Our May walk is the Derbyshire village of Eyam in the Peak District and led by Andrew and Eileen.

A walk (10.6 miles)

The A walk 10.6 miles and 2060 ft of ascent. We walk past a number of the village landmarks and out onto the moors, good views from Sir William Hill, through Abney Clough to Abney, returning via Bretton and Foolow. .
  

B walk (7.3 miles)

The B walk is 7.3 miles and 1060 ft. mostly on good tracks, walking through Eyam to Coombe Dale and returning via Stoney Middleton.
 

Eyam is an attractive village, but known locally as “the plague village”. In the1660’s a flea infested bundle of cloth arrived from London, bringing with it bubonic plague and the Black Death. On discovery the villagers isolated themselves and went into a complete lockdown for over a year to try to contain the infection and stop the spread.
Today there is still plenty to see, together with a number of cafes, shops and the Miners Arms pub.

Eyam Moor. Derbyshire