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Welcome to the
Autumn Footprints Walking Festival 2025

for Amber Valley

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The Autumn Footprints Festival offers a great choice of 24 guided walks from 13 - 28 September 2025. Sixteen days of enjoyable walks and informative talks with something for everybody of all abilities.

Set in picturesque Derbyshire, the festival takes place in an area known for its natural beauty and superb scenery. Popular with both novice and experience walkers wanting to enjoy the beautiful colours of autumn and the area's fabulous views, undulating countryside, industrial heritage and attractive towns and villages.

Led by knowledgeable local volunteers and staff keen to show off their patch, you will discover a wide variety of walks to explore local heritage, natural history and wildlife. The routes take in walks alongside rivers and canals, as well as through open countryside, towns and villages.

Most of the walks are FREE OF CHARGE. However, there may be a parking charge (see symbols on individual walks).

Booking is essential for all of our walks. Details on how to book will be listed in each walk description.

If you still fancy more walking, head over to our extra walks section to find various walking leaflets.

Don't forget, if you have taken part in the festival this year then we would love your feedback about our guided walks. You can submit your feedback via our online feedback form.

Walking guide

Before taking part, have a read of our handy walking guide that will tell you everything you need to know about the guided walks.

Read our walking guide

Our walks

day 1

Saturday 13 September

- In the Footsteps of the Pentrich Rebels of 1817 (South Wingfield)

day 2

Sunday 14 September

- More Belper Channels Heritage Walk

- Young People's Forest at Mead Circular

day 3

Monday 15 September

- Black Rocks and the High Peak Trail

- Nordic Walk Have a Go

day 4

Tuesday 16 September

- Woods, Hills, Views & Florence Nightingale!

- Mapperley Reservoir Circular

day 5

Wednesday 17 September

- Carr Wood & Hammersmith Meadows Wildlife Amble

day 6

Thursday 18 September

- Nordic Walk Have a Go

- Nordic Walk Have a Go

day 7

Friday 19 September

- Belper and Blackbrook

- Amber Valley Ambles Riddings Gentle Flat Walk

day 8

Saturday 20 September

- Around Belper

day 9

Sunday 21 September

- Belper’s Extraordinary Water Power Story

day 10

Monday 22 September

- Nordic Walk Have a Go

- In the Footsteps of the Pentrich Rebels of 1817 (Codnor)

day 11

Tuesday 23 September

- Somercotes Somerlea Park Gentle Flat Walk

- Lakeside Circular

day 12

Wednesday 24 September

- Exploring Shining Cliff Woods

day 13

Thursday 25 September

- Ripley Routeway Number 8

day 14

Friday 26 September

- In the Footsteps of the Pentrich Rebels of 1817 (Alfreton)

day 15

Saturday 27 September

- Heanor to Shipley Country Park Circular

- Nordic Walking Taster Session

day 16

Sunday 28 September

- The Aftermath of the Rising 1817

Thank you

This walking festival has been made possible by the involvement of many local groups and the dedicated individuals who lead and act as back up for the walks. Our thanks go to all of them, and to the organisations who have supported the festival with funding or help in kind.

Amber Valley Borough Council
Belper North Mill
British Nordic Walking
Groundwork
Pentrich and South Wingfield Revolution Group
Ramblers Association
Walk Derbyshire
Woodland Trust