonsall

Walk 25 Matlock to Dethick

Walk 26 Biggin to Minninglow

Walk 27 Cromford to Black Rock

Walk 28 Cromford to Crich

Walk 29 Middleton to Harboro Rocks

Walk 30 Brassington to Kniveton

Walk 31 Parwich to Alsop en le Dale

Walk 32 Parwich to Tissington

Walk 33 Wirksworth to Alport Height

Walk 34 Tissington to Thorpe Cloud

Walk 35 Ashbourne to Thorpe

Long Walks and Trails

Walk 36 Derwent Valley Heritage Way

Walk 37 Eastern Gritstone Trail

Walk 38 Limestone Way

Walk 39 White Peak Circular

White Peak Trails

Walk 40 High Peak Trail

Walk 41 Tissington Trail

Walk 42 Monsal Trail

Appendix A Route summary table

Appendix B Useful websites

Appendix C Bibliography and further reading

Updates

October 2023

Updates

White Peak Walks East Third Edition (Reprinted 2022)

Walk 2 Hope to Shatton (Page 37)

The text should read:

Where the road forks, bear right down Bowden Lane, cross the bridge over the River Noe, then turn immediately right on to a stone track leading to a fenced lane.

Walk 6 Eyam to Abney (Page 58)

Derbyshire County Council closed this path in May 2022 until at least April 2025. Motor vehicles are no longer allowed on that section of road. In view of the length of time and the precarious situation I have completely revised that section of the walk.

The text should read:

Due to a landlsip in the area the following section of the walk has been rerouted.

Go through two gates along the path and, at the stone wall running N-S, pass through the gate and head NW downhill to cross a footbridge over Bretton Brook. Follow the signposts NNE uphill to a stone wall. Go through the gate and follow the wall on your right round the field passing the farm at Abney Grange and exiting on to a minor road via a stone stile. Turn left up the road until you come to a fingerpost on the left just before the road junction. Follow its direction heading SW to the field corner. Go through the next gate, following the fence downhill, cross a small brook then continue uphill along the fenceline. Pass through a small gate and cross the large field SW keeping the woodland ahead, to your left. Descend to a small building, cross the stream and ascend the opposite bank. At the top of the field exit via the gate then walk to the fingerpost ahead, leading on to a minor road. Go left down the road until you come to stone steps on the right. Descend the steps to take the footpath immdeiately left down through the brush exiting via a gate on to the road. Walk diagonally left across the road to take the footpath to Grindlow.

New GPX has been provided. The map is shown.

Walk 8 Eyam Village (Page 64)

The text should read:

I recommend continuing into the village to visit Eyam Hall, and the village craft and information centre, opposite. Then, walk N, back along Church Street taking the next left down New Close, then left into Dunlow Lane.

Walk 11 Calver to Hassop (Page 77)

Actual distance is 12.65km (7.86 miles). New GPX has been provided. The map is below.

Walk 16 Bakewell to Chatsworth

I have made a small change to the map for clarity. New GPX has been provided. The map is below.

Walk 17 Bakewell to Monsal Head

The book description is correct. However, the map is incorrect. New GPX has been provided. The map is below.

Walk 22 Middleton to Elton

The book description is correct. However, the map is incorrect. New GPX has been provided. The map is below.

August 2023

Walk 11 Calver to Hassop

Third Edition (Reprinted 2022)
Page 77, paragraph 1
It should read:
'Where the lane meets a minor road, bear diagonally left and walk along Mill Farm Close. At the end, enter a passage between two fences.'

Downloads

Walking in the Peak District - White Peak East - GPX File

By Paul Besley

Paul Besley is a writer who began exploring the British Landscape while at school in the 1970s. His focus of work is the interaction between human and the land. His work has evolved into the study of how the physical environment imprints itself on humans and how as a race we respond. His belief that walking is a simple activity has led him to support the effort of many just starting out on a lifetime of pleasure. He has a desire to show people that walking does not just have to be in the hills and mountains of national parks or rely on expensive equipment but can be enjoyed from the front door of home through our urban landscape and out into our local countryside. His books, Day Walks in the South Pennines and 1001 Walking Tips for Vertebrate Publishing, and the three Peak District guidebooks for Cicerone Press, are well respected by walkers and explorers of all ages. He lives close to the Peak District in The Outdoor City of Sheffield with his partner, metalsmith Alison Counsell, their three dogs Monty, Olly, and Scout.

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