Birchen Edge provides an easy high-level walk with views over the nearby village of Baslow and part of the Chatsworth House estate. The edge is backed by a moorland plateau. Access is via a public footpath from the Robin Hood Inn on the A619 road, about from Chesterfield. Nearby Gardom's Edge and Blackstone Edge may be incorporated into a circular walk. The Peak District Boundary Walk runs along the edge past Nelson's Monument.