Path No.

1:10,000 OS Sheet No.

Status & Description of Path or Way

Nature  of Surface

Length

Width

Remarks

Thanks to Mike Sims for providing these.

1

SK/36 NW

Footpath from Matlock Road at Stone Edge Plantation (342 673) in NW direction to the parish boundary on edge of Stanedge Golf Course.

Grass

398m 

435yds

‘Stone Edge’ bus stop, PF sign / wall squeezer-stile, grass path initially, leading to bracken and wood, damp in places. Exit at parish boundary by broken down stone-wall stile on edge of Stanedge Golf Course.

2

SK/36 NE

Footpath from Birkin Lane, Nether Moor (380 665) in N direction along Hockley Lane via Hockley to road at lodge west of All Saints Church (382 675).

Unmade Road

1162m 1271yds

Deerlands Road, PF sign, Hockley Lane no PF sign, unmade road, PF sign on exit.

At lodge, Longedge Lane.

3

SK/36 NW

Footpath from Glendale House, Matlock Road at the parish boundary (341 670) in SE direction toparish boundary NW of Yewfield Farm (343 669).

Grass

275m

301yds

CNED Rambler Group

Chesterfield Round Walk

Matlock Road north side of Glendale House, PF sign, 3 steps down onto grass path, damp in parts, recently maintained,. Chesterfield and North East Derbyshire Rambler Group   Round Walk markers, yellow marker post exit on parish boundary.

4

SK/36 NW

Footpath from the parish boundary N of Slatepit Dale (344 678) in S direction to S of Stone Edge Farm thence NW to Matlock Road E of Stone Edge (342 672) opposite Darley Road (B5057).

Tarmac / Grass

1040m 1137yds

Cattle Grids

Stone Stiles

Enclosure Award 1758

Matlock Road, metal PF sign, tarmac track and 2 cattle-grids to Stone Edge Farm,  2 stone stiles, ‘green lane’ then grass path leading to exit opposite Darley Road, (B5057) PF sign no ‘finger’.

5

SK/36 NW

Footpath from path No. 4 at Stone Edge Farm (345 672) in SE direction to path No 6 N of Gorsey Place (348 672).

Grass

275m

301yds

Stone / Wooden Stiles

Stone Edge Farm, stone-stile entrance, grass path, stone stile, boggy area, exit wooden stile / metal PF sign and gate adjacent to chicken farm.

6

SK/36 NW SK/26 NE

Footpath from the parish boundary W of Gorsey Place (347 669) in N direction thence NE to W end of road S of Harehill Plantation (352 673) Nether House Farm.

Tarmac / Stone

703m

769yds

Stone-wall Stile

Parish boundary stone-wall stile entrance, metal PF sign, tarmac / stone surfaced track,  pass chicken sheds, exit metal PF sign, Nether House Farm.

7

SK/36 NE

Footpath from Malthouse Lane NW of Salem Place (362 670) in SW direction by Stubbing Farm thence NW and W along the parish boundary to the parish boundary NE of Hazlehurst Farm (350 668).

Stone

1223m 1338yds

Stone / Wooden Stiles

Malthouse Lane, metal PF sign, surfaced track, 2 wooden 2 stone stiles, metal PF sign at parish boundary.

8

SK/36 NE

Footpath from Malthouse Lane E of Steep Lane (355 674) in NE direction crossing path No. 9 in Pearce Hill Plantation to Harper Hill at Swathwick (363 678) adjacent 'Longlands'.

Grass

917m

1003yds

Stone / Wooden Stiles

Footbridge

Enclosure Award 1758

Malthouse Lane, PF sign, stone-stile entrance, field path, boggy area by wooden stile leading to footbridge, 4 wooden stiles South Chesterfield Way (SCW) markers from junction footpath 9, exit by metal PF sign Swathwick Lane adjacent to ‘Longlands‘.

