Walk · Derbyshire

Derwent, Howden and Slippery Stones

Bamford · S33 0AQ

10.2MILES

5hON FOOT

260mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 92% 8% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 18%Lane & track 74%Road with traffic 8%

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

Fairholmes visitor centre car park, below Derwent Dam S33 0AQ

Parking

Pay car park at Fairholmes, full by mid-morning; the valley road beyond closes to cars at weekends and bank holidays when a shuttle bus runs from Fairholmes

Directions to the start →

Ten miles and five hours on forest tracks and reservoir roads up the length of Derwent and Howden to the packhorse bridge at Slippery Stones, with barely 260 metres of climbing spread over the lot. Start at Fairholmes visitor centre, where the pay car park fills by mid-morning and the valley road above closes to cars at weekends and bank holidays, with a shuttle bus running instead. Severn Trent asks for dogs to be on a lead at all times here because of the wildlife, the shallow river above Slippery Stones is the one safe place for a swim as the reservoirs themselves are steep-sided and dangerous, and the cafe kiosk at Fairholmes has water and trail maps.

THE SMALL PRINTSevern Trent requires dogs to be kept on a lead at all times in the Upper Derwent Valley because of the nature and wildlife on site.

REGION · DERBYSHIRE

GRID · 53.4008, -1.7433

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.STWATER.CO.UK/OUR-VISITOR-SITES/UPPER-DERWENT-VALLEY/

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