Walks from Ambergate
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Ambergate Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Ambergate by train.
Ambergate Circular via Pentrich
Mixture of hilly and flat terrain with stiles along the way. Telling the story of the Pentrich Rising of 1817, exploring the local men who took part. Route passes through Fritchley and South Wingfield.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Walk details: Derwent Valley Line Community Rail Partnership (local insights).
Ambergate to Langley Mill
One of the world’s oldest industrial regions. Overgrown canal towpath, woodland and field crossings and ironworks remains. Follows the route of the disused Cromford Canal. Butterley Tunnel (nearly 3 km) collapsed in 1900, severing the canal into two sections.
Waterway: two thirds along the Cromford Canal.
Time: 6h (4h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Substantial tree blockages on overgrown sections; busy A610 road crossing.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Ambergate to Alfreton
Impressive views back across Amber valley. Predominantly countryside walk. Walk takes in Pentrich, where the doomed Pentrich Revolution began in June 1817 — an early working-class uprising following the Napoleonic Wars. Route follows parts of the former Cromford Canal.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Follows a busy road for a sixth of the walk. Busy A610 with lorry traffic; stiles.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Ambergate to Cromford
Terrain along a preserved canal towpath. Walk follows preserved Cromford Canal from industrial heritage site at Ambergate to Cromford, birthplace of factory system under Richard Arkwright in 1771.
Waterway: almost all along the Cromford Canal.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
Time: 4h (2h30 walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Watch out for cyclists on the towpath.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Similar walk: Derwent Valley Line Community Rail Partnership.
Ambergate to Whatstandwell
Excellent views. Unmade road, woodland paths and open parkland and field paths. No steep climbs. Follows the Midshires Way for a substantial section.
Time: 3h30 (2h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Take care crossing the A6.
Walk details: Derwent Valley Line Community Rail Partnership (local insights).
Belper to Ambergate
Footpaths, wooded valley paths, fields, stiles and tracks and a ridgeline route.
Time: 4h30 (3h walking, 1h30 lunch)
Warnings: Knee-trapper stiles; two steady climbs make this a more demanding route.
Walk details: Derwent Valley Line Community Rail Partnership (local insights).