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Guidebook describing 40 day walks in Derbyshire's White Peak, part of the Peak District National Park. One of two volumes, this book covers the west of the region and explores limestone landscapes, green dales and delightful rivers. Potential bases include Buxton, Hartington, Thorpe, Ashbourne, Cheddleton and Winster.
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A guidebook to 40 day walks exploring the western White Peak in the Peak District National Park. Covering Derbyshire, Cheshire and Staffordshire, the walks are suitable for beginner and experienced walkers alike.
The walks range in length from 6–24km (4–15 miles) and can be enjoyed in 2–7 hours. Many walks start from the same car park or village so can be combined for longer days out.
Map key
Overview map
Introduction
The landscape
Plants and wildlife
History
Two important Peak District organisations
Local communities
Local services, visitor centres and transport
The walks
Responsible walking
Maps and navigation
Using this guide
Northern section
Walk 1 Castleton to Mam Tor
Walk 2 Winnats Pass to Cave Dale
Walk 3 Windgather Rocks
Walk 4 Goyt Valley
Walk 5 Bollington to Swanscoe
Walk 6 Lamaload to Shining Tor
Walk 7 Tideswell to Hay Dale
Walk 8 Buxton
Walk 9 Buxton to Castle Naze
Walk 10 Burbage to the Goyt Valley
Walk 11 Millers Dale to Wormhill
Walk 12 Millers Dale to Deep Dale
Walk 13 Trentabank to Sutton Common
Walk 14 Tegg’s Nose to Macclesfield Forest
Walk 15 Shutlingsloe to Chest Hollow
Walk 16 Three Shires Head
Walk 17 Rushton Spencer to Danebridge
Walk 18 Lud’s Church
Walk 19 The Dragon’s Back
Walk 20 Flash to Axe Edge
Southern section
Walk 21 The Roaches
Walk 22 Hollinsclough to Hollins Hill
Walk 23 Longnor to High Wheeldon
Walk 24 Hen Cloud
Walk 25 Upper Hulme to Blake Mere
Walk 26 Upper Elkstone to Lumbs Farm
Walk 27 Leek to Gun
Walk 28 Onecote to Old Mixon Hay
Walk 29 Hulme End to Revidge
Walk 30 Grindon to Butterton
Walk 31 Hartington to Sheen
Walk 32 Hartington to Pilsbury
Walk 33 Hartington to Biggin Dale
Walk 34 Wetton to Ecton Mine
Walk 35 Alstonefield to Wolfscote Dale
Walk 36 Froghall to Cheddleton
Walk 37 Waterhouses to Grindon
Walk 38 Ilam to Dovedale
Walk 39 Ilam to Beeston Tor
Walk 40 Ilam to Blore
Appendix A Route summary table
Appendix B Useful websites
Appendix C Bibliography and further reading
May 2023
A new stile has been installed. It is the same style as others used on the estate in places. There are hand holds, boot treads, and no barbed wire. I have attached photos.
This maintains access of Combs Moss to Corbar Hill. This is not a public right of way but a permissive path on open access land.
The route description in the book P71 should now read '...then bear NE for a few metres until you reach a stile in the wall on the right. Go over the stile and follow the wall line S downhill...'
Paul Besley is a writer who began exploring the British Landscape while at school in the 1970s. His focus of work is the interaction between human and the land. His work has evolved into the study of how the physical environment imprints itself on humans and how as a race we respond. His belief that walking is a simple activity has led him to support the effort of many just starting out on a lifetime of pleasure. He has a desire to show people that walking does not just have to be in the hills and mountains of national parks or rely on expensive equipment but can be enjoyed from the front door of home through our urban landscape and out into our local countryside. His books, Day Walks in the South Pennines and 1001 Walking Tips for Vertebrate Publishing, and the three Peak District guidebooks for Cicerone Press, are well respected by walkers and explorers of all ages. He lives close to the Peak District in The Outdoor City of Sheffield with his partner, metalsmith Alison Counsell, their three dogs Monty, Olly, and Scout.
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