Walks

The walk starts at 10am Miller’s Dale Monsal Trail Car Park SK139732

The nearest post code is SK17 8SN but this does NOT take you to the car park.

Car park cost £4.75 cash or card.

Directions to start: From Buxton take A6 towards Bakewell. Turn left onto B6049 signposted Tideswell and Miller’s Dale. Continue for approx 1.5 miles and immediately after 40mph sign take a sharp left up Wormhill Road. Almost immediately after passing under a bridge the car park is clearly signed on the left.

There are toilets at the start.

This is a moderately easy walk, across fields and dales west of Tideswell. There are a couple of short inclines and a number of stiles. On a clear day the views are good. 

 The walk starts at 10.00am from Manor Park Car Park, Corn Street, Glossop, SK13 8QE, What3Words ripen.lipstick.scarred Grid Ref SK 03969 94388. If coming via the M67, take the A57 from the roundabout at the end of the M67 and follow signs for Glossop. In the centre of Glossop, go straight across at the main traffic lights (crossing the A624/B6105). After a further 0.3 miles on the A57, there is a small roundabout. Take the second turning signed Corn Street and Car Park. The parking is free and there is a toilet (near the bowling green).

Walk route from the Car Park:

The walk is richly varied, with an abundance of wild flowers on a recent recce. Fairly quickly leaving Glossop to the south, you gradually rise through fields with noisy sheep and inquisitive horses, to reach the Derbyshire Level. Turning off this quiet road at Moorside, you take a small lane which leads you steadily up towards the Black Moor. The lane evolves from tarmac, to gravel, to a rough farm track before petering out. The path from there to the Pennine Way is across moorland and indistinct, but marked with stakes. Although dry on a recent recce, gaiters and poles may be advisable if there has been rain.

Turn right along the Pennine Way, which is slabbed, and an easy walk through open moorland, with good views to Kinder and Higher Shelf Stones. We reach a crossing of paths at a summit with a cairn, Mill Hill (544m). Bear right (away from Kinder) along a slabbed path. We pass aircraft wreckage and a memorial to a Mountain Rescuer (who died there) before leaving the slabbed path and taking a reasonably distinct path through the heather of Chunal Moor to Harry Hut trig point (441m). From there the path leads us to the Wormstones, an unusual rock formation, with views towards Cown Edge. The descent from there is irregular, but manageable with care. We return to Glossop through tranquil meadows, along a stream and quiet country lanes.

Start of walk: Clough House car park, Wildboarclough grid reference SJ 9874 6996  SK11 0BD at 10am.

Direction so start:  go to Macclesfield and turn left at Arighi Bianchi on Buxton Road. Go towards Buxton and shortly after Walker Barn, bear right on old road for about 1.5 miles, turn right at Stanley Arms to Wildboarclough. Continue for about 1.5 miles and turn left into car park. If going direct please be at car park by 10.00.

The walk goes parallel to the road and then up the road by Crag Hall, over the moors to Three Shire Heads, to Orchard Common, over the moors to Dane Head, over Axe Edge Moor, crossing the Buxton Road to the old road out of Buxton, Derbyshire Bridge (toilets), to Cat and Fiddle, over the moor to Cumberland Brook, to the car park. Time about 5 hours.

The path to Cumberland Brook is a short section steep downhill. Otherwise there are no steep parts.

I have led this walk a number of times, one of my favourites.

The walk starts at 10am at Disley Station Approach car park. Postcode SK12 2AE

Map reference SJ974845

Directions: From Wilmslow take the A555 Airport Eastern Link Road to junction with A6. Turn right onto A6. Just before the Rams Head pub in Disley village turn sharp right and follow the station approach to the car park on the left. 

Walk description:  We walk past Disley Golf Club, ascending to enjoy scenic views to Mellor Moor and distant Kinder Scout. We continue through a wooded area and descend to the Peak Forest Canal, crossing an impressive lift bridge before walking into Barlow Wood, then along the River Goyt. We ascend to skirt round Mellor Golf Course and walk along a scenic, level bridleway to The Banks.  A steepish ascent takes us towards Mellor Cross. Hopefully, we'll enjoy great views before descending to Brookbottom and Strines to join the canal towpath back towards Disley. 

Start of Walk:   Dennis Knoll Car Park SK 228 844 S10 4QZ at 10.15 am

Route to start: Take A555 eastwards, then A6 throught Disley, and turn left towards Castleton, down Winnats Pass, through Castleton and Hope. After passing Bamford traffic lights, go 0.7m and turn on to small road on left named Hill Foot, with sign “Leading to Jaggers Lane”. Go along Hill Foot for 0.5m, then turn left into Coggars Lane, with sign “Stannage Moor”. This road goes steeply uphill, after 0.5m follow Coggars Lane left with sign “Bamford Moor”. Go along this lane for 1.2m (ignoring left turn after 1.1m) and you will reach the car park.

Description of walk :  Distance:  about 8 miles, 4.5 hours.  From car park the walk goes up gradually to Stannage Edge, on to Stanage Pole, Redmires Resevoir. Cross moorland, across the Conduit, across A57, turn left towards Moscar Cross, back across A57, climb gradually on to Stannage Edge and back to car park.

Moderate walk with some gradual climbs.

NOTE:   later start time because of the distance to the start 

Walk starts at Jacksons Brickyard Car Park SK12 1TY at 9.00am

 Directions to start:

Go to Poynton via Woodford, go over Macclesfield road, past Waitrose. After 0.3m from middle of Poynton, bear left at ‘Y’ junction, Middlewood Road. Continue past  right on Anson Roadfor about ½ mile, turn right at car park sign for short distance into the car park. Free parking.

We then walk for about 10 minutes to Middlewood station and catch the 9.18 train to Stockport. Ticket price is about £3. The train gets to Stockport at 9.32.

Please be prompt at car park because getting to Middlewood station to avoid missing the train is critical.

You can join the walk either at Middlewood station of at Stockport station.

The walk is easy with no hills. We leave Stockport (the most difficult navigation of the whole walk), and join R Tame valley walk, to R Goyt walk, to Offerton Green, Cown Edge way and finally Middlewood way.

NOTE:   early meeting time to catch the train

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