Derwent Valley Heritage Way
Waymarked Way · Peak District
1,500
XP
a 3-day route
600 m
300 m
0 m
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Heights: Copernicus DEM GLO-30 © DLR e.V. 2010–2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014–2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA.
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Climb
531 m
Drop
715 m
Highest
218 m
Lowest
30 m
Walking time
about 17 h 32 min
A 3-day route, walked in stages. 1,500 XP for the whole route, claimed with a photo from it.
Which way round
Downhill: Easy first 35.7 km, climbs 15% for 300 m midway, comes down 24% for 230 m midway.
Uphill: Easy first 25.8 km, climbs 24% for 230 m midway, comes down 15% for 300 m midway.
Shown as the descent, the way a graded trail like this is ridden — the climb back up is usually the forest road.
Main descent: km 36.9–37.5, from 175 m to 91 m.
How the 83.3 km splits
Flat
64.5 km
Climbing
7.8 km
Steep climbing (10–15%)
0.1 km
Very steep climbing (15%+)
0.3 km
Descending
10.2 km
Very steep descending (15%+)
0.3 km
Link it with other walks
Thornhill Trail
Shares 3.0 km of path · meets at km 0.2, 0.3, 0.74.79 km
Amber Valley Routeway Walk 14
Shares 1.5 km of path · meets at km 49.310.9 km
Trent Valley Way
Shares 1.5 km of path · meets at km 77.9310.72 km
White Peak Loop
Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 25.3, 26.7, 26.8…7.42 km
Derby Nomad Way
Shares 0.4 km of path · meets at km 56.4, 77.975.68 km
Amber Valley Routeways Walk 12
Shares 0.2 km of path · meets at km 46.44.83 km
Peak District Boundary Walk
Crosses at km 25.3308.8 km
High Peak Trail
Crosses at km 39.6, 39.928.52 km
Midshires Way
Crosses at km 56.5, 78.2363.53 km
Challenges on this walk
Chatsworth and Bakewell: The Cavendish House and the Pudding Town
At km 21.3 · 277 m off the route · history250 XP
Matlock Bath: The Heights of Abraham
At km 38.0 · 329 m off the route · adventure225 XP
Cromford and Belper: Where the Factory Began
At km 39.9 · 101 m off the route · history300 XP
Derby: The Silk Mill and the Cathedral Tower
At km 67.8 · history225 XP