Access for All
Ever wondered where you can access in the countryside?
Ever wondered how to get started?
Ever wandered……on a tramper?
Derbyshire is the perfect place to explore for people of all abilities. Traffic free trails, bridleways and byways connect beautiful countryside and quiet villages through green hills and rugged open moorland.
Access Derbyshire is an initiative aimed at providing a provision for all people. Our 300km of Greenways are predominantly accessible for wheelchairs, mobility scooters and anyone who wants easy access to the beautiful Derbyshire countryside.
The network has only gentle gradients and easy start and finish locations.
You can now hire a "Tramper" scooter, designed to cope with rough and tough terrain giving people with mobility problems the chance to get out and about in the Derbyshire countryside, from our countryside sites.
We have bought ten mobility scooters that are available to hire from Middleton Top visitors centre, Shipley Country Park, Tapton Lock Visitor Centre, Creswell Crags Museum and Education Centre, High Peak Junction, Cromford Mill and Elvaston Country Park. To advance book a mobility scooter call:
- Shipley Country Park: 01773 719961
- Elvaston Castle Country Park: 01332 571342
- Middleton Top Visitor Centre: 01629 823204
- Tapton Lock Visitor Centre: 01246 551035
- Creswell Crags Museum and Education Centre: 01909 720378
- High Peak Junction: 01629 823204
- Cromford Mill: 01629 823256
Regional Network - Greenways
Over 200km of off road Greenways now weave across Derbyshire for you to enjoy quiet traffic free countryside on horse back.
Many of these routes follow old railway lines, some line Derbyshire's reservoirs and waterways, and others meander through the rich tapestry of stunning landscapes along upgraded bridleways and byways.
New routes are being developed all the time.
To request further information or to send us your comments please email countrysideservice@derbyshire.gov.uk.
The following countryside sites all have easy Access For All:
- Chesterfield Canal
- Cotmanhay Linear Park
- Cromford Canal
- Cromford Wharf
- Elvaston Castle Country Park
- Five Pits Trail
- Grassmoor Country Park
- Hayfield Visitor Centre
- High Peak Trail
- Kirk Hallam Lake and Meadows
- Linacre Reservoirs
- Middleton Top Visitor Centre
- Nutbrook Trail
- Pinxton Wharf
- Sett Valley Trail
- Shipley Country Park
- Stockley Trail
- Tapton Lock Visitor Centre
- Willington Picnic Site
Related documents
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