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2022.06.01 Linear Walk from Bakewell, ~12 miles with two steep ascents, via Edensor, River Derwent, Beeley (village), Chatsworth (and its Edge) to Baslow (Nether End) – fairly strenuous.

Start in Bakewall corner of Market Street & Granby Rd (SK219.685), ~E across 2 FBs (with Padlocks) over River Wye, turn directly sharp N onto footpath turning ~ENE to cross Coombs Rd and onto FP ENE up to & across FB at SK226.687 over Monsal Trail, then NW down to & ~400m along Trail to the old Bakewell Railway Stn. Turn left into Stn Parking Area, then turn NNW up road (crossing M.Trail below), take BW ~ENE off road steeply up to road (just passed Ball Cross Farm), take FP ~SE past Moatless Plantation down to pond, ~E thru Calton Pastures (pass well above Calton House) and turn ~N thru New Piece Wood and then ~NNE on FP to Edensor, NE thru Edensor to cross B6017 Rd, ~E on FP but before Rd bridge to Chatsworth House, cross road, turn southward following River Derwent for about 1.5km, change River bank when crossing River Road Bridge at SK261.684 and continue ~S for ~900m, cross road E to the Church in Beeley (SK265.676), ~ESE then ~ENE on Road thru Beeley and continue on Track / FP along / above Beeley Brook, at SK276.678 leave FP and take path / track thru woods closer to Brook turning ~E steeply up thru Hell Bank Plantation then NE then NW to SK283.684 (OAL), ~W then ~NW thru ‘Rabbit Warren’ moor to SK270.691 to enter woods on ‘Edge’ above Chatsworth, ~200m ~W to Edge and ~N along it (on road tracks), at ~SK267.700 turn down passing artificial Pond & Waterfall and continue NNW then W (thru maintenance compounds & Farmyard Shop) to SK261.704, ~N on Road (to see airplane sculpture) then joining D.V.H.Way to Baslow (Lower part)..--- Leader Simon Gray - 18 on walk - Wednesday

7 Looking up The River Wye from the 'padlock' footbridge

9 The Queens Platinum Jubilee - 70years on the Throne occurred the day after this walk

12 looking back at Bakewell's Church

15 have just come down from footbridge onto the Monsal Trail

17 walking toward 'Bakewell's old railway station

19 road bridge before Bakewell's old railway station

20 The railway station - the tracks have been filled in up to plarform level

22 close up of facade decorations

23 the station - where passengers arrived & depaered

25 The station seen from road bridge (the bridge we passed under in picture 19

28 The 'Station Master's House, on Station Road, well above rhe station

29 on the Bridleway up toward road just beyond Ballcross Farm buildings

30 crossing the golf course after sounding a gong warning golfers of our ptesence - not too sure this is effective - bring a hard hat?

33 ducking under fallen trees across route

37 a glimpse of Ballcross Farm

38 some still arriving from bridleway

39 went up road and photographed Ballcross Farm from unimpeded spot (while waiting for tail-end walkers up Bridleway)

43 now on Footpath through 'Moatless Plantation'

52 zoomed ito pond ahead of us.

55 teabreak in Moatless Plantation

58 rain came at teabreak and we donned 'wetgear' - and of course rain then stopped.

62 looking back at pond as we enter Calton Pastures

65 yellow patches are probably recently mown fields of grass for fodder?

69 Calton Houses ahead of us, but we turned off through New Piece Wood well before towards Mauds Plantation and Edensor

76 emerging from New Piece Wood towards Mauds Plantation

78 At top left The Hunting Tower built in 1570 (surviving from Elizabeth I era). Below Chatsworth House is in middle with ancillary buildings behind. The Water fountain is to the right. The River Derwent is just visible. We later walked on the high ground (Edge) behind Chatsworth to its right (seeing the 'folly' in pictures 195 & 198) before descending skew to below The Hunting Tower.

79 closer in to Chatsworth House - River Derwent just before it.

83 sheep lolling under trees despite it not being warm

90 Spire of Edensor Church ahead

94 keeping ones hoofs dry

96 first house seen from our footpath into Edensor

97 Laburnum trees with yellow flowers.

99 Edensor Church

105 path from Edensor toward Chatsworth

106 looking back at Edensor

107 how many years old was this tree?

108 and how many years to decay to this stage?

109 a new species of horizontal tree? only found in Chatsworth?

112 cutting down from footpath towards The River Derwent

114 The River Derwent

116 and again

119 heron took off just as I took picture

121 Not sure if this is the same heron seen several times along the river

124 series of weirs along the river - one of which probably powered the old mill.

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131 the same heron again?

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137 the bridge crossing the River Derwent between Beeley Lodge* and Calton Lees - *(Beeley Lodge is not in Beeley 'village')

138 houses seen before the bridge

140 The old mill seen to the left of the River Derwent as one looks upstream from the bridge

141 looking downstream from the bridge

143 The bridge we crossed

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148 lambs giving their mother no rest


150 Beeley (village) church - St Annes

151 Dorset House (opposite St Anne's Church). The house is a listed building in Beeley (of which there are many)

152 another view of St Annes

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155 The Dukes Barn - now an adventure centre

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162 now on track close to Beeley brook

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172 crossing Beeley Brook at the top

173 into Open Access Land (Rabbit Warren)

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179 towards the woods on the Edge above Chatsworth

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183 Beeley Hilltop Farm seen below

186 History of the woods above Chatsworth

191 turning down passed artificial pond and falls

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195 The 'water conduit' supported by stone arches is visible below us with Chatsworth House also just seen. (see also next picture 198)

198 The structure, known as the Aqueduct in this picture, and 195 above, was built as a 'folly' under Joseph Paxton's direction in the 1830's to 40's. It was perhaps inspired by the Roman Aqueduct built in Segovia, Spain Paxton was from 1826 Superintendent of the Gardens at Chatsworth and became a friend of The Duke of Devonshire. The house where he lived is marked on the estate.

Sir Joseph Paxton was The Architect of The Crystal Palace for The Great Exhibition in London of 1851. The Crystal Palace was erected amazingly quickly from prefabricated elements of Iron and glass - see Wikipedia

201 zoomed into a clock tower

202 we passed this Farmyard Shop

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206 Espied a mechanical horse (not yet converted from diesel to battery power)

217 then, walking toward Nether Baslow, espied this unique airplane - apparently not flying because of congestion over this bank holiday weekend and a lack of staff.

216 Perchance found a tree (centre), planted 70 years ago in Chatsworth Park, to commemorate Queen Elizabeth II coronation in 1953 (plaque below)

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218 We passed these thatched cottages and Bar Brook, a minor unseen tributary to our left (to the River Derwent), on our way to Nether End in Baslow

230 Map showing Baslow ( & Nether End) in relation to Chatsworth Park