Walk · Derbyshire

Eyam, Coombs Dale and Stoney Middleton

Eyam

5.2MILES

2h 50mON FOOT

250mCLIMB

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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

Hawkhill Road pay-and-display car park, Eyam

Parking

Pay-and-display at Hawkhill Road, Eyam; limited free roadside space at Stoney Middleton if you start there instead

Directions to the start →

Five miles and about three hours on a quiet limestone circuit through Coombs Dale, a dry valley of old lead workings and thorn scrub that almost nobody walks. It starts from the Hawkhill Road car park in Eyam and drops to Stoney Middleton, where the pavement stretch beside the A623 is short but noisy. Cattle are often turned out in the dale bottom in summer so a two-metre lead is needed near them, several of the old shafts are fenced rather than capped, and the brook in the dale runs dry in a hot spell, so bring water.

THE SMALL PRINTCattle graze Coombs Dale in summer, when a fixed lead of no more than two metres is required near them; old lead-mining shafts in the dale are fenced rather than capped.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · DERBYSHIRE

GRID · 53.2842, -1.6742

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Eyam, Coombs Dale and Stoney Middleton

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