9

SK/36 NE

Swathwick Lane SW of Harperhill House (356 678) in SE direction between Harperhill Plantation and Clayton Nether Wood through Peasehill Plantation crossing path No. 8 to Watson Lane/Pearce Lane junction (363 673).

Grass

887m

970yds

Wooden Stiles

Enclosure Award 1758

Diversion Order 1998

DCC Ref: x 1240

Swathwick Lane, metal PF sign, SCW, grass path, 6 wooden stiles, PF sign exit junction Watson  Lane / Pearce Lane.

10

SK/36 NE

Footpath from the parish boundary SE of Broadgorse Farm (356 682 in SE direction to road E of Harper Hill House Farm (357 679).

Grass

275m

301yds

Stone Slab Footbridge

Wooden Stiles

Parish boundary stone-slab bridge, field path, 2 wooden stiles, exit PF sign adjacent Harper Hill House Farm.

11

SK/36 NE

Swathwick Lane S of Harper Hill House Farm (357 679) in SE direction by Clayton Nether Wood and Green Wood to path No. 8 SE of Green Wood (361 677).

Grass

428m

468yds

Stone-Wall Stile

Metal Gate

Wooden Stiles

Harper Hill House Farm, PF sign, stone-wall stile / metal gate opposite, field path,

5 wooden stiles to join footpath 8.

12

SK/36 NE

Malthouse Lane NE of Stubbing Court (359 674) in N direction crossing footbridge over stream to Path No. 8 at Pearcehill Plantation (359 676).

Grass

183m

201yds

Wooden Stile

Wooden Footbridge

47 Steps

Enclosure Award 1758

Malthouse Lane, metal PF sign / stone-stile, field path, wooden stile, hardcore walkway, wooden footbridge, boggy area, stone stile, 47 steps to join footpaths 8 and 9. 

13

SK/36 NE

Rear of Ivy Spring Farm from path No. 14 at Swathwick (363 679) in N direction to the parish boundary S of Walton Wood (363 683).

Grass

398m

435yds

Stone-Squeezer Stile

Stone Slab Footbridge

Ivy Spring Farm, rear entrance SCW, field path, 3 wooden stiles, stone squeezer-stile, stone-slab over stream at parish boundary.

14

SK/36 NE

Footpath from N side of Swathwick Lane (363 678) opposite path No. 8, S of Ivy Farm, in an ENE direction across paddock.  Then along N side of field boundary N of Swathwick Farm, turning briefly SE before continuing ENE along N side of field boundary.  Then generally NE between S boundary of Cockshots Wood and rear gardens of house on Chartwell Avenue, then crossing playing field.  Then continuing ENE through SE corner of Widdowson Spring Wood and finally NE across field to footbridge over Birdholme Brook (372 686) at the parish boundary, SE of Chesterfield Golf Course.

Grass

1300m

1422yds

3 footbridges: 

3642 6795; 3695 6837; 3716 6868

6 stiles:

3628 6786; 3631 6789; 3643 6795; 3656 6795; 3673 6823; 3695 6837 

Diversion Order 1975

DCC Ref: C1331

Swathwick Lane opposite footpath 8, metal PF sign / stone stile entry, field path, walkway rear Chartwell Avenue, stone-stile entry to playing field, stone-squeezer stile, stone-slab footbridge wood end, concrete-slab footbridge exit at Birdholme Brook.

South Chesterfield Way (Chesterfield to Clay Cross)

15

SK/36 NE

Swathwick Lane - 'The Shieling' SE of Swathwick (365 678) in NW direction thence NE to path No. 14 SW of Cockshots Wood (365 679).

Grass

183m

201yds

Wooden Stiles

Swathwick Lane, opposite ‘The Shieling’, metal post, no PF sign,  4 wooden stiles, exit joins footpath 14.

16

SK/36 NE

Footpath from Malthouse Lane at Salem Chapel (362 670) in SE direction crossing small stream thence NE to exit adjacent 'Bellamare Stables' (367 670).

