Description
Book SynopsisTo celebrate Britain's first and arguably most beautiful national park, supporters of Friends of the Peak District have devised a 190-mile walking route around its entire boundary – the Peak District Boundary Walk. Stretching from the moorland tops of the South Pennines to the gentle limestone scenery of the Derbyshire Dales, the route embraces the urban edges of Sheffield and Oldham, as well as Staffordshire's rugged moorland and the undulating slopes of Cheshire.
Follow the route along existing footpaths, tracks, quiet lanes, former railway lines and a canal towpath. Enjoy some quiet and little-known corners of the national park. Walk it in day stages or tackle it all in one go.
Peak District Boundary Walk includes a detailed route description, Ordnance Survey 1:25,000-scale maps and information about places of interest and local facilities. Separate features examine some of the key national park issues and how the Friends of the Peak District have campaigned for over 90 years to safeguard our most precious landscapes.
Table of ContentsForeword by Fiona Reynolds; Introduction; Route planner; Overview map; Buxton to Hayfield; Stage 1: Buxton to Peak Forest; Stage 2: Peak Forest to Hayfield; Pushing the boundaries; Hayfield to Greenfield; Stage 3: Hayfield to Old Glossop; Stage 4: Old Glossop to Greenfield; Longdendale: roads, rails and pylons; Greenfield to Holme; Stage 5: Greenfield to Marsden; Stage 6: Marsden to Holme; The Pennine Way and access to the hills; Holme to Low Bradfield; Stage 7: Holme to Langsett; Stage 8: Langsett to Low Bradfield; Landscapes and energy; Low Bradfield to Millthorpe; Stage 9: Low Bradfield to Ringinglow; Stage 10: Ringinglow to Millthorpe; Sheffield's beautiful frame; Millthorpe to Winster; Stage 11: Millthorpe to Beeley; Stage 12: Beeley to Winster; Land management old and new; Winster to Thorpe; Stage 13: Winster to Roystone Grange; Stage 14: Roystone Grange to Thorpe; Rock: geology and quarrying; Thorpe to Tittesworth Reservoir; Stage 15: Thorpe to Waterfall; Stage 16: Waterfall to Tittesworth Reservoir; A tale of two valleys; Tittesworth Reservoir to Bollington; Stage 17: Tittesworth Reservoir to Wildboarclough; Stage 18: Wildboarclough to Bollington; Take back the tracks; Bollington to Buxton; Stage 19: Bollington to Whaley Bridge; Stage 20: Whaley Bridge to Buxton; The power of water; Facilities check-list; Acknowledgements.
