Walk · Derbyshire

Ashbourne tunnel and Church Banks stroll

Ashbourne · DE6 2AA

2.6MILES

1h 10mON FOOT

50mCLIMB

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The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 80% 20% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 18%Lane & track 62%Road with traffic 20%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

Mapleton Lane car park, Ashbourne, at the Tissington Trail head DE6 2AA

Parking

Pay-and-display at Mapleton Lane with toilets; the Shawcroft town car park is a five-minute walk away if it is full

Directions to the start →

Two and a half miles there and back, an hour at most, out through the lit railway tunnel under the town and back by the Henmore Brook and Church Banks. Start from the Mapleton Lane car park at the Tissington Trail head, pay-and-display and the closest parking to the tunnel mouth. Level and surfaced almost throughout, so a good short leg-stretch for a dog that cannot manage hills, with close control rather than a lead needed on the trail, a shallow paddle in the Henmore, and a short pavement section on Church Street where a lead goes back on.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · DERBYSHIRE

GRID · 53.0219, -1.7392

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.PEAKDISTRICT.GOV.UK/VISITING/PLANNING-YOUR-VISIT/DOGS

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