Walks from Grindleford
MapBeautiful walks starting or ending at Grindleford Station.
Alternatively, view walks you can reach directly from Grindleford by train.
Grindleford Circular via Surprise View
Quite possibly the best views in the whole of the Hope Valley. Ancient mixed woodland with rocky brook and footbridges, open moorland and gritstone edge. Detailed route map, photographs and route preview video available. Extensive woodland.
Walk details: Let's Go Peak District (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Grindleford Circular via Chatsworth Estate
Ancient oak woodland, gritstone escarpments (edges), open moorland, landscaped parkland, river valley, marshland, wooded wetland and quiet pastures.
Time: 6h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Bamford to Grindleford
Spectacular gritstone Stanage Edge. Gritstone edges including Stanage Edge and Burbage Edge, moorland, woodland and riverside paths. Gritstone edges carved by ice age glaciers; historically used for millstone quarrying. Pride and Prejudice film location. Extensive woodland.
Warnings: Hard terrain; rocky gritstone boulders to traverse.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Dronfield to Grindleford
Grindleford Circular via Chatsworth Estate
Ancient oak woodland, gritstone escarpments, open upland moorland (Big Moor), exposed White Edge ridge, river valley and landscaped parkland.
Warnings: More exposed, hilly.
Source: An alternative variant of Grindleford Circular via Chatsworth House – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hathersage to Grindleford
Green valley, gritstone escarpment edge, open moorland plateaus, ancient hill fort and narrow wooded gorge with tumbling waterfalls.
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Source: A shorter variant of Hathersage Circular via Stanage Edge Higger Tor and Padley Gorge – the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).