Peak District Boundary Walk
A 190-mile long-distance path starting and finishing in Buxton, completing a circuit around the boundary of the Peak District National Park. With map, statistics, and GPX route file.
Statistics and Files
Grid Ref: SK 058 732
Distance: 190 miles (306 km)
Time: 80–100 hours
Duration: 12–20 days
Ordnance Survey Explorer Maps (1:25,000):
OL1 The Peak District – Dark Peak Area
OL21 South Pennines – Burnley, Hebden Bridge, Keighley and Todmorden
OL24 The Peak District – White Peak Area
259 Derby, Uttoxeter, Ashbourne and Cheadle
268 Wilmslow, Macclesfield and Congleton
278 Sheffield, Barnsley and Rotherham
288 Bradford, Huddersfield and East Calderdale
Summary
The Peak District Boundary Walk is a circular 190-mile (310 km) walking trail starting and finishing at Buxton, broadly following the boundary of the Peak District, Britain’s first national park. The route was developed by Friends of the Peak District (a branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England) and launched on 17 June 2017. The founders of Friends of the Peak District, Gerald and Ethel Haythornthwaite, proposed the boundary of the Peak District National Park, which was subsequently established as the United Kingdom’s first National Park in 1951.
The Peak District Boundary Walk can be started anywhere on the route, but the nominal starting point is marked by a plaque at the King’s Head pub in Buxton. The route is waymarked with green markers and uses existing footpaths, tracks, quiet lanes, disused railway lines, and canal towpaths. The terrain covers the open moorlands of the South Pennines, the limestone scenery of the Derbyshire Dales, woodlands, reservoirs, and rural farming countryside. Most of the trail lies in Derbyshire, but it also crosses sections of Staffordshire, Cheshire, and Yorkshire. The total ascent is just short of 10,000 metres, with a highest point of 506 metres at the summit of Shutlingsloe. (Source: Wikipedia)