Walk · Derbyshire

Five Pits Trail: Grassmoor to Holmewood

Chesterfield

6MILES

2h 45mON FOOT

130mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

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

Off-road 98% 2% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 10%Lane & track 88%Road with traffic 2%

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

Grassmoor Country Park car park, off the B6038 south of Chesterfield

Parking

Free car park at Grassmoor Country Park, around 50 spaces; further free parking at Holmewood and Williamthorpe along the trail

Directions to the start →

Six miles there and back on a surfaced, off-road trail across old colliery country, two and three quarter hours, with rolling gradients rather than the flat you would expect from a railway path. Start at Grassmoor Country Park car park, free and reached off the B6038 south of Chesterfield, with space for around 50 cars. The trail is traffic-free and shared with cyclists and horse riders so close control is enough, the ponds along the way are fenced in places but Williamthorpe gives shallow access, and the reclaimed grassland is grazed in stretches, which means a lead near the stock.

House rules, decoded

Off-lead allowed

Livestock — leads on

REGION · DERBYSHIRE

GRID · 53.2058, -1.4142

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.DERBYSHIRE.GOV.UK/LEISURE/COUNTRYSIDE/ACCESS/WALKING/WALKS-AND-TRAILS/FIVE-PITS-TRAIL.ASPX

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