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River Derwent & Chevinside loop from Belper

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River Derwent & Chevinside loop from Belper

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River Derwent & Chevinside loop from Belper

02:33

9.15km

160m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 8, 2024

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Derwent Valley Mills WHS

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Start point

Train Station

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793 m

Belper Bridge

Highlight • Historical Site

Belper Bridge carries the A517 across the River Derwent.

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4.57 km

Belper Volunteer Battalion Target Wall

Highlight • Historical Site

Former firing range. Circa 1800, the target wall dated 1800. The range is comprised of a tall tapering target wall, aligned north east-south west. approx. 25 metres long and 5 metres high. The wall is built of coursed squared gritstone, with a heavy flat gritstone coping. To the south east of the wall are a group of 5 regularly- spaced rectangular coursed stone firing butts or platforms, the first being approx 150 metres from the wall, and spaced every 25 metres thereafter. HISTORY: the firing range was built for the local militia, The Belper Volunteer Battalion, raised by Strutt family who established the textile factory communities at Belper and Milford. Lt. Cl. Joseph Strutt was the battalion commander. The range was used during the Napoleonic Wars, and again in 1860, during the Boer War and the First World War. The firing range is important evidence of the part played by local militias in the national defence strategy of the early C19, and is a rare survival of the period.

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8.84 km

Cafe 24 Belper

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Lovely food at very reasonable prices, just off the main high street in Belper, staff are excellent as is the food. cafe24belper.com.

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9.15 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.11 km

1.77 km

1.68 km

1.67 km

1.17 km

461 m

300 m

Surfaces

2.59 km

2.53 km

2.13 km

1.38 km

277 m

244 m

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Highest point (180 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

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Saturday 22 August

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Comments

September 21, 2023,Belper to Milford hike 🚶🙂

There is so much to see along this hike, my favourite was the old Workhouse in Belper. The strangest thing I've seen in a while was a target wall which was totally unexpected, @Damian gives a good bit info on the history of the wall in highlights 👍🙂. It is huge and completely out of place. The bench I had …

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River Derwent & Chevinside loop from Belper

Belper Bridge

Belper Volunteer Battalion Target Wall

Cafe 24 Belper

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