Derby shares the best of both worlds. A cultural city full of lively arts events and activities surrounded by glorious countryside of Derbyshire and the Peak District.
If sports are your passion, Derby has the lot - football at the magnificent Pride Park Stadium, cricket, golf, swimming and cycling - with the city being a hub for the Sustrans national cycle route. Derbyshire and the Peak District offers a haven for hikers, cyclists, clay pigeon shooters and even sailors!
Six Sports Centres in the city offer a full range of activities including badminton, squash, football and swimming. At Markeaton Park there is tennis, netball, basketball and pitch and putt. With two golf courses and a variety of scenic riverside and City Centre walks you will be spoilt for things to do.
The city's cultural scene caters for all interest with the Assembly Rooms, Guildhall Theatre and Derby Playhouse staging an excellent repertoire of performances throughout the year.
Football fanatics are well catered for, and Pride Park is the home of Derby County Football Club - 'The Rams'. See 'Short Breaks' for details of the award winning Derby ‘Rams Football Weekends’.
You can also access all Sports and Leisure information from your home at http://www.derby.gov.uk/
With all these activities on your doorstep, you will be tempted to stay for longer in Derby!
You can also generate a walking route map between any two points in the city centre. Each route map includes a journey distance, the walking time (according to a slow, medium or fast walking pace), a calorie burn, and even the amount of CO2 saved by not going by car, taxi or bus! Just visit www.walkit.com
Derby City Trail Guides
Trail Guides are a superb way of discovering Derby's stories and secrets. Each trail includes a route, descriptive text and interpretation, map, difficulty ratings for walkers and cyclists, as well as things to see and do along the way.
Click the links below to download the pdfs of the following trails:
A downloadable Heritage in Public Art Circular Walk A4 sized street map has been designed to help you explore some of the heritage and some of the public art - and, in particular, the connections between them - on display in the city centre.
More downloadable circular walks and nature trails are featured on the 'Walking' web pages within the 'Travel' section of Derby City Council's web site.
Peak District and Derbyshire trails. A number of different trail have been designed for the Peak District and Derbyshire. The trails offer fascinating insights into the area from unusual perspectives and cover subjects such as heritage, history, industry, natural history and much more.