Ticknall, Milton & Seven Spouts Circular Walk
This walk starts in Ticknall village, located on the A514 between Swadlincote and Derby. For a more detailed map you are recommended to refer to Landranger 128 Derby and Burton; Ordnance Survey Explorer 245 – The National Forest.
From the village hall the trail quickly picks up National Forest plantings with lots of elderberries and blackberries in the hedgerows when in season. Before long the countryside opens out with views over the Trent Valley including Willington Power Station. The walk continues to Hangman’s Stone which soon becomes a track heading north with views of Willington, the Toyota car plant and the tall water tower at Markeaton.
Continuing to Milton with its village green and back into countryside past Foremarke Hall and to Heath Wood with more great Trent Valley views. As you continue you pass a footpath (from Hangman’s Stone) and track to Knowle Hill Farm and into Windmill Wood.
A diversion to Seven Spouts Farm is another option on this walk. The farm takes its name from seven springs or spouts which occur naturally and bubble up out of the rock formation nearby, and which until recently were the source of water for the whole of Ingleby. Even today several houses have spring water as their only supply. A view of Knowle Hill House (a Landmark Trust property) can also be seen. The return takes you back to Ticknall with a view of the spire of Ticknall parish church to guide you.
Ticknall
Derbyshire
DE73 7JX
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