Upperdale from Monsal Head, Little Longstone, Bakewell, Derbyshire
Date: Sunday, 28th October 2018
Start time: 10:30
Grade: Moderate
Distance: 8.0 miles
Walk description
We start this walk from Monsal Head, walking down the dale towards Brushfield Hough, taking a path uphill towards Brushfield then on through High Dale. We come out on to Broadway Lane where we start our descent into Priestcliffe Lees joining the Monsal Trail.
At the first tunnel we will take the old paths that take us over the tops as when the tunnels were closed. These paths look down on the River Wye at Water-Cum-Jolly. We then come back to the Monsal Trail and return to the start point.
Meeting point and parking
Meeting point: DE45 1NL : Meet outside Monsal Head Hotel, Ashford Lane, Little Longstone, Bakewell, Derbyshire
GPS Coordinates: 53.2402562, -1.7245531
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