Walk · Derbyshire

Bakewell to Chatsworth by Ball Cross

Bakewell

6.8MILES

3h 30mON FOOT

250mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 88% 12% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 58%Lane & track 30%Road with traffic 12%

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

Bakewell Recreation Ground car park, then up Coombs Road and into Manners Wood

Parking

Pay-and-display at Bakewell Recreation Ground; the Chatsworth car park at the far end charges separately and is free to Chatsworth members

Directions to the start →

Just under seven miles and about three and a half hours, climbing through Manners Wood and over Ball Cross before dropping into Chatsworth park and returning across Calton Pastures. Start at the Bakewell Recreation Ground car park; if you would rather halve the climbing, park at Chatsworth itself and walk it the other way round. Chatsworth requires dogs on a lead everywhere in the park and garden because of the deer and grazing sheep, dogs are barred from the farmyard and playground though there are tie-up posts outside, and there are drinking stations at the stables courtyard.

THE SMALL PRINTDogs must be on a lead at all times in Chatsworth park and garden because of livestock and deer, and are not allowed in the farmyard or adventure playground; tie-up posts stand outside the farmyard and by the Game Larder.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

Water bowls

REGION · DERBYSHIRE

GRID · 53.2160, -1.6740

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.CHATSWORTH.ORG/VISIT-CHATSWORTH/VISITOR-INFORMATION/VISITING-WITH-YOUR-DOG/

Bakewell to Chatsworth by Ball Cross

House rules, decoded

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