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| Walks in the Peak District | sponsored by: |  Map and Compass Navigation Courses From The Experts |
Admiring the tremendous views of the Peak District while walking from Mam Tor to Lose Hill
| The Peak District is one of the latter areas to be added to the Walking Englishman. This popular park has always taken a place down the pecking
order behind the Yorkshire Dales and the Lake District mainly because both
the Dales and the Lakes are closer to home. Therefore it was overlooked for
far too long. I first walked in the Peak District during the foot and mouth
crisis in the 1990's when walking was banned in most areas. The Peak
District was a shining beacon during that dark period as it remained open
while other national parks closed. And on that first visit Steve, Dave and I
stayed for a long weekend and found a few super walks. Now I know about the
delights of this super park with its two distinct areas, the Dark Peak of
gritstone and the White Peak of limestone I shall return whenever I
have the opportunity and new walks will appear. About my sponsors: The Walking Englishman recommends navigation courses provided by Peak Outdoor Training in the Peak District. Navigation Courses inlclude one and two day courses and the Bronze and Silver Natuional Navigation awards as well bespoke navigation training. |
| Easy Walks: | ||
| Curbar Edge and Froggatt Edge | A fantastic gritstone edge walk for those who like to live on the precipice! | |
| Thorncliffe Trail | On the edge of the Peak District exploring history in an interesting part of north Sheffield. | |
| Moderate & Hard Walks: | ||
| Chrome Hill from Buxton | A super Peak District hill to climb. We did it from Buxton in winter snow. | |
| Wetton Hill and Thor's Cave | A circular walk to Thor's Cave, a fantastic adventure starting out from Wettonmill. | |
| The Roaches and Hen Cloud | A superb walk taking in a host of classic Peak District landmarks including Hanging Stone. | |
| Mam Tor Ridge from Hope | This is clearly the most popular Peak District ridge walk on the environs of the Hope valley. | |
| Dove Dale and Wolfscote Dale | This is possibly the most popular of all the Peak District Walks. There is a reason! | |
| Kinder Scout | The objective of the honorable landmark Peak trespass. We were luckier than the pioneers of walking. | |
| Lathkill Dale and Bradford Dale | A walk to two extra special dales, one well known, one a delightful surprise. | |
| Higger Tor and Padley Gorge | A fantastic contrast of heather moor in late summer bloom and an oak wooded gorge. | |
| Stanage Edge from Hathersage | The iconic dark peak walk to the most famous millstone grit escarpment of them all. | |
| Monsal Dale from Bakewell | A superb guest entry walk from Owain Roberts. A great report of a splendid walk. | |
| Dovestone Rocks | Another guest entry walk, this one from Ken Brockway is about a peak bagging exercise in the north west corner of the park. | |
| Six Dales Circuit | At over 26 miles, this walk is marathon distance. The rewards are worth it though, a walk to six exceptional dales. | |
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