East Midlands Mayor Claire Ward included part of the Derwent Valley Heritage Way in her 150-mile walking and cycling circuit of the region. Trust chair Derek Latham joined her for the section from Derby’s Museum of Making to Little Eaton.
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Planning approved for Belper West Bank
Planning permission for the Belper West Bank section of the Derwent Valley Cycleway was granted subject to 17 conditions. Work now turns to resolving those conditions, fundraising and assembling the people and skills needed to deliver the route.
DCC Funding
DCC have committed £60K to a detailed study of the Matlock to High Peak Junction, as part of the White Peak Loop, while acknowledging this will also form part of the Derwent Valley Cycleway
A Fiver for Wyver
Back to news and articles ← The Derwent Valley Cycleway will be a multi-user, off-road path from Derby centre all the way up the Derwent valley to Chatsworth. Just north of Belper, the cycleway route goes along the beautiful (but seriously pot-holed!) Wyver Lane. The Derwent Valley Trust are aiming to re-surface the Wyver Lane…
All I want for Christmas is ……. a Bridge over the River Derwent (or six)!
Back to news and articles ← We wrote about bridges in the previous newsletter, and the thought continues to exercise us. It’s pretty clear that we’re going to have to cross the river quite a few times to complete our cycle route, and we need to identify a bridge design which we can maybe use…
Views from the outside!
Some interesting outside views of walking the Heritage Way – from Derby Telegraph, The Guardian, and more.
Herb Eppel’s adventure in 2022
Claire and Tim Hollinghurst June 23
The Guardian 2022
Josh Allen April 2022
Paddle Peak removes river rubbish
Paddle Peak volunteers cleaned the Derwent between Darley Dale and Artists Corner, removing traffic cones, tyres, buckets, bottles, cans and other rubbish from the river. Derbyshire Dales District Council then collected the material for disposal.
