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The walk starts from Ladybower Reservoir in the Peak District National Park via Chatsworth, the scenery around the Derbyshire Dales, and through the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. It follows the Riverside Path through Derby and continues onwards to the historic inland port of Shardlow .
Mark Richards describes a 10.5-mile walk in his book “High Peak Walks” (ISBN 0-902363-43-3), starting at the Fairholmes car park in the Upper Derwent Valley (Grid Reference ) at the northern end of Ladybower Reservoir; it is also possible to access the edge from Cutthroat Bridge (lay by parking) on the A57 or from Strines Reservoir car park ...
Ladybower Reservoir is a large Y-shaped, artificial reservoir, the lowest of three in the Upper Derwent Valley in Derbyshire, England. The River Ashop flows into the reservoir from the west; the River Derwent flows south, initially through Howden Reservoir , then Derwent Reservoir , and finally through Ladybower Reservoir.
In 1899, the Derwent Valley Water Board was set up to supply water to Derby, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield, and the two Gothic-style dams were built across the River Derwent to create Howden Reservoir (1912) and Derwent Reservoir (1916).
A circular walking trail, broadly following the boundary of the Peak District national park. The route was developed by the Friends of the Peak District (a branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England). Robin Hood Way: 104 167: The Midlands: Nottingham Castle: Edwinstowe, Sherwood Forest: Commemorates the folklore of Robin Hood. Sabrina Way ...
Snake Pass is a hill pass in the Derbyshire section of the Peak District, crossing the Pennines between Glossop and the Ladybower Reservoir at Ashopton.The pass carries the A57 road between Manchester and Sheffield, but it is no longer the main signposted route between those two cities, with traffic instead directed through the Woodhead Pass to the north.
JB Malone Memorial, Wicklow Way. The establishment of the Ulster Way in Northern Ireland in the 1970s [5] prompted the creation of the Cospóir Long Distance Walking Routes Committee (now the 'National Trails Advisory Committee' of the Irish Sports Council) to establish a national network of long-distance trails in the Republic of Ireland. [6]
To date, White has presented at least one walk in every edition. The series is designed to encourage and inspire viewers to get outside and do the walks for themselves – so the programmes feature animated maps showing the walking route and on-screen graphics with information about the length, type and time it would on average take to do the walk.