Browse local dog walks located inside the Peak District National Park boundary, with direct contact details from The Good Dog Guide.
The Peak District National Park stretches across Derbyshire and into parts of Staffordshire, Cheshire, Greater Manchester, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire. It is a popular area for walking with dogs, with open moorland, gritstone edges, wooded valleys, reservoirs and villages to explore.
Access rules can vary across open country, farmland and wildlife-sensitive areas, so check local signs and seasonal guidance before setting off, particularly around livestock and ground-nesting birds.
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Local dog walks in the Peak District
♡ Favourite♥ SavedHayfield to Kinder Scout
Hayfield
Derbyshire
- Full on hike
- Great for high energy dogs
- Views
- Great Pub at the end

One of my favourite walks, a stone throw from home in New Mills is Kinder Scout in Hayfield Derbsyhire, there are a number of walks you can do from this village including Mount Famine and Shining Torr, Kinder is the popular one. As dog walker I tend to shy away from taking the… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedLyme Park
Disley
Cheshire
- Beautiful massive dog friendly estate
- Woodland
- Moorland

Amazing place, very popular in the summer months but you can still get away from the crowd. You can park around the outside of the estate in Higher Disley and walk into the park if you wish to park for free. Some of the better walks begin of Mudhurst Lane Higher Disley and into… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedTaxal Edge
Whaley Bridge
Derbyshire
- Rural Setting
- Goyt Valley
- Close to Whaley Bridge
- Sheep Free

Not far from Whaley Bridge is the hamlet of Taxal which consists of a church and a few farm houses, and huge massive hilly moorland, taxal edge moor off Taxal Moor Lane. Depending on the size of the walk you want to do you could park in Taxal Layby off Long Hill and walk up to… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedErrwood Hall, Goyt Valley
Buxton
Derbyshire
- Sheep Free.
- Free Parking.
- Not Far from Buxton or Whaley Bridge.
- Rural Setting

Part of the Goyt Valley and very near to Fernilee Reservoir is the upper Reservoir Errwood. Once a stately home with a huge expense of land, demolished in 1934 the hall stood for over 100 years. Errwood Hall is part of the scenic upper Goyt Valley a great place to walk your… Read more
♡ Favourite♥ SavedFernilee Reservoir
Fernilee
Derbyshire
- Wooded amazing terrain
- Scenic beauty spot
- Very dog friendly
- Various walks

Explore Fernilee reservoir, just passed Fernilee Village and as you enter the peak district national park there is a right turning its not sign posted, you drop down a road with speed bumps and eventually you come to Fernilee Reservoir and you can park for free. Alternatively… Read more










