Wirksworth, Stoney Wood and the National Stone Centre

Four and a half miles and about two and a half hours on the county council's waymarked circuit out of Wirksworth, climbing through old quarry ground to the National Stone Centre and back by Stoney Wood. Start from the Barmote Croft car park in the town centre, pay-and-display and a minute from the market place. The route uses field paths with squeeze stiles where sheep graze so a two-metre lead is needed near stock, the quarry faces are fenced but the drops behind them are real, and Stoney Wood at the end has shade and a stream in wet weather but nothing reliable in summer.