Access to the vale of edale by car is either by the winding road from hope which follows the river noe or by descending the sharp twisting road which leads steeply down from mam nick, a. Guidebook to 40 walks in the dark peak area of the peak district national park. The walk can be tackled at any time of year although the ridge section will be a more serious undertaking. The directions for this walk are also in a pdf link above which you can. This hugely popular peak district walk visits the dramatic summit of mam tor and traverses the great ridge that separates edale from the hope valley.
The vale of edale is an isolated valley tucked away in the dark peak area of the peak district national park, surrounded by huge mountainous hills and bastions of gritstone topped with wild and exposed moors. From lose hill take a path that heads off downhill to the southeast. The walk clocked in at just over 20 miles and took me 8 hours to complete as i encircled the edale valley in one walk. Top hiking trails in edale, england united kingdom wikiloc. After a usual night of good ale and good fun we arrived in edale in good spirits and after kitting up we began our walk from the village by following the dead end road up the village past grindslow house onto edale moor by following grinds brook upstream. Mar 04, 2014 edale circular up kinder visiting aircraft wreckages this was an 11km walk starting in edale, going up to kinder scout via grindsbrook clough, visiting the aircraft wreckage of avro anson n9853 link and link, and then going along the edge of kinder to ringing roger where we descended back into edale and to the pub. The paths are good, the terrain easy and the signs clear. The walk to the actual start of the pennine is a 500 meters ish walk north on the road.
Britains most popular spot to start a walk is edale in the peak district, according to the uks map producer ordnance survey. Walks in the peak district edale, mam tor, hollins cross. An excellent for peak district walks and very popular in good weather. Map of the 270 miles 435km pennine way national trail, between edale in the peak district and kirk yetholm in the scottish borders. The edale circular walk a cloudy day in the peak district is better than a sunny day in the office the edale circular walk is a great walk and takes you via. Edale pay and display car park, hope valley, derbyshire, s33 7zl across the tjunction from the penny pot cafe. Soda pdf merge tool allows you to combine pdf files in seconds. Edale ltd flexographic printing presses and converting. Then cross two viaducts and up to crookhill farm 187868. Walks in edale, edale walks, peak district walks, walking in. This walk is reproduced with permission from circular walks on the pennine way by kevin donkin, published by frances lincoln.
Walking highlights the great ridge at castleton linking mam tor with lose hill is one the great walks of the peak district. These railway lines give easy access to the beautiful. The route up kinder scout from edale 1 the walk up kinder scout starts from edale, and the initial idea was to follow the pennine way as long as we could before crossing back over the plateau towards edale. Walks in edale, edale walks, peak district walks, walking. Sheffield to edale 30km walking route near sheffield id. A splendid hill walk retracing the route of the famous. Nine easy to follow walk route maps from edale in the peak district, derbyshire, england. On that very first visit to the peak district i stayed in the buxton area for a long weekend and to my delight i found some super walks. This walk climbs up from edale then embraces the full 4 mile long ridge before descending again. Walks numbered 16 are all circular walks from edale. This classic old pub dates back to 1577 and is located a short walk from edale village, at the start of the pennine way. Contact us if youre interested in future e merge walks in london, or the sw educational workshops.
The pennine way national trail is a 268 mile 429 km walking route from edale in derbyshire to kirk yetholm in the scottish borders. Edale circular up kinder visiting aircraft wreckages a. I started from edale and finished at surprise view car park, but hope and bamford, which are passed on the walk, make viable alternatives as start or finish points in order to shorten the walk. Kinder scout circuit from edale walk saturday walkers club.
Edale and hang gliders the 1696ft summit of mam tor is technically part of the kinder massif, ultimately connected to it via a long horseshoe around the head of the hope valley, it explains why the tor fails to appear in any summitbaggers list such as the marylins. The viewpoint at mam tor stretches north over the edale valley to kinder scout and the derwent moors. The valley containing the village is called the vale of edale. As you reach hope you should turn onto edale road, after a few miles youll find the car park on the left just before you tyrn left into the village. I started climbing into the mist, but by the time i reached rushup edge it was lifting, and what followed was a day of lovely bright sunshine. Pdf split or merge is designed for novice pdf users. Or official start of the pennine wa as the sign outside the pub actually said on the day i stood next to it, grinning like a loon for the statutory im setting off for a walk. These are perfect if youre travelling via public transport or if you have a friend with a second car.
