Walk · Derbyshire

Foremark Reservoir and Carver's Rocks

Repton · DE65 6EG

4.4MILES

2h 10mON FOOT

100mCLIMB

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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 34%Lane & track 62%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

Severn Trent Foremark Reservoir car park, off the Milton to Ticknall road DE65 6EG

Parking

Paid Severn Trent car park, large, with toilets and a kiosk; gates close at dusk, so check the board on arrival

Directions to the start →

Four and a half miles and a little over two hours round the reservoir on woodland trails, with a short spur to the sandstone outcrop and bog of Carver's Rocks at the southern end. Start from the Severn Trent car park off the Ticknall road above Milton, two miles from Repton, which is paid and closes at dusk. Severn Trent requires dogs to be on a lead at all times here because of the wildlife, the shoreline is largely fenced with no swimming, and the Carver's Rocks nature reserve section has a boardwalk over wet ground that suits paws better than the surrounding bog.

THE SMALL PRINTSevern Trent requires dogs to be kept on a lead at all times at Foremark because of the nature and wildlife on site; the reservoir shore is fenced with no dog access to the water.

REGION · DERBYSHIRE

GRID · 52.8258, -1.5061

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.STWATER.CO.UK/OUR-VISITOR-SITES/FOREMARK-RESERVOIR/

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