Rother Valley Country Park – Chesterfield Canal loop from Dronfield

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North East Derbyshire

Dronfield

Rother Valley Country Park – Chesterfield Canal loop from Dronfield

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Rother Valley Country Park – Chesterfield Canal loop from Dronfield

04:51

64.3km

390m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 35.5 km for 285 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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12.1 km

Staveley Town Canal Basin

Lake

15.3 km

Clinker Wood

Forest

18.7 km

Killamarsh Central Station (Disused)

Highlight • Structure

Killamarsh was a railway station in Killamarsh, North East Derbyshire, England which served the village (now town) from its opening in 1899 until its closure in 1930. It was situated …

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23.5 km

Rother Valley Country Park

Highlight • Lake

Rother Valley Country Park is composed of four lakes, nature reserves and areas of parkland. The park was built on land that was open cast for coal, with the main …

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23.7 km

Entrance to Rother Valley Country Park

Highlight • Trail

Route from TPT in to Rother Valley

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25.2 km

Trans Pennine Trail: Brimington to Staveley Section

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Smooth and relatively quiet section of old railway between Brighton and Staveley. Part of the wider Trans Pennine Trail and Route 67 of the Sustrans network.

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35.6 km

Bluebank Pools

Nature Reserve

39.0 km

Chesterfield Canal

Highlight • Structure

Smooth and fast surface.

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39.1 km

View of the Crooked Spire from Tapton Lock

Highlight • River

Good view of the spire near Tapton Lock. Coffee Etc available check times open

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47.1 km

Avenue Washlands

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Smooth gravel track that leads to the much larger Avenue Reclamation Site

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48.9 km

The Avenue Washlands Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

The trail is designed to connect with the existing NCN route 67 between Chesterfield and Grassmoor, being a new trail it currently lacks signage so finding it and following it is harder than you would expect.

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64.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types