Curbar Edge from Eyam, Derbyshire
Date: Sunday, 27th October 2019
Start time: 10:00
Grade: Moderate
Distance: 8.0 miles
Update: This walk now starts at 10:00am
Walk description
The walk starts from the top main car park in Eyam with a steep but pretty climb up a tree-lined track. A minor road then leads to a track which takes us to the edge of Eyam Moor and above Eyam Edge and Bretton Clough. We then descend to Stoke Ford and climb gently up Highlow Brook and on to and across Eyam Moor.
It is then back to Eyam descending along a fairly steep path which takes us to the back of the church. In the churchyard there are a number of graves of villagers who died from the plague, including Catherine Mompesson, the vicar’s wife who died on August 25th 1666. We walk through the graveyard on to Main Street passing the ‘plague’ cottages, where the plague victims lived, back to the car park.
This walk is around the ‘plague’ village of Eyam and it will take about 4.5 hours with lunch stop. It is a lovely walk which embraces deep, wooded valleys, open moorland and magnificent views all the way.
Meeting point and parking
Meeting point: S32 5AB : Parish Council Car Park, Hawkhill Road, Eyam, Derbyshire
GPS Coordinates: 53.2869356, -1.6763458
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