The Old Roads of Derbyshire contains 185 pages and is fully illustrated with maps and photos, plus a detailed walking guide to the 50+ miles of the Portway, from Nottingham to the Snake Pass over the Pennines.

There are two ways you can obtain The Old Roads of Derbyshire:

1. By sending a cheque for £12.75 (post free) to the author:

S. Bailey, 7 Hindersitch Lane, Whatstandwell, Derbyshire, DE4 5EF

(please make cheque payable to S. Bailey)

2. By purchasing from a local bookshop such as Scarthin Books in Cromford or The Bookshop in Wirksworth.

The Old Roads has received favourable reviews in several publications. I have been interviewed at length about the book in local publications such as Derbyshire Life.

Stephen Bailey’s excellent … book, The Old Roads of Derbyshire …

Hugh Thomson, The Guardian, Weds June 9, 2021. Read the full article here.

…an excellent summary of the evolution of the road system in Derbyshire and the users of the roads through the ages…

Derbyshire Archaeological Society Newsletter, July 2019

It was a pleasure to read The Old Roads of Derbyshire. I can heartily recommend it to both walkers in Derbyshire and landscape historians everywhere.

Signpost, magazine of the Peak and Northern Footpaths Society, 2020. Read the full review here.

In his latest book, The Old Roads of Derbyshire, written after five years of research, Stephen not only looks at Derbyshire’s old roads –including a detailed walking guide of the Portway – but offers a general study of travel and travellers in the county since prehistoric times.

Catherine Roth, Derbyshire Life, July 2020, pp. 138-141. Read the full interview here.

I have appeared in several TV programmes which focus on the subject of ancient pathways. You may have seen me talking about the Derbyshire Portway in episode 1 of ITV’s Off the Beaten Track with Christine Bleakley in 2013. I also appeared in series 2, episode 3 of Britain’s Ancient Tracks with Tony Robinson. This aired in 2017, and each episode shone a spotlight on a different prehistoric trackway in the British Isles.