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Ride-UK The National Bridleroute Network

UK: East Midlands: Derbyshire: Shipley Country Park

Shipley Country Park offers 18 miles (29km) of quiet lanes and bridleways enabling a number of differnet circular rides to be construted within the 600 acres of attractive woodland, meadows and lakes. The visitor centre has a corral in which horses can be left while the facilities are used!

Status: Open

Promotion

The leaflet can be obtained from the Derbyshire Countryside Service office. Please telephone first to check the price (01773 719961) and remember to send an SAE. Write to:
Derbyshire Countryside Service
Shipley Country Park
Slack Lane
Heanor
Derbyshire DE75 7GX.

Ordnance Survey
This section lists the Ordnance Survey maps at the two most useful scales, covering the area of the route. Clicking on any of them will enable the reader to purchase the map on line from Amazon.

Landranger Map 177: East London

Landranger Map 167: Chelmsford

Where to stay
A useful book entitled Bed and Breakfast for Horses which lists places to keep a horse overnight can be purchased from the British Horse Society.

Further Information
The Nutbrook Trail links to the country park.

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