We are the Chase & District Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.
Hello Everyone
A Derbyshire ramble for us this Sunday with walk leaders Jan & Karl at the helm from ever popular Hartington. Lumpy terrain throughout makes this a Moderate grade event featuring a mixture of timber stiles, step-over stone stiles, squeeze-though stiles etc. Well trodden paths pretty much throughout with a little road walking thrown in.
Fancy it? You're welcome to join us! Ideally let us know you're coming a day or two beforehand please if this is your first time with Chase & District group so that we can keep our 👀's open for you at the start, bearing in mind that Hartington is a busy place on Sunday mornings full of other walkers often with different Ramblers groups. Thank you.
Registration: 09.45. Walk start: 10.00. Walk leaders: Karl (07403 756416) & Jan (07917 875509)
Loo's available near the start.
A choice of pubs or a cafe for our usual post walk refreshments.
See you there on Sunday morning!
Directions primarily for our own members or anyone arriving from the south on the A515. ⚠️ Please note that the A515 through Ashbourne town centre is closed necessitating a lengthy diversion which is best avoided if you can. For this reason we'll bring you in on a route off to the west via Waterhouses, Winkhill, Onecote, and Warslow which is only a few minutes longer than the usual A515 route north of Ashbourne.
The walk start is located on the B5054 in Hartington village square. Various parking options are available nearby as detailed below.
From your home location northwards to Ashbourne either via Sudbury (A515) or Uttoxeter/Rocester/Mayfield (B5013/B5031/B5032), direction Ashbourne. If on the A515 pass the Ashbourne town sign, then turn left at the island, direction Leek A52. 0.25 mile later turn left again onto the A52 and continue for 4.5 miles until it merges into the A523 just past Swinscoe. From here proceed on the A523 for a further 5.5 miles through Waterhouses and Winkhill, to the crossroads with the B5053 at Bottom House, 200 yards past the Mehek restaurant on your right.
Turn right onto the B5053 and follow the course of this scenic road via Onecote and Warslow for 5.5 miles to turn right shortly after Warslow onto the B5054, signed for Hartington. After 2.5 miles enter Hartington and park up anywhere as indicated on the satellite image in the photos above.
If on the B5013/B5031/B5032 you can pick up the A52 by turning left at the T-junction in Mayfield, then as above.
In the village centre either park on the roadside opposite the Charles Cotton Hotel, or turn off to the left at the village square and park on the roadside near the duck pond with due consideration for local residents. Alternatively, roadside parking is possible on the B5054 just past the toilet block on your right, or Parson's Field council car park is located on your left as you enter the village at £6.20 all day.
Once parked walk over to the meeting point in the village square, again as indicated on the screenshot and the regular road atlas map herewith.
Anglesey Street rail station car park Hednesford, adjacent to Hednesford Ex-servicemen's Club midway down the street, not the Poundstrecher car park nearer the town centre. ⚠️Height restriction. Meet here at 08.15 prompt.
Hartington village square, Derbyshire. Various parking options nearby as per the satellite screenshot above. ⚠️🅿️Please keep the small car park at the toilet block clear for those needing the facility. Thank you.
