Walks near Worksop by train
Nottinghamshire · East Midlands
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Grindleford Circular via Surprise View (Derbyshire)
45 minutes from Worksop, with one change.
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.
Hilly: a quarter on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Woodland: a third under tree cover.
Time: 2h–4h
Walk details: Let's Go Peak District (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hathersage Circular via Stanage Edge (Derbyshire)
1 hour from Worksop, with one change.
Green valley, gritstone escarpment edge, open moorland plateaus, ancient hill fort, narrow wooded gorge with tumbling waterfalls and quiet river pastures.
Time: 5h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hope Circular via Hope Cross (Derbyshire)
1 hour from Worksop, with one change.
The most magnificent views of the Hope Valley, the Edale Valley and even into the Derwent Valley. Hill trails over moorland and an old Roman road. Detailed route map, photographs and route preview video available.
Time: 3h–6h
Walk details: Let's Go Peak District (tips, photos, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Sheffield to Meadowhall Interchange (Yorkshire)
30 minutes direct from Worksop.
Flat urban canal towpaths and riverside paths along the Sheffield & Tinsley Canal and Five Weirs Walk, past Victoria Quays and the Tinsley locks. An easy waterside start to the trail.
Victoria Quays: A large canal basin in Sheffield constructed 1816-1819 as the terminus of the Sheffield Canal.
The Sheffield & Tinsley Canal: A canal opened in 1819 to link the city with the navigable River Don, famous for featuring in the opening scenes of the film The Full Monty.
Walk details: Penistone Line Trail / Penistone Line Partnership (PDF).
Sheffield to Bamford (Yorkshire)
30 minutes direct from Worksop.
Urban streets, landscaped Victorian cemetery, municipal parkland, narrow wooded valley, open moorland, rugged gritstone edges and a scenic descent into lush valley.
Time: 6h30
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hathersage to Bamford (Derbyshire)
1 hour from Worksop, with one change.
Gritstone edges, open moorland, pastures with views, ancient oak woods, plantation woods, reservoir shore and Hope Valley.
Time: 6h30
Warnings: Steep descents.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Bamford to Grindleford (Derbyshire)
1 hour from Worksop, with one change.
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.
Hilly: three fifths on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Time: 5h–9h30
Warnings: Hard terrain; rocky gritstone boulders to traverse.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Bamford to Edale (Derbyshire)
1 hour from Worksop, with one change.
Steep ascent to heathery ridge, exposed moorland, gritstone escarpments, upland peat bog and scenic ridgeline with panoramic valley views.
Time: 6h30
Warnings: Steep ascents and descents.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Hope to Edale (Derbyshire)
1 hour from Worksop, with one change.
Commanding views from the top. Rough stone steps. The Great Ridge forms the divide between the limestone White Peak and the peaty gritstone Dark Peak. An ancient culture built a hillfort on Mam Tor.
Hilly: half on high ground, rising above the surrounding land.
Time: 4h30–8h30
Warnings: Rough stone steps; busy road at the pass; cattle grid.
Walk details: Walk Midlands (tips, photos and local insights).
Hope to Hathersage (Derbyshire)
1 hour from Worksop, with one change.
Limestone and gritstone uplands, pastures with panoramic views, landslip area, dry limestone gorge, collapsed cave dale, upland moor and scenic river descent.
Time: 7h
Warnings: Can be muddy.
Walk details: the Saturday Walkers Club (tips, local insights and turn-by-turn directions).
Ambergate to Alfreton (Derbyshire)
1 hour from Worksop, with one change.
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: 3h–6h
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).
Chesterfield Circular via the Cuckoo Way (Derbyshire)
45 minutes from Worksop, with one change.
Canal towpath (the Cuckoo Way) running 46 miles from the Trent to central Chesterfield. Out-and-back along an attractive market-town waterway and with kingfishers and water voles to look out for.
Walk details: East Midlands Railway (tips, photos and local insights).