This walk is available all year round as a scheduled walk, with a choice of two different start times on Tuesdays and Sundays. It is also available year-round as a private booking on a date of your choice via a Personal Walking Guide. The only times this walk is not available is during our Christmas and New Year break, staff holiday periods, or when we are unable to take any bookings due to other commitments such as media work.

Personal Walking Guide bookings can be accepted on most days of the week, apart from some Saturdays and some Sundays. If you make a private booking, it is also possible to request a different start time between 9:00am and 2:00pm on most days (9:00am and 1:00pm between December 1st and February 28th). Please contact us before booking if you would like to request a different start time.

The following prices apply for this walk:

For more information on how to book places on this walk, and on private group bookings via a Personal Walking Guide, please see here. If you have any questions about the cost of this walk, please contact us via email at enquiries@derbysheritagewalks.com.

This walk is easily accessible by both car and public transport. However, due to the current situation regarding the use of public transport, we are recommending that you drive to the walk, or use other environmentally-friendly forms of personal transport such as cycling. Full details of how to get to and from the walk will be included in the walk information sheet you will be sent along with your booking confirmation, but detailed information on the various transport options is also available on our travel information page, which we try to keep as up to date as possible.

If arriving by car, there is limited "pay-and-display" parking available in the Shortlands car park at the start of the walk (33 spaces, 6 disabled). A much larger "pay-and-display" car park is available off Field Lane, next to Belper Railway Station, while a free car park is located at The Coppice just off the Market Place. If using a sat-nav, the postcode for Shortlands car park is DE56 1FB, for Field Lane car park it is DE56 1DE, and for The Coppice it is DE56 1FZ.

As this is a short urban walk, you won't need full walking gear. However, stout waterproof shoes are advisable. There is also very little shelter on much of the walk, so be sure to bring either waterproofs or an umbrella if rain has been forecast. We also recommend that you think about bringing a small bottle of water, especially if the weather is warm.

While the coronavirus crisis is still ongoing, we also ask that you bring your own facemask or similar face covering, plus your own hand sanitiser. While we endevour to maintain proper social distancing at all times on the walks, there are some occasions where it is necessary to use narrow paths. As it would be impossible in most cases to maintain proper social distancing if we were to encounter someone coming the other way along the path, the recommended advice in such a situation is to use a mask or other face covering while passing the other person. As we are not able to supply them for you, due to the high costs currently involved in obtaining supplies, it is your responsibility to provide your own, and failure to do so may result in cancellation of the walk.

Not really, as most of the walk is along public roads and paved footpaths. There are some reasonably steep hills and rough road surfaces, although the worst of these can be avoided via a slight diversion. As a result, it is all fully accessible to the great majority of wheelchair users and others with more limited mobility. If you have any concerns at all about accessibility, please contact us before booking in order to discuss your exact requirements.

As an urban walk, there is a lot going on in the area which your dog may find distracting. However, there is nothing to stop you bringing your dog if you think it can be well enough behaved. If you would like to bring your dog with you, we do ask that you inform us at the time of booking. We also ask that, due to the traffic and large number of people likely to be encountered, and the possibility of meeting other dogs, you keep your dog under close control on a short non-extendible lead at all times and do not allow it to run free under any circumstances.

Scheduled Walks

Ordinarily, we use PayPal buttons to handle booking and payment for all of our walks. However, due to the current situation, we have suspended that system, and so now if you wish to book a walk, you need to e-mail us with the details of the walk and date that you wish to book. We will then send you a PayPal invoice, which you can pay either using a PayPal account or, if you don't have access to one of those, you can pay using any debit or credit card. Other payment options are available on request - Please e-mail us for details if required.

The cost of this walk is £5.00 per person, including a £2.00 per person non-refundable deposit.

We also have discounted family tickets available for this walk - please e-mail us for details. All family tickets include a 25% non-refundable deposit.

Private Bookings

Private upgrades of scheduled walks are not currently available.

Personal Walking Guides

You can make a private booking for this walk on dates other than those on which it is normally scheduled by booking a Personal Walking Guide. This allows you to do the walk when you want to, not when we have it scheduled. We have Personal Walking Gudes available most days, except for those listed as either "unavailable" or "unavailable for private bookings" on the calendar here. Please see the table below for the days of the week on which we are able to offer Personal Walking Guide bookings for this walk.

Please ensure before booking that you have read and agree to our terms and conditions.