This Peak District Ethels walk bags 3 of the Dark Peak Ethels - Britland Edge Hill, Dead Edge End and Snailsden, and 2 trig points. This 8.4 mile walk explores some of the bleaker, more remote parts of the Peak District and the terrain is wet and boggy, to say the least! We have already bagged these 3 Peak District Ethels, but on 2 separate walks. We had planned to walk this route ... READ MORE »
Archives for November 2022
Wyming Brook Waterfalls Walk | 6 Miles
Wyming Brook Nature Reserve is a hidden gem at the northern edge of the Peak District. Home to beautiful waterfalls and pools, this Wyming Brook waterfalls walk takes you through the nature reserve itself and then off over the moors to bag the Rod Moor trig point, before returning via The Head Stone on Hallam Moor. This 6.2 mile walk is one of the best Autumn walks in the Peak District when the ... READ MORE »
Peak District Ethels Walks
Are you looking for Peak District Ethels walks? If you are hoping to take on this epic walking challenge in 2024, this blog post will help you complete the challenge in 39 walks (or less, because I'm planning to re-walk some of them and combine some Ethels where I can). Each walk has a GPX file so you can plan your routes the easy way! So what are the 95 Ethels in the Peak District? ... READ MORE »
Oyster Clough and Blackden Brook to Kinder Plateau (Scramble with Waterfalls)
This 8.5 mile Peak District walk starts from Birchen Clough Bridge car park and heads up Alport Moor to find the Oyster Clough shooting cabin before heading across the valley and scrambling up Blackden Brook onto the Kinder Plateau. If you are looking for a challenging walk with lots to see, including the Oyster Clough shooting cabin (aka the "secret" bothy in the Peak District of YouTube ... READ MORE »
Best Kinder Scout Walks | Guides and GPX Files
Are you looking for inspiration for your next Peak District walk? Here's a collection of the best Kinder Scout walks to give you some ideas for your next walk in the Peak District. Kinder Scout is a huge plateau and nature reserve in the Peak District. It is a spectacular area which is one of the most popular places to walk in the Peak District. The summit of Kinder Scout, at 636m above ... READ MORE »
The Roaches and Luds Church Walk | 9 Miles
This Luds Church and The Roaches walk is just over 8.5 miles long and includes the summit of Gradbach Hill. With the mysterious Lud's Church to explore and rocks on The Roaches to scramble, this is a great walk for kids. We last visited The Roaches as part of a longer Ethels walk but our route that day didn't include Lud's Church. We'd always said we would revisit with Hols, so this time we ... READ MORE »