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Three reservoirs nestle in a gentle valley between the Chatsworth moors and Chesterfield.

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• From the car park, head downhill and follow the track with the lower reservoir on the right until it reaches a road.

• Turn left, then right along a track leading to Ashgate Cottage.

• Follow the track as it heads past Broomhall Farm until it meats the road.

• Bear right to keep on the track and not along the road - which heads towards Chanderhill.

• Follow the winding track, with Wellfield Wood on the left and Firthhall Wood on the right.

• Pass through the farmyard of Frith Hall and the track - now unsurfaced - drops into the valley of the River Hipper to the left.

• The lane slowly climbs up and passes Bagthorpe Farm before becoming a tarmac bridleway called Bagthorpe Lane.

• At the road junction, turn left and past the Royal Oak pub.

• At the crossroads, turn right towards Wigley.

• Once through Wigley, follow the the path downwards past Wigley Hall Farm on the right.

• The path now enters the woods and begins to climb again.

• Cross the stile and then the stone slab across the brook.

• Keep to the right path and enter some more woods via a ladder stile.

• Bear east on the waymarked footpath and continue along the well-defined footpath along the shoreline.

• Follow the path back towards the car park.

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Distance 5 miles (8km)

Minimum time 3hrs

Ascent/gradient 820ft (250m)

Grade/Paths Easy - Mostly good paths - 2 stiles

OS Map Explorer OL24 (Grid SK 336727)

Dogs? Dogs on lead

Parking Linacre Woods car park

Public Transport By Bus -

Toilets/Refreshments At Car Park - pubs on route

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