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2021.07.14 DRONFIELD ROTARY WALK (clockwise), Coal Aston / Eckington Rd / turn off on Rd & Track ~N (to West of Community Centre & its car parking) - START at South East corner of Allotments SK365.798, ~NE to Cook Spring Wood, ~E across 2 FBs, ~SSE to and across Owler Car Lane at SK379.801, ~S past Sicklebrook Farm, then ~E to P.Hse. (nr Throwayhall), go ~S on road past Leicester Farm to B6056 Rd & ~W for short distance crossing at SK384.793, ~SSW down to Air Strip, & W along it, cross it ~S at its west end & down to cross road at SK378.787, ~W on path then road to SK372.788 (just past Summerley Farm), ~SSW past Sewage Works & cross under Railway Track to B6057 Rd, SE along rd a short distance then crossing SE thru Unstone Farm, at Unstone Hall turn ~S, then at SK369.771 ~WSW to Ouzle Bank Cottage, continue past Bull Close Farm to A61 Rd crossing Footbridge above it at SK353.762, ~350m ~NNW parallel to A61 Rd, ~W thru Lees Common, N & W along Lees Wood, at SK338.767 ~NNW to Greenfield Farm, on rd U-turn ~SSW and at SK334.768 take FP ~NNW to SK331.772, On FP WSW then WNW to Cartledge Farm & Hall, cross road at SK323.773, ~W then ~N up to Holmesfield Church, zig zag across B6054 Rd then NNW thru Holmesfield Park Wood to 'touch' road at SK316.785, ~ENE on FP along edge of H P Woods, thru Rod Moor to Mickley, follow Rod Moor Rd ~NNE, at SK329.796 cross rd and follow Barnes Lane ~E to SK343.793, Turn ~N and cross above Rail Tunnel up to Dore & Totley Golf Course SK342.799, ~E along its edge continuing cross under the the A61 at SK348.798 & continuing to the B6057 Rd, and going ~N along it, before large traffic circle follow FP ~ESE then ~E up to Coal Aston (B6065 Rd), but turn N then E then N then E back to START at SE corner of Allotments - leader Pauline Heather - 11 on walk - distance over 14 miles.


1 walking from the Community Centre Car Park towards the allotments

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7 zoomed into distant Water Tower

8 route fairly well signposted

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10 Sicklebrook Farm

11 Povey Farm across Moss Valley

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15 Povey Farm again

16 Public House, The Gate, at bottom of Leicester Road

17 recent addition in 'timber' to this stone house

18 points down Leicester Road which we walked up. Walking along B6056 Road to Footpath down to Airstrip

20 the airfield

21 the runway flanked by grass bales - wind sock at back

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25 Summerley Farm - we walked just past it before turning downwards

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28 passing through Unstone Farm

29 poppies on our way up to Ouzle Bank Farm

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34 Chesterfield Round Walk - a much longer walk overlaps with part of the Dronfield Rotary Walk

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38 a horse in it's summer finery?

39 The A61 road towards Chesterfield

40 a concrete foot bridge fortunately avoids the traffic of the busy A61 road

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47 Cartledge Hall

48 Dovecote - building separate from The Hall