Derbyshire County Council are holding an event on the 28th September 2022 to inform the public (and to collect feedback) on the plans to convert the disused Little Eaton branch line to a cycle and walking route. The scope is to connect directly to the National Cycle Network route 54 at the junction of the…
Back in 2020 planning applications were submitted to both Derby City Council (responsible for the southern section) and Erewash Borough Council (responsible for the northern section) for the necessary permission to build the Derwent Valley Cycleway from Darley Abbey to the Ford Lane junction with the A38 across the fields near to the River Derwent….
The Paddle Peak team were out in force again cleaning the River Derwent between Matlock Bath and Cromford this week. They were joined by Severn Trent’s newly created River Ranger team. The group started the huge task of tidying the River Derwent’s banks of massive quantities of waste that had been deposited in the February…
Did you know that Saturday, April 30th, was Local Bike Shop Day ?! To celebrate this auspicious day our Chair, Derek Latham, visited local bike shops with his wife Pauline. Pauline is MP for Mid-Derbyshire, and a staunch advocate of the Derwent Valley Cycleway. She can now promote the shops on her website, encouraging more…
This Spring term we are again benefitting from the services of an intern, Domas, from the University of Derby. We last had University interns back in the Autumn term of 2020. Domas brings expertise in media production, and is working with a camera mounted on a drone to film overhead footage of the cycleway route. Results…
The Trust has been working with Lubrizol, based in Hazelwood, to recruit volunteer rangers to manage and maintain the Derwent Valley Heritage Way, our already-existing walking route. Each pair of rangers will look after a section of the way, checking for wear and tear, and that signage remains in place. They will clear litter, undergrowth and overhanging branches, and act as Trust Ambassadors to the…
In December 2021 the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site (DVMWHS) reached its 20th birthday! To create the site was a very great achievement in the first place, and it is a further achievement to reach 20 years. With the World Heritage Site (WHS) lying completely within the Derwent Valley, it is obvious that the…
Inspired by Grasshopper Geography, I’ve been experimenting with ways of displaying river valleys (including tributaries). Interesting to see how the Derwent Valley is associated with other river basins and, in particular, the Trent. Still a work in progress with many ideas to try on how best to represent the information. Further trials can be found…
Derek Latham (75), Chair of the Derwent Valley Trust, was nearly home when cycling from Sutton on the Hill last Sunday. He had just passed the A38 roundabout on Duffield Road going North. Looking over his shoulder to check no one was immediately behind, he put his right arm out to signal a right hand…
We wrote about Pushbike Paul in our December 2020 Newsletter, and the brilliant fundraising work he does. Are new bikes on your family’s Christmas list? Are you having a sort out of those old bikes in your shed? Please donate your old bikes to Push Bike Paul who restores and sells them in aid of…