A Walk from Bakewell

Walk Leader: Steve Edwards

Distance: 10 miles

Total Ascent: 1200 ft,  Descent: about 1700ft


This is a fairly easy A walk, more like a B+. The walk starts from the Wyedale car park which is just off the A6 between Buxton and Bakewell,so be prepared to leave the bus early. We walk through the valley of Deepdale rising rapidly as we head for the small village of Monyash once the centre of lead mining. From now on it is almost all descent heading for the beautiful Lathkill Dale, once a mining centre but now a tranquil valley with clear water and rare wild life. At the ancient village of Conksbury [now archeology as there are no dwellings left!] just after the spectacular series of weirs we head over the fields to Haddon House and the coach park at Bakewell.

A Walk Route

Moneyash Village Green

Batemans House. The minekeepers house built over a secret type of water pump to drain the mine

Between Conksbury and Over Haddon the Lathkill flows over a series of weirs, probably designed to hold back the waters for the mills, but it makes a lovely walk