Walk 8: Cromford Station to Whatstandwell Station

Leave the station, turn left along the road, under the bridget to a footpath on the left. This climb leads past old lead workings on the right to find a stone step over a stile in a wall alongside a farm track. Carry on uphill over a stile into the wood and follow the well walked path to meet Hearthstone Lane. Turn left here for 75 yards then right to take a footpath across open fields which soon begins the long descent to Nether Doe Carr Wood below.

Enter the wood and carry on to the Littlemoor Brook, which is crossed by stepping stones, continue uphill and cross the road, into a small field to emerge at a crossroads. Cross over and bear right onto Long Lane, past the Rhododendron Gardens to eventually find a bridlepath on the right. Descend into Holloway and then Bracken Lane to find a footpath, just past a cottage, on the right. This leads across open parkland and down, over Gregory Tunnel, to the Cromford Canal.

Turn left to the towpath, keep the canal to the left and progress to Whatstandwell. At the third bridge (one metal, two stone), pass under the road and at the next bridge turn right to cross over the railway bridge to the station.