Leawood Pumphouse
This is an enjoyable end-to-end walk of the surviving western section of the Cromford Canal, looking at the history of the Canal and the various industries it once served.
The walk begins at Cromford Wharf, which once served the huge cotton mills of Richard Arkwright where the Industrial Revolution was born. Following the canal southwards, it passes High Peak Junction, site of one of the earliest railway workshops in the world, and the preserved Leawood Pumphouse, which supplied water for the canal by drawing it from the river below. It then continues along the canal through Whatstandwell, finally ending where the line of the canal is broken by modern industrial construction at Ambergate. The entire length of the Canal is a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) due to the diverse wildlife found along its length, while the section from Whatstandwell Bridge to Ambergate is also a Local Nature Reserve (LNR). Besides the other wildlife that can be seen along its length, the Canal has also become a haven for the Water Vole, under threat elsewhere from the introduced American Mink.
When is this walk available?
This walk is available on a date of your choosing from March 1st to November 30th. Scheduled walks take place at least once each month from March to November. It may also be booked as a private booking via a Personal Walking Guide between the same dates.
Is this walk Covid-secure?
At Derbyshire Heritage Walks we follow all current government and industry guidelines, and all of our guides have been fully vaccinated. Therefore you can be confident that this walk is as Covid-secure as we can possibly make it. Details of how we do this can be found here.
Will we have the exclusive services of the guide?
All of our open and scheduled walks are open to all. If you book onto either of these types of walk, then there is a chance that there may well be other people on the walk with you. If you wish to have the exclusive services of the guide, you MUST book a Personal Walking Guide.
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