One of my favourite places to head for hill walk is edale, where the famous. Alight in hope at the post officecastleton road stop at the end of edale road. Edale edale village peak district villages derbyshire. Edale itself is a charming village full of stonebuilt cottages, all circled by famous hills. Edale ltd are leading uk manufacturers of flexographic, digital and hybrid printing presses as well as converting equipment. To view route as a dynamic ordnance survey map click here. Edale is a very popular centre for walkers and this easy walk provides excellent views of the valley and the surrounding hills. Our route starts and finishes in castleton and tags every major summit on this classic derbyshire walk, including mam tor, hollins cross, back tor and lose hill.
Best online pdf merging tools smallpdf ilovepdf pdf merge combine pdf. When i had first walked the great ridge between mam tor and lose hill i had looked across the edale valley to the distinctive raised peak of win hill pike and wished i had time then to climb it. The vale of edale, the penny pot cafe, and the pennine way. Kinder scout circuit from edale walk strenuous circuit of the kinder scout moorland plateau from edale station length 26. As you get to edale s town centre, look for the turn past the small store and across from the pub, it will be a. Edale peak district walks walks in the peak district. Edale is a charming and pleasant village but, despite its status as a jumpingoff point for britains most celebrated outdoor challenge, it offers few facilities.
A circular walk from edale to lose hill and kinder. Strenuous circuit of the kinder scout moorland plateau from edale station. Check local services to reach the station from here. It crosses some of the finest upland landscapes in england, from the peak district, through the yorkshire dales, across the north pennines and over hadrians wall in northumberland to the cheviots. Although not the united kingdoms longest national trail, the pennine way is according to the ramblers association one of britains best known and toughest. Kinder scout is famous as the site of a mass trespass in 1932 from which stemmed. When i first came here in 1975 every other house sold teas and refreshments from its lounge or front lawn. Edale is the name of the valley of the river noe and the name used by most people for grindsbrook booth, the settlement where the only train station in the valley is located. Known to be one of the best ridge walks in the country, this peak district walk gives stunning views over edale, hope valley and even the edge of kinder scout.
Discover the most beautiful places, download gps tracks and follow the top routes on a map. Experience brilliant views of the hills from down in the valley. Payment can be made by cheque, from your bank account or by debitcredit cardpaypal account following acceptance of booking. This part starts in edale and goes through the peak district national park. Best walks from edale in the peak district walks in the. Like many parts of the peak district, it has a long and fascinating history, and the village itself can be dated as far back as the 11th century, when it was marked in the domesday book. Best walks from edale in the peak district mud and routes. The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. Kinder walk from edale os getoutside ordnance survey. Edale station edale station, map reference sk 122 853, is. Turn left out of the car park to reach edale, passing the moorland centre, one of the peak districts main visitor centres.
Head to the old nags head at hope vale, just to the north of the village postcode. This easy circular walk provides excellent views of the vale of edale and the. Ol1 dark peak kinder scout from edale from the main car park walk, or the railway station, take the road into the village past the tourist information centre on the right hand to the nags head pub the official start of the pennine way. Hayfield to edale and back 16th jun 20 public hike up william clough to kinder downfall, across the plateau to crowden, down to edale via grindsbrook clough view ranger turned itself off for this bit along to upper booth, up jacobs ladder to the trig point and down via kinderlow end. Here are instructions on how to do a mail merge with a pdf document. Two walks from edale kinder scout is one of the most popular walking destinations in the country. Pdf split or merge is a free powerful utility that you can use to split or merge your pdf books. The route uses a mixture of paths, tracks and quiet country lanes and includes walking the main ridge of rushup edge. Map of edale hotels and attractions on a edale map. Starting from the penny pot cafe near the village of edale, see edale. Other attractions include winnats pass, peveril castle and rushup edge. Our pdf merger allows you to quickly combine multiple pdf files into one single pdf document, in just a few clicks. Peak district walks are some of the best in the country, and the peak district national park is one the uks most popular walking destinations. How to merge pdfs in infix iceni blog iceni technology ltd.
