Walk · Derbyshire

Matlock to Cromford and High Peak Junction

Matlock

6.2MILES

3h 20mON FOOT

200mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

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

Off-road 88% 12% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 44%Lane & track 44%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

Matlock station car park, beside the platform on the Derwent Valley line

Parking

Pay-and-display at Matlock station and at Hall Leys Park; both fill on summer weekends, when the train from Derby is easier

Directions to the start →

Six miles and about three and a quarter hours down the Derwent gorge to Cromford, along the canal to High Peak Junction and back on the woodland paths above Matlock Bath. Start at Matlock station, where the pay-and-display is next to the platform and the Derwent Valley line puts Derby and Nottingham within reach without a car. The canal towpath is level and dog-easy with close control enough, but the river paths are grazed in places and the gorge sections above Matlock Bath are steep with drops; there are refreshments and water at the High Peak Junction visitor centre.

THE SMALL PRINTSections of the riverside are grazed and need a two-metre lead near stock, and the steep woodland paths above Matlock Bath have unfenced drops close to the route.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

Off-lead allowed

REGION · DERBYSHIRE

GRID · 53.1394, -1.5583

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.DERBYSHIRE.GOV.UK/LEISURE/COUNTRYSIDE/COUNTRYSIDE-SITES/WATERWAYS-WETLANDS/CROMFORD-CANAL.ASPX

Matlock to Cromford and High Peak Junction

House rules, decoded

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