Screenshots from the route to roots app. The left hand screenshot shows an illustration of a coal mine with chimney and text explaining what the app does. The right hand screenshot shows a map with 10 map pins joined by a route line.

The Roots to Routes self-guided trails app takes inspiration from the roots of our local history to bring you a range of walking routes you can navigate across Blackwell Parish in Derbyshire.

Greater Creative is a group of Blackwell Parish residents who first came together in 2019 to creatively commemorate and celebrate people and place. Together with Platform Thirty1 (local community arts organisation) and AT Creative they developed Roots to Routes, funded by Creative Civic Change and later the National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Features

This app features many stories, facts and hyperlocal knowledge we’ve collated about Blackwell Parish’s roots, including its rich industrial past. It also features stories you’ll find on this website and the app takes you to where the stories are rooted.

Download for FREE!

Roots to Routes is available to download for free on iOS and Android devices.