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Shillito Woods

1.86 miles (3 km)

Ordnance Survey Map Open Streetmap These woods near the village of Millthorpe have a nice walking trail and views across Ramsley Moor in the Peak District.
There's a car park at the southern end of the woods on Fox Lane. You can pick up the trail from here and follow it through the mature conifer woodland. The walk can be extended by crossing Fox Lane and heading north along Blake Brook on Ramsey Moor. Continue north and you will come to Smeekley Wood and Cockshutts Wood.  Footpaths can be followed all the way to the Derbyshire village of Holmesfield and the nearby Holmesfield Woods.
Shillito Woods are located a few miles south of Sheffield and not far from Dronfield where you can pick up the Dronfield 2000 Rotary Walk. Also nearby are the climbs to Curbar Edge and Birchen Edge where you can look out for fascinating rock formations and enjoy wonderful views from the elevated position of these wonderful Peak District locations.
Ramsley Reservoir is also located just a mile west of the car park.

Postcode

S18 7WG - Please note: Postcode may be approximate for some rural locations

Shillito Woods OS Map Ordnance survey map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Shillito Woods Open Street Map Open Streetmap - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Dog Walking

The woodland trails are ideal for a dog walk so you may see other owners on a fine weekend day.

Further Information and Other Local Ideas

The site is quite small but just to the west of the woods there's Ramsley Moor and Ramsley Reservoir to explore.
To the north is Holmesfield where you can visit Holmesfield Woods. The woods include and easy access trail with wildlife including deer and woodpecker. The historic Holmesfield village is also worth exploring with 43 listed buildings dating mainly from the 15th to the 17th century.
To the west you can pick up the circular Barbrook Reservoir And Stone Circle Walk. The route visits a scenic 19th century reservoir and an ancient stone circle on Big Moor and Ramsley Moor.

Photos

Approaching Shillito Wood from Fox Lane - geograph.org.uk - 2710384

Approaching Shillito Wood from Fox Lane

The edge of the wood - geograph.org.uk - 554564

The edge of the wood. Looking west out of the wood towards Ramsley Moor.

Wayside Cross, Shillito Wood, Derbyshire - geograph.org.uk - 2006687

Wayside Cross, Shillito Wood, Derbyshire

Fox Lane. - geograph.org.uk - 121847

Fox Lane.

Ramsley Reservoir - geograph.org.uk - 1585213

Ramsley Reservoir

Moss on Ramsley Moor - geograph.org.uk - 558702

Moss on Ramsley Moor

Video

GPS Files

GPX File

Shillito Woods.gpx (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold>Download Linked File)

Memory Map Route

Shillito Woods.mmo (On Desktop:Right Click>Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold >Download Linked File)