Derwent Valley Way to Bakewell

Walk leader: Gergely

Difficulty: Moderate

Start time: 10:30am

End time: 4pm

Start point: Matlock Cafe

Start point - What 3 Words: ///cascaded.veal.diggers

Route type: Linear

End Point: Bakewell Visitor Centre

Distance (in miles): 9

Ascent (in meters): 300

Which Ethels are included in your walk, if any?: No Ethels

Is your walk dog friendly?: Yes, well-behaved dogs kept on a lead

Full description: We meet at Matlock Café and wait for everybody in a warm space while sipping our daily espresso. At 11, we depart following the river Derwent through the Derwent Valley Way. At Rowsley we depart from the river and climb up to Bakewell.

Public transport or car sharing options: The X17 bus departs from platform D4 at Sheffield Interchange shortly after 9am, so the best is if we meet there at 9am.

From the end point - Bakewell Visitor Centre - bus 218 runs back to Sheffield every half an hour until 7pm. If you come by car to Matlock, from the end point in Bakewell there are buses back to Matlock every hour until midnight.

Please leave a comment if you do not take the 9am 218 from Sheffield Interchange to Matlock.

Be prepared:

Please remember to dress appropriately for the time of year, with enough layers, sun protection if required, a waterproof, as well as food and water. Further information on what to bring can be found on our website here: https://www.sheffieldwalkinggroup.org.uk/be-prepared

Sign-up:

Sign-up for this walk opens 5 days before the event. If you sign up and can no longer make it, please be respectful of others and remove yourself from the event so that others can take your place. We request you do this \\NO LATER THAN 6pm\\ the night before the walk.

Please note:

Sheffield 20’s and 30’s Walking Group is part of the Ramblers, a registered charity. All of our leaders are volunteers. Everyone is welcome to join us on our walks, there is no need to contact us in advance, and as long as you have a place on our Meetup booking system you can just show up. Non-members can come on up to 3 walks before joining the group. After 3 walks, we require you to sign up as a Ramblers member for insurance purposes. More information about the group can be found at https://www.sheffieldwalkinggroup.org.uk/faqs.