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You might have obtained a leaflet about the Derwent Valley Heritage Way. Although still useful, the leaflet was printed a number of years ago and some of the information is now out of date. This page provides updates.

Derwent Valley Heritage Way guidebook

The guidebook can be purchased from our eBay shop and from some local bookshops in the Derwent Valley.

Cycling in the Derwent Valley

The Derby cycle route guide is available from the Derby Connected website

Easy Planning for Walkers

The package described in the leaflet as available from the Tourist Information Office is no longer offered.

However various holiday companies offer similar packages including Brigantes

Other walking opportunities

A list of various walks maintained by Amber Valley Borough Council can be found on the Amber Valley website.

Tourist Information Centres

Information on the Derwent Valley can be found at visitor information centres throughout Derbyshire.

Rail Services

The contact number for National Rail is 03457 48 49 50

Bus Services

Whilst a lot of the information in the leaflet is still valid, details of timetables and prices have changed. In particular the Traveline phone number is no longer valid. For up to date information visit this Derbyshire council site

Heritage Way Drawing/Map

Since publication of the leaflet, the following changes affect items marked on the map:

• American Adventure theme park has closed
• A heritage railway, Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, linking Duffield and Wirksworth has opened.

The Derwent Valley Trust attended the recent celebration of 15 years of the Derwent Valley world heritage site held at Strutts in Belper. There was a steady stream of people discussing the cycleway and the Heritage Way walking route with us and we collected a number of names of people asking to be kept informed of progress on the cycleway.

The Derwent Valley Trust has requested interested organisations to submit Expressions of Interest in bidding to deliver a study on the feasibility of the proposed Derwent Valley Cycleway. Subsequent to considering the companies expressing interest, a shortlist will be asked to tender for the work of delivering the study and a preferred organisation is expected to be selected by June 2017.

The document asking for Expressions of Interest can be found here.

After delivery of the study, we expect to have detailed costing information and plans which can be used to apply for the significant funds needed for the whole project.

The Derby City Parks department are presenting proposals for the construction of a multi-user path through Darley Park on the west side of the River Derwent (joining the Abbey pub with the rowing clubs). This route will provide a great route for the Derwent Valley Cycleway linking the historic Darley Abbey village (and pub) with the rest of the route.

The Parks department are holding a consultation session on both Friday 12th and Saturday 13th (10am to 2pm) by the Darley Park cafe and it would be very useful for interested individuals to provide their input and to complete the consultation forms. The poster about the consultation can be found here

3 options for the route are under consideration and can be seen on the map here

Visitors will be asked to provide their views by completing the form here and by discussion. If people are unable to attend the organised times they can provide input by emailing parks@derby.gov.uk

The planned path will provide many benefits to walkers, disabled users, and cyclists and we hope as many people as possible are able to provide positive feedback on the plans.

Please attend the consultation or, if not possible, then please provide your input by email.

.For those readers who are Twitter users, you can now follow updates to the Derwent Valley Cycleway project by following the @DVCycleway twitter account