The old nags head is the official starting point of the pennine way. While walking and exercise is allowed once a day you. Mar 05, 2018 the village of edale in the peak district thats best known as the starting point of the pennine way and as the most popular starting point for walks up kinder scout. A circular 7mile walk combining superb walking along two edges with a visit to chatsworth. While these two walks will obviously appear in any list of walks from the village, theres plenty more excellent walking available directly from the village. This free online tool allows to combine multiple pdf or image files into a single pdf document. Jul 23, 2016 the ramblers britains walking charity working to protect and expand the places people love to walk and promote walking for health and pleasure. Jacobs ladder walk a cloudy day walking in the peaks is better than a sunny day in the office. It is the southern terminus of the pennine way, a 268mile longdistance walk to kirk yetholm in scotland. We stayed in new mills for the five day break which was an experience in itself. Where to stay castleton, hope, and edale are convenient for this area.
The viewpoint at mam tor stretches north over the edale valley to kinder scout and the derwent. I spent fifty minutes in the salubrious surroundings, and had two. Record your own trail from the wikiloc app, upload it and share it with the community. Travelling from the east, the starting point is reached by turning off the a625 at hope village and following an unclassified road running up.
Kinder scout walk from edale via grindsbrook clough 8. In edale head to the old nags head at hope vale, just to the north of the village postcode. Kinder scout from edale walk map kinder scout walk via grindsbrook from edale map click for os online route here walk start point. Walking in edale overview of all walking and hiking routes. From the main car park in edale in derbyshire, sk124854 terrain. Cradle mountain walking tracks, adventures and animal spotting a free map by cradlemountain. One of my favourite places to head for hill walk is edale, where the famous pennine way startsfinishes, and where you have easy access to kinder scout, mam tor, and a huge number of other walks with. Heading up william clough, the pennine way is followed along the plateau edge, passing the dramatic kinder downfall and visiting kinder low before returning by an old packhorse route. Tour the vale of edale, walk its famous ridge and youll fall in love with the place.
This peak district walk starts from edale village and climbs onto kinder scout via. The peak district was a shining beacon during that dark period as it remained open while every other national park in england was closed to walking. The stone surfaced footpath from the car park to the top of mam tor will reward you with one of the most dramatic viewpoints in the peak district. This low level walk leads you through vast, open fields and along parts of the pennine way, following streams and stone flagged paths through the vale of edale. Beautiful, scenic edale is one of the most popular starting points for peak district walks, and marks the southern endpoint of the pennine way. On arrival at castleton the weather did not look too promising the top of mam tor was not visible due to cloud, and the hollins cross ridge was also obscured. Small but perfectly formed the village even has its own train station, and is best known for its position at the start of the long distant footpath the pennine way, that. In middle england we are blessed to have a huge range of walking opportunities available to us, and the peak district is an excellent place to start if you have not explored this area before. The village is also the southern end of the pennine way. The sheffield to manchester railway line brings walkers in the thousands every year to explore the glorious walking countryside.
T his short walk from edale is an easy way to get some great views, tick a summit and pick up an ice cream reward at the end without too much uphill grinding to put young legs off. The last walks numbered 710 are all linear walks which start from edale but finish at a different location. Data from the mapping organisations digital services found the busiest parts of the country for ramblers. Kinder low before joining up with the pennine way and heading back down off the. Edale circular up kinder visiting aircraft wreckages a path. Castleton circular via rushup edge and edale o18 looking south down cave dale. Britains favourite mam tor, peak district walk with julia. As would be expected from such a walk the views are stunning throughout. For those travelling from the west, the great ridge is crossed by a difficult zigzag road. But costs are always rising so to help us avoid big increases in our modest membership fee, additional donations are always welcomed. Its groughveined plateau, its magnificent viewsover the pennines and its accessibility by train from sheffield and manchester make it so.
Walk up the steps to see gorgeous views over the peak district. A grand old country house, yha edale activity centre is one of the highest residences in the peak district and has a view to match. Mam tor walk an easy circular walk in the peak district. Last saturday i took on the classic walk in the peak district the edale skyline walk in preparation for the yorkshire three peaks at the end of the month. Guided walks and folk trains in the high peak and hope valley. Thats why ive not only created incredibly detailed pdf guides for each. Castleton is a gem of a village stonebuilt, haphazard, attractive, and ringed by hills. Perfect if youve driven to the edale and want to finish your walk at one of the pubs in the village.
