Easy hikes and walks around Snelston

Okeover Mill is a former water mill. Early C18 with later alterations and additions. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar quoins and dressings, and red brick additions; clay tile roof; brick ridge stack.

Okeover Hall is a privately owned Grade II* listed country house in Okeover, Staffordshire, England. It is the family seat of the Okeover family, who have been in residence since the reign of William Rufus. The house lies close to the border between Staffordshire and Derbyshire, which lies on the far side of the small River Dove. The Hall is not open to the public.

St John the Baptist's Church is an Anglican church in the village of Mayfield, Staffordshire, England. It is a Grade I listed building. The core is a Norman church; it was extended in the early 14th century, and the tower built in 1515. There was a church in the village in Saxon times; the Domesday book, of 1086, recorded that there was a priest in the village, one of 25 recorded for Staffordshire. A simple rectangular stone building replaced the Saxon church about 1125. The south doorway (inside the later porch), with a well-preserved Norman arch, dates from this time. The nave, of three bays, is mainly Norman.

Mayfield Yarns is a synthetic yarn manufacturer based in Mayfield, Staffordshire, with over 80 years of experience in the industry. The company is located in the Mayfield Mill, which has a long history of textile production dating back to 1795. In 1795 A cotton mill was built on an industrial site but in 1806 a fire destroyed much of the mill. It was rebuilt with a cast iron framework and brick vaulted ceilings. Brothers Joseph and George Simpson rebuilt and enlarged the mill in 1866. Mr C.H. Cowlishaw, a solicitor from Uttoxeter, purchased the mill in 1932 but sold it again two years later to William Tatton & Co. of Leek, and manufacturing switched to silk. In 1980 Mayfield Yarns began manufacturing and supplying synthetic yarns in the mill.

Thomas Moore (1779-1852) was an Irish born poet, singer and songwriter famous for his songs 'The Minstrel Boy' and the 'Last Rose of Summer'. Born in Dublin in 1779, he lived in this house on Slack Lane in Mayfield from 1811 until about 1815 and his friend, the poet Robert Byron, visited him there during this time. Moore is considered to be to Ireland what Robert Burns is to Scotland. His daughter Olivia Byron Moore (1814-1815) is buried in Mayfield churchyard. The cottage now forms part of Moore's Cottage Farm on Slack Lane.

This charming little village is located nearby to Ashbourne in Derbyshire. It's nestled in the picturesque countryside of the Peak District and is characterised by historic stone cottages and a rural atmosphere. I'd recommend a stop at The Cock Inn, a beautiful traditional pub serving up food and real ales.

The Dove is the main river in the southern Peak District. Its source is on Axe Edge Moor near Buxton. From there it flows roughly south until it joins the River Trent at Newton Solney. It's about 45 miles (72 km) in length. This section flows south from Mapleton on the edge of the national park towards Ashbourne. The path follows the river with farmland to the east.

Mapleton is a pretty Derbyshire village just south of the Peak District National Park. It's close to the River Dove and makes a nice loop from Ashbourne if you walk out along the Tissington Trail, through Dovedale and back past Mapleton over the fields.