Walk · Derbyshire

Chesterfield Canal: Tapton Lock to Staveley

Chesterfield · S41 7NH

5.4MILES

2h 25mON FOOT

30mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

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

Off-road 100% 0% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 8%Lane & track 92%

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

Tapton Lock visitor centre car park, off the A619 east of Chesterfield S41 7NH

Parking

Free car park at Tapton Lock with toilets and a visitor centre; rarely full, and the towpath starts at the gate

Directions to the start →

Five and a half miles there and back along a level, multi-user towpath from Tapton Lock towards Staveley, about two and a half hours with plenty of excuses to stop at locks. Start from the Tapton Lock car park off the A619 roundabout on the edge of Chesterfield, free and rarely full, with the visitor centre and toilets on site. The towpath is wide enough for a dog under close control rather than a lead, the canal is deep with steep banks so a dog that swims needs watching near the locks, and there are moorhens and swans nesting along the margins from spring onwards.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · DERBYSHIRE

GRID · 53.2418, -1.4152

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.DERBYSHIRE.GOV.UK/LEISURE/COUNTRYSIDE/COUNTRYSIDE-SITES/WATERWAYS-WETLANDS/CHESTERFIELD-CANAL.ASPX

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