[3] The Five Pits Trail is a five and a half mile off-road surfaced route from Grassmoor Country Park to Tibshelf Ponds.

The former collieries had a long death, with deep mines gradually being replaced by huge opencast workings, which had a lifespan of less than 20 years.

Reclamation and conservation over the past 30 years have seen spoil tips and wasteland replaced by hay meadows and woodland.

The Avenue Coking Works closed in 1993, and Derbyshire County Council took over the lagoons site later the same year.

Once this is achieved, the council intends to incorporate the area back into the Grassmoor Country Park.