Door step Trails - Derbyshire / Nottinghamshire


This route is just an example of off road trails in which I term "Trails on your own door step", Not "proper" trails as such, but a mixture of narrow footpaths with a couple of miles section of "proper" trail pathways along the route, these routes are mainly public footpaths and/or former railway routes through small towns and villages.
 Many former old mineral railways are now footpaths and have been for many years, though many can be narrow footpaths now due to overgrowth,
  This particular route I will describe in sections with grid references, some of the grid references can be accessed by road, Total length probably an estimated 4 miles in length. Starts in Derbyshire (for sake of argument!!) and ends in Nottinghamshire. The first section is a footpath which runs along side a railway embankment which is very narrow in places with even narrower rickety old wooden footbridges  (SK 423 562 thru to SK 424 573), the footpath is maintained, the grass verges of the path are cut occasionally, the end of this section turns into "proper" trail pathway (SK 424 573 thru to central point of trail SK 440 577 then thru to SK 460 580) which passes thru a demolished former pit site on the old former mineral railway line, Then the final section of the trail still on the old railway line but (SK 460 580 to end SK 468 583) turns into a narrower trail/foot path as it crosses the border from Derbyshire into Nottinghamshire.

os grid references
centre of trail (small car park pull ins) SK 440 577