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Dog walks in Cook Spring Wood

Cook Spring Wood is a wood in North East Derbyshire, 2.4 km from the middle of Dronfield. 10 walks in the app lie mostly in it. 9 of 10 are under 3 km and 3 are loops.

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DerbyChesterfieldIlkestonLong EatonCook Spring Wood10 km
Cook Spring Wood on Derbyshire. Ordnance Survey boundary data.

Two walks in Cook Spring Wood

From the 10 walks that lie mostly in Cook Spring Wood, those that start nearest its middle: a 4.9 km loop and a 1.7 km there and back.

Where these go is in the app

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  • Dronfield loop4.9 km · 85 min · A loop
  • Eckington and back1.7 km · 28 min · There and back

The land and what it asks of a dog

  • Site of Special Scientific InterestMoss Valley Woods SSSINatural England designations
  • Open by permission, not by right13 hectares of the woodlandWoods For All (Forestry Commission)
  • Open by right1 hectare of the woodland

North East Derbyshire council has a dog control order we cannot yet place on the map, so it may apply here. Signs on the ground may say more.

What the walks in Cook Spring Wood are like

Every share is of the 10 walks that lie mostly in Cook Spring Wood, with Dronfield as a whole marked on each bar.

How far they go

Under 3 km: 9 of 10 walks in Cook Spring Wood, against 33% near Dronfield.

Where the walks fall by length. The five bars add up to the whole, give or take the rounding.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredDronfield
Under 3 km
9 of 10
33%
3 to 5 km
1 of 10
22%
5 to 8 km
0 of 10
21%
8 to 12 km
0 of 10
15%
Over 12 km
0 of 10
7%

What shape they are

There and back the same way: 5 of 10 walks in Cook Spring Wood, against 37% near Dronfield.

A loop brings you back without repeating a step. There and back retraces the way out.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredDronfield
A loop
3 of 10
36%
There and back the same way
5 of 10
37%
One way, ending somewhere else
2 of 10
25%

What is beside the path

Off road for four fifths or more: 10 of 10 walks in Cook Spring Wood, against 9% near Dronfield.

Shares of walks where the ground beside the path is a given kind for the stated part of the way.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredDronfield
Under trees for a third or more of the way
10 of 10
74%
Beside water for a tenth or more
10 of 10
78%
On open access land for a third or more
0 of 10
1%
Through a park or green space for a third or more
0 of 10
13%
Off road for four fifths or more
10 of 10
9%
On roads or lanes for half or more
0 of 10
63%
Through built-up streets for half or more
0 of 10
3%

What might stop you

Never beside a busy road: 10 of 10 walks in Cook Spring Wood, against 42% near Dronfield.

Shares of walks with none of each thing on the way. A road counts when it runs within about fifteen metres of the path.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredDronfield
Never beside a fast road
10 of 10
84%
Never beside a busy road
10 of 10
42%
No busy road to cross
10 of 10
43%
No stile, gate or cattle grid
3 of 10
34%
No steps
6 of 10
50%

What is on the way

Start where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road: 2 of 10 walks in Cook Spring Wood, against 88% near Dronfield.

Shares of walks that start by, or pass, each of these.

Walks thatShare of walks measuredDronfield
Start where you can park, at a car park or on a minor road
2 of 10
88%
Pass a pub
0 of 10
54%
Pass a dog-waste bin
0 of 10
14%
Pass a public toilet
0 of 10
16%
Pass a drinking-water tap
0 of 10
2%
Pass a busy beauty spot
0 of 10
33%

Measured on 20 October 2026 from the map. How these figures are made

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Walks in Cook Spring Wood, for your dog

If you live in Derbyshire, it is your home county, and every walk in it is free, for good. Tell the app what your dog finds hard and it shows you walks that suit, with anything that might stop you shown first.

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Further is the Trekosa subscription. 10 of its 10 walks run under trees for a third of the way or more. It brings the Further map, 1:25,000, with contours, field walls and every right of way, while you have signal. Press Offline on a walk in Cook Spring Wood before you set off and its map stays on your phone until you remove it, for when the signal drops among the trees. Drift off the path and the phone buzzes. It also opens walks beyond your home county, if Derbyshire is not yours.

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Questions people ask

Do dogs need a lead in Cook Spring Wood?
North East Derbyshire has a dog order we cannot yet place, so it may apply here, read on 1 October 2026.
How many dog walks are there in Cook Spring Wood?
10 walks in the Trekosa app lie mostly in Cook Spring Wood.