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Walk a little way uphill and keep left to cross a cattle grid, as if to follow the track ahead. However, don’t walk along the track, but drift slightly left across a pathless grassy slope, as if heading directly through the valley. Stiles and markers appear only when fences and hedges need crossing, and the route runs roughly parallel to the River Derwent. Pass the point where the Sea Cut takes water from the river, leaving only a small stream.

Walk beside the River Derwent, avoiding muddy patches and gorse by drifting uphill a little. Enter Scarwell Wood, following a clear duckboard path that runs parallel to the river. You can gain access to a car park across a footbridge, where an information board illustrates local wildlife. If you do not require the car park, there is no need to cross the river, and the duckboard path can be followed further downstream through the Forge Valley Woods. The woodlands are dense and the undergrowth is lush, so the route is rather like a jungle trek!

The duckboard riverside path through the jungle-like woods in the Forge Valley