Walk · Derbyshire

Elvaston Castle Country Park

Derby · DE72 3EP

3.5MILES

1h 40mON FOOT

30mCLIMB

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

Off-road 96% 4% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 40%Lane & track 56%Road with traffic 4%

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

Elvaston Castle Country Park main car park, off Borrowash Road DE72 3EP

Parking

County council pay car park, £3.50 for three hours and £7 all day, charged 8am to 8pm April to October; large but full on sunny Sundays

Directions to the start →

Three and a half flat miles and an hour and three quarters round the lake, the avenues and the old kitchen garden walls, on made paths that stay walkable in winter. Start from the county council car park off Borrowash Road, five miles south-east of Derby, where charges apply at £3.50 for three hours and £7 all day, 8am to 8pm from April to October. This is one of the most dog-used parks in the county with tie-up points by the information centre and around the courtyards, dogs need only close control on the main park but must be on a lead in the central courtyards, and dogs are not allowed into the local nature reserve at all.

THE SMALL PRINTDogs must be on a lead in the central courtyard areas and are not allowed into Elvaston's local nature reserve at all; elsewhere in the park close control is enough, and there are tie-up points by the information centre.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

REGION · DERBYSHIRE

GRID · 52.8836, -1.3811

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Elvaston Castle Country Park

House rules, decoded

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