Grass

550m

602yds

Footbridge

Stone / Wooden Stiles

17

SK/36 NE

Footpath from junction of Birkin Lane and Bole Hill Lane N of Bolehill Farm (367 668) in NW direction to path No. 16 (366 669).

Grass

153m 167yds

Stone steps

18

SK/36 NE

Footpath from Birkin Lane N of Carrhouse Farm (363 666) in S direction by W of Carrhouse Farm and E of Ivyspring Wood to the parish boundary NE of Manor House (362 660).

Stone / Grass

642m 702yds

Wooden Gate

Wooden Stile

Carr House Farm, Birkin Lane, PF sign, stone-track, wooden gate, field path, wooden stile / metal gate to parish boundary.

19

SK/36 NE

Footpath from Bolehill Lane at N end of Black Wood (367 663) in SW direction to the parish boundary (365 659).

Grass

398m

435yds

Stone / Wooden Stiles

20

SK/36 NE

Footpath from Birkin Lane E of junction with Bolehill Lane (369 669) in SW direction thence NW to Bolehill Lane S of Bolehill Farm (367 667).

Grass

336m

368yds

3 stiles

Stone / Wooden Stiles

Birkin Lane entrance by stile / metal gate, stone-wall stile to squeezer-stile Bay Tree Farm drive, exit Bolehill Lane.

21

SK/36 NE

Footpath from New Road S of Hill Houses (373 671) in SW direction crossing Tricket Brook thence S to Birkin Lane E of Wingerworth Garden Centre (371 669).

Grass

367m

401yds

Footbridge

Steps

Wooden Stile

New Road (opposite no.27) overgrown entrance, no PF sign, 5 steps to field path, footbridge, wooden stile , PF sign exit Wingerworth Garden Centre, Birkin Lane.

22

SK/36 NE

Footpath from Hillhouses Lane E of Bradbury Wood (371 672) in NE direction to road S of Barley Mow Inn (372 675)

Grass

336m 368yds

Wooden Stile

Footbridge

23

24

SK/36 NE

SK/36 SE

Footpath from Bolehill Lane at the parish boundary and SW of Redcarr Hillside (368 658) in SE direction along the parish boundary thence through Britton Wood and crossing path No. 25 to Press Lane at S end of Britton Wood (374 644).

Woodland Track / Grass

1590m 1739yds

Stone / Wooden Stiles

Wooden / Metal Gate

Bolehill Lane parish boundary, sloping metal PF sign, grass path through Redcar Hillside, CNEDRG Round Walk / SCW markers, metal gate, 2 wooden stiles, barbed wire on stile, field path to Britton Wood , exit Press Lane by metal PF sign /  wooden gate.

25

SK/36 SE

Footpath from Ashover Road NW of Woodthorpe Grange (376 647) in NW then W direction through Britton Wood crossing path No. 24 to parish boundary at W side of Britton Wood (372 647).

Stone / Grass

367m

401yds

Wooden Stile

Ashover Road, PF sign, gate entrance, stone track, opposite footpath 27, field path, 2 wooden stiles, access to Britton Wood approved DCC, exit joins footpath 24.

26

SK/36 NE

Footpath from Stockmoor Lane SE of Hardwick Wood (379 656) in W thence SW direction by S side of Hardwick Wood crossing path No. 24 to the parish boundary (370 654).

Grass

978m 1070yds

Wooden Steps

Stocksmoor Lane, CNEDRA Round Walk marker, 3 wooden stiles, wooden steps, stone stile, exit joins footpath 24.

27

SK/36 NE

Footpath from Ashover Road NW of Woodthorpe Grange (376 647) in S direction to Mill Lane NW of Woodthorpe Mill (377 643).

Tarmac / Grass

398m 435yds

2 Wooden Stiles

Ashover Road, tarmac drive to Woodthorpe Grange, wooden stile, field path,

overgrown for 50m to exit on Mill Lane, 25m from entrance to Willett Park Homes.

