Here you can find a wide range of self-guided walks in Chesterfield and the surrounding area. Just follow the links below…
LATEST – This website is all about walks in Chesterfield, but we can’t help mentioning Peter Gray’s latest book…
ON SALE NOW… “A Walk Around Cromford Village” by Peter Gray
Copies available from Scarthin Books in Cromford and online at Bannister Publications.
Also available, “A Walk Around Chesterfield’s Hidden Town Centre” – A three-mile walk around Chesterfield’s hidden (often in plain sight) town centre – never re-tracing your steps and always within a third of a mile of the Crooked Spire.
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2026 – look out for “A Sense of Chesterfield” – a new Heritage Arts trail being developed to help guide visitors and residents around Chesterfield Town Centre.
More walks in Chesterfield…
“Explore Chesterfield” and “Chesterfield’s Black and White Buildings”. Two walks in the town centre produced by Chesterfield & District Local History Society.
Historic Town Centre Walking Trail. This route, by the Borough Council, visits a number of the town’s more famous locations.
Chesterfield’s Art Trail. This trail covers the town centre and a number of other locations in and around the town – as far as Staveley.
Chesterfield 750 medieval walk. Produced in 2016 as part of the commemorations to mark the 750th Anniversary of the Battle of Chesterfield.
Rivers of Life. A 1.2 mile walk along the River Hipper to Spital Cemetery created by the Don Catchment Rivers Trust and the Friends of Spital Cemetery.
Another walk from the town centre, along the River Rother.
Holmebrook Valley Trail. Follow the Holme Brook form the town centre out to Holmebrook Valley Park. 2 miles. Devised by Don Catchment Rivers Trust.
The Crooked Spire Tower Tour. Not really a walk, but the views from the top of the tower are great.
The Ancient Chapel of Newbold. Issue 140, page 18 of the local magazine S40 has an interesting reprint of a 1915 exploration of Newbold.
Historical Tales and Traditional Ales. A route around the town centre pubs. Pick up your copy (suggested donation £1) at any of the dozen pubs in the town.
Spital Cemetery. Not a self-guided walk, but the Friends of the Spital Cemetery do a walk there once a month. The cemetery is just to the west of the town centre. S41ODZ WhatThreeWords: moss.flag.brick
and around Chesterfield…
Chesterfield Borough Council’s website has a good selection of walks and areas in which to walk. Varying lengths and terrains.
The Drone Valley Way. A 7.5 mile walk between Chesterfield and Dronfield. Devised by Dronfield Footpaths and Bridleways Society.
Countryside south of Chesterfield. A 4.5 mile circular walk in the countryside just south of Chesterfield.
The Chesterfield Canal Trust has a variety of walks based on the Chesterfield Canal
The Chesterfield Round Walk – 34 miles… around Chesterfield.
If you fancy walking (or wheeling) from Chesterfield to a nearby settlement (Staveley, Bolsover, North Wingfield, Bakewell, Dronfield etc.) all the best low/no traffic routes are here… Slow Ways.
and… because it’s there…
Chesterfield Walks 