Milton 2.25mi Circular

This is a lovely South Derbyshire countryside walk with excellent views and some particularly interesting historical aspects. A glimpse of Foremarke Hall and its picturesque lake provides a bonus as well as the opportunity to take a close look at St Saviour’s Church.

The notable sights on this walk are:

• St Saviour’s Church
  • One of the first churches built in England after the Restoration of the Monarchy, built to serve Foremark and Ingleby.
• Foremarke Hall
  • An 18th-Century Georgian mansion, used by the army in the First and Second World Wars before becoming the site of the Repton Prep School that it is today.
• Willington Power Station
  • Built in the 1950s and formerly made up of two independently-operated units. The station in general has undergone dismantling but the five cooling towers are left standing.
• Saw Mill
  • The name for the area at the Southern end of Milton village, although the sawmill is well-hidden from view in the remains of a former gravel pit.
• Milton Village
  • A small village consisting of less than 100 dwellings. Milton’s village hall was transformed from a mission hall formerly owned by a local influential family.

This is an easy short walk, with very little ascent or descent along good, well-marked paths – so it should be suitable for most walkers.

Head to Discover Derby – who put the walk together – for the route directions and more information on the key landmarks.