28

SK/36 NE

SK/36 SE

Footpath from Stockmoor Lane at NW corner of Cowlishaw Wood (379 656) in S direction by side of wood thence SW to Ashover Road NE of Woodthorpe Grange (377 648).

Grass

734m

803yds

Stone / Wooden Stiles

Metal Gate

Stocksmoor Lane junction footpath 26, grass path, overgrown / damp in places, 4 wooden stiles, metal gate / stone stile exit Ashover Road., east of Ash Tree Cottages.

29

SK/36 NE

SK/36 SE

Footpath from path No. 28 W of Cowlishaw Wood (379 652) in SE direction along the parish boundary to Ashover Road W of Woodthorpe Hall (380 648).

Tarmac / Grass

367m

401yds

Stone / Wooden Stiles

Metal Gate

Footpath 28, stone stile, metal gate / wooden stile, tarmac track, field path exit adjacent 160 Ashover Road, PF sign follows then exit at parish boundary .

30

SK/36 NE

Footpath from S side of Nethermoor Road (384 663) SW of Woodland Grove, in a generally SSW direction along access track for "The Hideaway".  Then continuing S along track by W of "The Hideaway", then generally SSW through fields following E boundary of Carr Plantation.  Then across small paddock to stone steps leading onto Martins Lane (unclassified county road) and finally ESE along N edge of lane to GR 384 656 E of its junction with path No. 31, NE of Cowlishaw Wood.

Stone / Tarmac / Grass

850m 929yds

1.8m*

Stone steps

Fieldgate with stile

Handgate with stile

4 Stiles

Diversion Order 1968

DCC Ref: X740

Diversion Order 1984*

DCC Ref: X1320

Nethermoor Road, opposite ‘Woodland Lodge’, PF sign, tarmac drive to ‘The Hideaway’, grass / field path, 5 wooden stiles, 5 stone steps, exit metal gate / wooden stile, Martins Lane, junction footpath 31.

Chesterfield & NE Derbyshire Round Walk

31

SK/36 NE

Footpath from side of Martins Lane (384 656) SE of Carr Plantation, in a generally SSW the ESE then S direction around W edge of fields.  Then E adjacent to N boundary of Mulberry Wood, before entering wood and continuing S along wide track to the parish boundary (384 651) NE of Woodthorpe Hall.

Grass

600m 656yds

2m*

2 Wooden Stiles

3837 6561; 3839 6548

Metal Stile / Gate

Diversion Order 1980 

DCC Ref: X1150

Martins Lane, PF sign no ‘finger’ post, field path, 3 wooden stiles, Mulberry Wood damp in places, exit metal stile / gate at parish boundary.

Chesterfield & NE Derbyshire Round Walk

32

SK/36 NE

Footpath from E side of A61 Derby Road (391 666) N of Redleadmill Bridge, in an ENE direction across waste ground S of Hunloke Estate.  Then generally NE inside SE boundary of recreation ground, then continuing ENE through fields.  Then N along E side of field boundary and finally NNE, crossing path No. 37 and continuing to S side of Mill Lane (397 671) SE of the former Avenue coking works.  Between its junction with path No. 37 and Mill Lane, the path is obstructed by a railway embankment for approx. 20m.

Grass 

850m 929yds

Wooden Stile

Metal Style / Gate

3965 6692; 3953 6686; 3941 6679

Opencast Coal Order 1950 

Revocation Order 1958

DCC Ref: X320   

Diversion Order 1970

DCC Ref: X789

33

SK/36 NE

Footpath from Derby Road S of the Hunloke Arms (PH) (388 676) in SW direction to Longedge Rise NW of All Saints Church (384 675).

Stone

489m 535yds

34

SK/36 NE

Longedge Lane(adjacent 134) opposite lodge to Wingerworth Hall (381 675) in NE direction then N and then E to exit at 110/112 Longedge Lane (382 676).

Grass

206m

225yds

Stopping-up Order 1954

DCC Ref: X401

Longedge Lane (no.134) inaccessible grass entrance, exit 110 / 112 Longedge Lane.