Guided walks peak district book edale beginners nav. The 271 272 service from sheffield to castleton stops in hope. This walk up kinder scout from the village of edale ventures deep into the spongy peat moor in search of the highest point on kinder scout. It lays pretty much across the contact between the limestone to the south and the gritstone a type of hard sandstone to the north.
Edale, the start of the pennine way, upperbooth, jacobs ladder, browne knoll trig point, rushop edge, mam tor, hollins cross and then back to edale. A grand circular walk around edale and kinder giving plenty of exercise, some rough ground but a good path most of the way. This walk starts at the hamlet of edale and takes you over the exposed plateau of kinder scout to kinder downfall via jacobs ladder, across the plateau to the southern edge to see some of the weird shaped rocks and the very steep descent of crowden clough. Easily combine multiple files into one pdf document. Edale is one of the remotest villages in the peak district, but offers a good range of accommodation, with several campsites, a youth hostel and an inn. From kinder downfall there is an alternative route to edale via grinds brook shown on the sketch map in green with a probably better defined path but this would miss out some of the weird shaped rocks and the famous pym chair. Its railway station provides a quick and direct publictransport route to the heart of the. Many walkers are tempted by the challenge of kinder scout, but be aware that the weather conditions can change rapidly on this noble mount. Edale circular up kinder visiting aircraft wreckages this was an 11km walk starting in edale, going up to kinder scout via grindsbrook clough, visiting the aircraft wreckage of avro anson n9853 link and link, and then going along the edge of kinder to ringing roger where we descended back into edale and to the pub. Find the best hiking trails in edale, england united kingdom. This walk has been checked as noted above, however the publisher cannot accept responsibility for any problems encountered by readers. Go to open country at 157894, then on to alport castles 143914.
Walking information, advice and campaigns, walking news and events, group led walks and an online library of walking routes. Please follow the official guidelines by the various and relevant uk governments. Walks in the peak district all free to print off or download. With the great ridge between lose hill and mam tor to the south and the dark peak moorland of the kinder plateau to the north, yha edale activity centre is. Ldwa is run entirely by volunteers and we work hard to keep costs as low as possible. The great ridge sits on the dark peak white peak border and makes for a superb peak district walk. The second of three walks during a long weekend in march 2015, this one was long planned. There are many walks in the peak district which have trafficfree trails, so whether youre looking for a gentle countryside stroll or a fullon hike, we have something to please everyone. Edale to hayfield 17km walking route near edale id. Pdf merge combine pdf files free tool to merge pdf online. This is an easy walk to follow but one which will catch the weather if there is a wind blowing. From mam tor you walk along the iconic great ridge to hollins cross, and then down on hill trails and. I will always remember the good nights out we had in new mills.
Edale is a small village in a lovely setting northeast of castleton in the northern half of the peak district. This walk on kinder scout starts from the hamlet of edale and takes you over the exposed plateau of kinder scout to kinder downfall via jacobs ladder, across. Edale can be a very popular place to visit in the summer months and weekends. Stout foot wear is the order of the day as edale is walking country with a variety of walks that offer easy strolls to challenging hikes. You follow the pennine way out of the pretty village of edale, with stunning views all across the. Edale, peak district travel guide and edale information.
Her take the lefthand path, and follow it as it heads downhill, slowly curing to the east across laybrook pasture. The village of edale in the peak district thats best known as the starting point of the pennine way and as the most popular starting point for walks up kinder scout. I had been up in manchester for my mother in laws birthday and was able to take the opportunity to have a quick walk in the peak district. The summer of 2000 was steves swansong season in the north before moving to somerset so he, dave and i took the opportunity of a few days break to walk in the northern peak district. In this article, well walk through the merge process. How to merge pdfs and combine pdf files adobe acrobat dc. Walk the way in a day walk 50 kinder scout from edale. A peak district walk that includes some less walked areas of the national park. Click the pdf logo above to give a printable version of this walk without the photos. One of the best walks in the peak district near edale and chesterfield derbyshire.