🌊Carsington Waters 8 mile walk🍂Carsington Village🍂Brassington🌊

Our walk goes through open countryside woodland along waterside paths and visits pretty villages.
We start our walk from Carsington Waters, the area around Carsington reservoir is excellent for wildlife and bird watching. Nearby Carsington Pastures is a site of archeological interest.

Our route heads up to Carsington Village with its pretty cottages and gardens. This peaceful little limestone village, is just 2.5 miles from Wirksworth and has given its name to the nearby reservoir at Carsington Water.
The village was once a centre for lead mining and stayed virtually unchanged for centuries.

Our route leaves the village and heads across hilly pastures with a succession of hollows known as rakes, which marks the site of a disused mine.
Eventually the path descends into Brassington, set on a hilltop in the rocky uplands of the southern Peak District, it's an attractive old village with a timeless feel to it with old characterful houses and pretty cottages set amongst narrow streets. Surrounded by spectacular countryside, it was once a centre for land mining and there are still remnants around the area.

Our route continues and heads across fields to Carsington Waters Visitors Centre, a chance to sit and enjoy the peaceful views of the reservoir before we head over to our carpark about 30 minute walk away.

Walking boots are essential as well as warm layers

Bring picnic lunch snacks and enough water

Plenty of catching up stops as always

Toilets at Carsington Visitors Centre

Look forward to sharing another adventure..🚶‍♀️🐕 🌊🚶‍♂️👨‍🦯🐄🦮🐕