35

SK/36 NE

Footpath opposite 566 Derby Road SE of Birdholme Farm (385 683) in NW direction crossing River Rother to the parish boundary (388 685).

336m

368yds

Footbridge

Stone Steps

Derby Road, opposite no.566, PF sign, 6 stone steps, field path to stone bridge, last 50m overgrown to parish boundary.

36

SK/36 NE

Cul de sac footpath from the parish boundary at stone bridge over River Rother (396 679) NW of Avenue Farm, in a WSW direction along N edge of field, then continuing via tunnel to W side of railway (394 679) adjacent to NE boundary of the former Avenue coking works.

Stone / Grass

160m

174yds

Stone Footbridge

3958 6794

Stile:

3947 6789

Stopping-up Order 1956

DCC Ref: X458

Temporary Stopping-up Order 1993

DCC Ref: X2204 (valid until 29/7/94) 

Path severed as a result of 1956 Order and part incorporated with Derby Road (adopted carriageway) and remaining length renumbered 40. 

Parish boundary stone footbridge via tunnel under railway line to Avenue Works boundary .

37

SK/36 NE

Footpath from the parish boundary at footbridge over Redleadmill Brook (397 667) SW of Grange Farm in a NNE direction across field.  Then NNW along stone track, crossing path No. 32 and continuing to S side of Mill Lane (397 671) SE of the former Avenue coking works.

Stone / Grass

340m 371yds

Wooden Footbridge:

3970 6674

Fieldgate with stile:

3966 6705

Opencast Coal Order 1950 

Revocation Order 1958 

DCC Ref: X320 

Stopping-up Order 1954 

DCC Ref: X439 

Path severed as a result of 1954 Order and remaining length renumbered 41.

Parish boundary wooden footbridge, field  / stone path to exit Mill Lane. 

38

SK/36 SE

Short footpath from road opposite Bateman Mill Country Hotel to the parish boundary E of Woodthorpe House (378 642)

Tarmac

31m

33yds

Mill Lane, opposite Bateman Mill Country Hotel, tarmac drive to parish boundary.

39

SK/36 NE

Footpath from W side of turning head at N end of Belfit Drive (379 667) opposite path No. 42, in a W direction along tarmacadam path between house No's 39 & 41.  Then SW adjacent to N side of house No. 15 to N side of Nethermoor Road (378 666) at S end of Wingerworth Lido.

Tarmac

120m

132yds

2 overlap barriers: 

3786 6668; 3781 6665

Stopping-up Order 1962

DCC Ref: X611

Path severed by Belfit Drive and part incorporated within Deerlands Road and Nether Close (adopted carriageways) and remaining length renumbered 42.

Belfit Drive (no.39 / 41) opposite footpath path 42, tarmac path to Wingerworth Lido, 2 overlap barriers.

40

41

SK/36 NE

Cul de sac footpath from S side of Mill Lane (397 671) midway between two railway bridges, in a generally SSE direction across grassy embankment to boundary fence on E side of railway branch line into former Avenue coking works (397 670) W of Grange Farm.

Grass

120m

132yds

Opencast Coal Order 1950

Revocation Order 1958 

DCC Ref: X320 

Stopping-up Order 1954

DCC Ref: X439

Formerly part of path No. 37, severed as a result of 1954 Order and renumbered.

Mill Lane entrance between two railway bridges, grass embankment to parish boundary.

42

SK/36 NE

Short footpath from E side of turning head a N end of Belfit Drive (380 667) opposite path No. 39, SE of Wingerworth Lido, in an E direction along tarmacadam path between house No's 20 and 32 to W side of Deerlands Road (380 667) between house No's 33 and 35.

Tarmac

70m

76yds

Stopping-up Order 1962 

DCC Ref: X611 

Formerly part of path No. 39, severed by Belfit Drive (adopted carriageway) and renumbered.

Belfit Drive (no. 20 / 32) opposite footpath 39, tarmac path exit,  Deerlands Road (no. 33 / 35).