Eyam Moor and Village Circular Walk
Derbyshire
This is a proper Dark Peak circular that climbs out of Eyam, the famous plague village, onto the heather and crowberry of Eyam Moor and up to the Sir William Hill trig point at 429 metres, before dropping back through stone-walled fields into the village itself. It is a dog friendly walk for anyone who likes their moors big and their history darker, with the plague cottages and village green worth a wander at the end.
Dogs can range off lead across the open moor, though they should be back on through the fields and around Eyam village where livestock and farm traffic are likely. The terrain is genuinely rough in places, with soggy peat, loose stone tracks and a steady climb up to the trig, so this one is better saved for a dry spell. Free gravel-verge parking sits at the top of Sir William Hill Road above the moor, and Eyam village has toilets, cafes and a couple of dog friendly pubs.
At a Glance
- Distance
- 7.4 km (4.6 miles)
- Difficulty
- Moderate
- Duration
- 2 hr 50 min
- Walk Type
- Moorland, Historic
- Route Type
- Circular
- Off Lead Potential
- High
- Livestock Risk
- Moderate
- Facilities
- Toilets, cafes and dog friendly pubs in Eyam village; nothing at the moorland trailhead.
- Parking
- Free roadside and gravel-verge parking along Sir William Hill Road above Eyam; further parking in Eyam village itself.
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