Footpaths
The Ramblers are involved, not just in walking, but in maintaining and developing our rights of way.
In Derbyshire alone there are over 3000 miles
(of which 619 are in our group area) and we have a small group of volunteers who assist the County Council in this.
If you would like to be involved, please let us know.
Ramblers Privacy Policy
A new ‘Ramblers Volunteer Welcome’ booklet is available on request
You’ll be very welcome to join our footpath maintenance team – or help the Group in any other way.
As a volunteer you are right at the heart of our work to promote walking whilst protecting and improving the places people walk.
Tell us about a path success
Good countryside access depends on reporting all rights of way problems.
Don’t assume they have already been reported.
Take a photo if you can and report either by;
Pathwatch, Derbyshire County Council, Fix My Street, or by this website.
We are currently concentrating on a ‘Ploughing and Cropping’ campaign and seeking to monitor the significant problems this gives walkers when meeting blockages or trying to negotiate the line of a right of way.
It is an area where, because problems are relatively temporary, the County Council wrongly gives them little importance.
If you meet a problem relating to ploughing or cropping obstructions to legal rights of way please report it to the Ploughing & Cropping Campaign.
All problem reports of any sort are forwarded to the County Council Rights of Way Team.
The North Chesterfield Way route
Waymarking Public Rights of Way (Natural England)
Footpath 18 between the English Heritage sites of Bolsover Castle and Sutton Scarsdale Hall
(summer, 2013)
County council guidelines on cropping & ploughing
Although we’re glad many farmers follow the requirement to keep footpaths open for public use, there are unfortunately some who ignore the guidelines.
Free passage is essential at all times, but never more so than during the annual Chesterfield Area Walking Festival in May each year.
The Path Closure Register
Do you check on proposed changes to your
rights of way ?
You can check by parish or postcode on the County Council website.
Peak District TRO Consultations
Private or ‘unadopted’ roads in England & Wales
Understanding the British Standard for Gaps, Stiles, and Gates
Rights of Way Maps Public Rights of Way (Rowmaps)  Derbyshire Public Rights of Way (Ordnance Survey overlay)  Derbyshire Public Rights of Way (Bing aerial overlay)  Derbyshire Street View  Our Footpath Heritage on Streetview
 CNED recorded and non-recorded paths : Open Street Map  Obtain map coordinates 
In pursuit of lost ways ? 1898 map (National Library of Scotland)
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Local Councils
 Chesterfield Local Plan |
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 Bolsover Local Plan |
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 Derbyshire County Council Rights of Way |
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 Derbyshire Administrative Districts |
 NE Derbyshire Local Plan |
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Given ongoing problems with the Northern Rail timetables, check with Walksfinder or the walk leader on Hope Valley train times this summer.
