Total Distance:11 miles
Total ascent/descent: 1500ft
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| Route Map anticlockwise |
Predictably,
Hathersage offers you everything from beauty to intrigue! This month’s walk incorporates spectacular
panorama, ruins from the last millennium, a classic railway tunnel, a gorge and
the mighty ridges including, naturally, Stanage Edge. On the way back, you can look at the alleged
final resting place of “Little John”, one of Robin Hood’s lieutenants, in St.
Michael All Angels Churchyard. Although
11 miles in total, this time there are no strenuous stretches at all making it
a relaxing journey by ‘A’ group standards!
The walk flow is anti-clockwise from the town with the first 2 hrs south
along the river valley to Grindleford railway station, then eastwards along Padley Gorge. Time can be spent also viewing the
fascinating ruins of Padley Manor and
Gatehouse.
Once out of the gorge, you
will be in the open and, hopefully, sunshine for the rest of the trek beneath
the ridges to Upper Burbage Bridge (a
very gentle climb) and then along towards Stanage Edge itself. If you are lucky, there could be 3 ice-cream
vans en-route! You will be awarded
tremendous views from the ridge where we peak at about 1350 ft. A gentle return descent follows around grand
properties and meadows to the Church and the intrigue. Finally, we pass the very well kept cricket square
(with the covers on of course) into the village itself. Give it a go!
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