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Between Derbyshire and Cheshire, partly alongside the River Dane. The Derbyshire section runs from Buxton to Three Shires Head [1] Derwent Valley Heritage Way: Ladybower Reservoir, Bamford, to River Trent at Shardlow: 55 miles (89 km) Alongside the River Derwent, through the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site and Derby [2] Five Pits Trail
Journey's end is at Derwent Mouth where the River Derwent flows into the River Trent. [1] The walk was established by The Derwent Valley Trust, which was set up in 1996. The route was planned and developed by Derbyshire Countryside Ranger, Rick Jillings. The Duke of Devonshire opened the walk at Chatsworth House in 2003. [2] [3]
Between Derbyshire and Cheshire, partly alongside the River Dane. The Peak District section is between Buxton and Bosley Cloud. [5] Derwent Valley Heritage Way: Ladybower Reservoir, Bamford, to River Trent at Shardlow: 55 miles (89 km) Alongside the River Derwent, through the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site and Derby.
The river rises at Sprinkling Tarn underneath Great End and flows in a northerly direction through the valley of Borrowdale, before entering Derwentwater, which it exits to the north just outside Keswick and is joined by the waters of the River Greta. The Derwent then enters Bassenthwaite Lake at its southern end; it exits it at its northern ...
The Derwent Walk Country Park at Rowlands Gill [1] is named after the river. The name Derwent comes from the Brythonic/Early Welsh word for oak derw and valley -went. [2] The Muggleswick-born writer, John Carr, wrote a 40 verse poem "Ode to the River Derwent". [3] River Derwent flows next to the Gibside estate.
The area of the park is about 1.5 hectares (3.7 acres). The River Derwent is the eastern boundary of the park, and on the west, above a steep bank, is the A6 road. To the north is the Grand Pavilion. At the southern end there is a bridge, built in 1969, crossing the Derwent to Lovers' Walks, a series of footpaths on the eastern bank of the ...
The Peak District Boundary Walk is a circular 190-mile (310 km) walking trail, starting and finishing at Buxton and broadly following the boundary of the Peak District, Britain's first national park. The route was developed by the Friends of the Peak District (a branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England ) and was launched on 17 June 2017.
Derwentwater, or Derwent Water, is a lake in the Lake District in North West England, immediately south of Keswick. It is in the unitary authority of Cumberland within the ceremonial county of Cumbria .