Ambergate Walks & Route Maps

Beautiful woodland walk through Shinning Cliff Woods, a SSSI because of the array of flora and fauna to be found here. It is particularly delightful in spring when you can see carpets of bluebells under the coppiced sycamore trees.

Legend has it that a bough of a tree in the woods was hollowed out and used to cradle children and was the inspiration for the nursery rhyme 'Rock-a-bye-baby'.

PLEASE NOTE: There is a fair bit of road walking at the start and end of this walk so not best for kids and dogs. It is hilly in places with some quite steep climbs, and care is needed on the quarry edges. The woods can get muddy in wet weather. Refreshments are available in the village of Ambergate.

The start of this walk is somewhat uninteresting but soon becomes more intriguing. You will climb up through Crich Chase to open countryside and along the edge known as The Tors. You will then arrive at the village of Crich which was the setting for the TV series 'Peak Practice'.

The route skirts the village to the west before arriving at the National Tramway Museum. It continues on the the view point a top Crich Cliff before descending through Leashaw Wood for the return along the canal path.

There is some road walking and are some steep climbs and descents on this walk but you will find it very rewarding! Refreshments are available in the villages.