Bakewell – Hartington
Walk in the heart of Derbyshire’s White Peak from Bakewell to Hartington via the Arbor Low Neolithic stone circle which sits inside one of the UK’s best preserved prehistoric henges. Continue reading Bakewell – Hartington
Category: Hills and Uplands
Stiperstones – Chirbury
Walk from the village of Stiperstones across the western Shropshire countryside to Chirbury near the Welsh border via Mitchell’s Fold the county’s best known Bronze Age stone circle. Continue reading Stiperstones – Chirbury
Hook Norton – Long Compton
Walk from Hook Norton in Oxfordshire to Long Compton in Warwickshire’s north Cotswolds. The route takes you on foot via the rightly celebrated prehistoric megaliths collectively called the Rollright Stones. Continue reading Hook Norton – Long Compton
Hay on Wye – Black Mountain
Circular walk from Hay-on-Wye, partly on the Offa’s Dyke National Trail, to the Black Mountain, the Midlands highest peak, on the edge of the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, and the border between Herefordshire and Powys. Continue reading Hay on Wye – Black Mountain
Chipping Campden – Broadway
Walk from Chipping Campden along the Cotswolds Way, up onto the Cotswolds escarpment, and along to Worcestershire’s Broadway Hill site of Broadway Tower before descending to Broadway village. Continue reading Chipping Campden – Broadway
Hadfield – Holmfirth
Walk partially along the Pennine Way from Hadfield in Derbyshire at the foot of Longdendale up and over the Black Hill, West Yorkshire’s highest point, to the Holme Valley, and Holmfirth its famous main town. Continue reading Hadfield – Holmfirth
Honeybourne – Mickleton
Walk between the villages of Honeybourne and Mickleton on the north western most fringes of the Cotswolds National Landscape. The walk is mostly rural and passes through two counties (Worcestershire and Gloucestershire). Continue reading Honeybourne – Mickleton
Craven Arms – Stokesay
Walk from Craven Arms Railway Station to Stokesay just south of the town where the famous, fairytale Stokesay Castle is situated Continue reading Craven Arms – Stokesay
Rocester – Alton
This Staffordshire walk from Rocester, home of JCB, to the village of Alton in the heart of the River Churnet Valley. Home to Alton Castle and Alton Towers alike. Continue reading Rocester – Alton
Edale – Castleton
Peak District walk from Edale to Castleton via Hollins Cross on the Great Ridge and the Odin Mine beneath Mam Tor begins from Edale Railway Station. Continue reading Edale – Castleton