Last updated 18.10.2019
| Date | The walk starts at 10:30 on the 22 Oct 2019 White Edge and the Derwent |
| Walk Info | [031] Route goes along White Edge, perhaps seeing deer and hearing the bellows of stags. After a descent through Hay Wood we head south on the banks of the Derwent to Calver and on to Baslow, where we take a less-usual route to Baslow Edge to finish. |
| Distance | 16.7 km |
| Ascents | 425 m |
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Leader (long walk) |
Helen Johnson..........[01 509 260 639] --and-- [07 949 393 401]
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| Walk Info (short walk) |
[031z] The walk starts the same way as the longer one. Later it arrives at Calver, where there is a pleasant coffee shop, and finishes with a formidable 300m climb. If you can persuade your car driver to collect you at the coffee shop then the route is 10.6km and 80m of ascent. |
| Distance | 12.4 km |
| Ascents | 355 m |
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Leader (short walk) |
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| Start | In car park near crest of the hill. |
| Grid Ref | SK 262 747 |
| Travel | A619 from Chesterfield to Baslow. Then A623 to Calver. On entering the village turn R into the road set back from the main one. Take the right hand road of the pair and follow it steeply uphill for less than a mile. Car park on left.
Google Maps time from Loughborough 63 min for 52 miles |
 Try clicking on the signpost to get a map. Then zoom out for a suitable route-plan map There will be a link at the base of the map giving a "nearest postcode" for your Satnav. |
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| Aerial map of start |
For Google satellite map of the start point, click here. |
| Extra Info | The car park is pay and display, but there are free parking places down the hill to the W. |
| Toilets at start? | No - suggest calling at Baslow en route. |