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The Walk
with Rambler
• From Ambergate station walk down to the
road and turn left . Cross over to turn right
along the main A6 road.
• Follow the road, past the Chinese Restaurant
and then a row of semi-detached houses as far
as a side road called Chase Road.
• Turn right up Chase Road and follow it as
it passes beneath the railway line. Continue
uphill to a canal bridge.
• Turn left at the bridge and go down to the
tow path, following it for a couple of hundred
yards, as far as the next bridge.
• Go to the right, over the bridge and follow a
waymarked woodland footpath, winding fairly
steeply uphill over rocky and occasionally
muddy ground. Th is is Crich Chase.
• Continue in and out of clearings until the
path reaches a wall leading towards the
top of the wood.
• Turn right on crossing a stile and walk
steadily uphill, across two fi elds to
reach Chadwick Nick Lane.
• Turn right for about 300yds along
the lane in order to gain a short
fl ight of steps leading to a stile.
Go up and over these and, still
climbing, cross a series of fi elds
by way of their gates and
stiles.
• At the top of the climb, the
path skirts the top of a rocky
escarpment known as Th e
Tors. Follow this until the
path begins to descend to-
wards Sandy Lane which in turn
leads into Crich Market Square.
• Turn left in the square and walk along the
road, then bear right, continuing past the
village hall and health centre.
• Where the road veers right, go to the left along
Coasthill.
• Continue forwards where Coasthill loses its
surface, and then along a fi eld path behind
modern houses until it reaches Carr Lane.
Turn right here.
• Walk up the lane, past Cliff Inn and the en-
trance to the National Tramway Museum.
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• Bear left at the road junction and where the
road makes a sharp right hand turn, go to the
left along the approach road climbing to Crich
Stand (small entry fee if you want to climb the
tower– pay at the cottage).
• Look out for a signpost pointing to Wake-
bridge and Plaistow near the tower. Go right
with it and then left through bramble and
scrubby bushes.
• Descend by a steadily improving path around
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the top of Cliff Quarry and go down to the
tram track close to its terminus.
Continue down the hillside, past Wakebridge
Farm and a small caravan site, as far as the
road.
Turn right along the road for just over 100yds
and go to the left on to a signposted footpath
that winds down through a couple of fi elds in
order to reach the edge of woods surrounding
Duke’s Quarry.
Walk through the old quarry and cross the
minor road and then walk down to the canal.
Turn left along the tow path for an easy two
mile stroll back into Ambergate, passing on the
way a road running down to Whatstandwell
br idge, and the Family Tree café. (Return to
the bridge in order to continue the walk beside
the canal).
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