Alongside our work on Derby's public rights of way, we encourage people to visit Derby's countryside through our countryside management work. This work involves creating new paths and improving existing paths, for cyclists, walkers, disabled people and horse riders.
A good example of the work we have carried out is the 'Riverlife Way' path alongside the River Derwent. You can walk off-road from Darley Abbey Mills through to Elvaston Castle Country Park.
As part of our countryside management work, we publish a variety of free leaflets which give people information about walks and nature trails in the Derby area. You can click on a link below to download a copy. Or you can contact us and we will send you a paper copy.
Walks
Nature trails
Tree Trails
We also have a few tree trails in Derby on a number of our parks. We are currently in the process of developing new leaflets for these as the trails have under gone recent updates and changes. As soon as they are complete the PDFs will appear here and on the Parks pages.
For details of walks and nature trails in adjoining Derbyshire authorities, please visit the following links:
If the walks on this webpage have whetted your appetite, then visit The Amber Valley and Erewash Walking Festival 
website and the Discover Derbyshire and the Peak District website for more ideas.
Planning country walks
From September 2008, the Council will be running a Planning Country Walks course on Saturdays, from 10am till 12pm, at Landau Forte. For further information about this course, you can download the course information
56kb. For other adult learning courses, visit the Derby Adult Learning Service website.
For further information contact
Derby City Council
Regeneration and Community
Roman House
Friar Gate
Derby DE1 1XB
Telephone 01332 255024 Minicom 01332 256666 Fax 01332 255989 email rightsofway@derby.gov.uk