Thorpe Cloud and Bunster Hill

A circular walk of about 8 miles from Thorpe in Derbyshire to Thorpe Cloud, Bunster Hill and the village of Ilam.

• Narlows Lane Car Park near Thorpe (SK163504)
• Thorpe Cloud
• Bunster Hill
• Ilam
• Coldwall Bridge
• Narlows Lane Car Park

Thorpe Cloud

Thorpe to Ashbourne

A circular walk of about 11 miles from Thorpe in Derbyshire to Ashbourne and back.

• Narlows Lane Car Park near Thorpe (SK163504)
• North-west to Thorpe Cloud
• South to Coldwall Bridge
• South-west to Woodhouses
• South-east to Okeover Park
• Mapleton
• South-east to Ashbourne
• North on the Tissington Trail
• Narlows Lane Car Park

Wintercroft Lane, Thorpe

Caldon Canal between Froghall Wharf and Cheddleton Flint Mill

A linear walk of about 11 miles (5½ miles each way) from Froghall Wharf in Staffordshire along the Caldon Canal to Cheddleton Flint Mill, returning by the same route.

• Froghall Wharf (SK026475)
• Consall
• Cheddleton Flint Mill
• Froghall Wharf

Lime Kilns at Froghall Wharf

Kinver Edge and Holy Austin Rock Houses

A short walk of about 3 miles on Kinver Edge in Staffordshire followed by a visit to the Holy Austin Rock Houses which are now owned by the National Trust. These houses were last inhabited in the 1950s. Two of the lower houses have been restored by the National Trust.

The walk is the Kinver's Impressive Rock Houses walk from the AA web site.

• Roadside parking near Holy Austin Rock Houses (SJ835836)
• Toposcope on Kinder Edge
• South-west along Kinder Edge to Kingsford Country Park
• Holy Austin Rock Houses

Toposcope on Kinver Edge

Trent and Mersey Canal west of Willington

The third of several walks along the Trent and Mersey Canal.

A linear walk of about 15 miles (7½ miles each way) from Willington in Derbyshire along the Trent and Mersey Canal to Branston Water Park in Staffordshire, returning by the same route.

• Willington Car Park (SK295286)
• Trent & Mersey Canal westwards to Branston Water Park
• Back along the canal to Willington Car Park

Trent and Mersey Canal at Willington Bridge 23

JCB Lakes

A circular walk of 11 miles from Ellastone in Staffordshire to JCB Lakes at Rocester.

• Ellastone (SK116434)
• Wootton Park
• Quixhill
• JCB Lakes
• Limestone way
• Ellastone

Deer in Wootton Park