Hiking

Derwent Valley Heritage Way

Amber Valley · England · United Kingdom

Derwent Valley Heritage Way is a hike from Amber Valley in United Kingdom: 83.1 km, 580 m of climb, 507 m of descent, high point 238 m.

• 83.1 km
• 580 m of climb
• 507 m of descent
• high point 238 m

About this hike

The Derwent Valley Heritage Way (DVHW) is a 55 miles (89 km) waymarked footpath along the Derwent Valley through the Peak District. The walk starts from Ladybower Reservoir in the Peak District National Park via Chatsworth, the scenery around the Derbyshire Dales, and through the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site. It follows the Riverside Path through Derby and continues onwards to the hist

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Getting there

This hike starts near Amber Valley. Open the destination for travel time from where you are by car, train or plane, and the price of a night.

More hikes around Amber Valley

• Cromford Canal Footpath - 15.2 km, +114 m
• Amber Valley Routeway Walk 14 - 10.9 km, +192 m
• Amber Valley Routeways Walk 12 - 4.8 km, +136 m
• Amber Valley Routeway Walk 19 - 4.1 km, +11 m
• Amber Valley Routeway Walk 10 - 3.5 km, +61 m
• Amber Valley Routeway Walk 16 - 3.2 km, +20 m
• Amber Valley Routeways Walk 20 - 3.0 km, +12 m
• Eadric's Way (red) - 3.0 km, +0 m

Before you go

This route is shown for information only. It is not a recommendation and not a guarantee that the route is safe, open, marked or passable today. The line, the distances, the climb and the grade come from open data sources and may be inaccurate or out of date, and conditions in the mountains change fast.

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Route data from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); elevation from open terrain data. Updated 2026-09-19.