Walk #14: Friden, Long Dale and Gratton Dale

General Data

Map of the walk

Notes

After a day spent messing around on Kinder, I thought it would be nice to head back south to the White Peak area. There is not much to say about this walk except for the fact that it runs through couple of classic White Peak dales - Long Dale and Gratton Dale.

Directions

This walk starts off at the car park in Friden, just off the A515 road. Leave the car park and head back to the road near Friden Grange. Turn right to follow the road northeastwards for a fifth of a mile, passing under an old railway bridge that carries the High Peak Trail overhead. The road curves to the left and then the right; just after the right-hand bend turn right to join a bridleway that heads eastwards across a field before reaching two areas of woodland - Bolderstone Plantation to the north and Little Bolderstone Plantation to the south. This marks the entrance to the pleasant Long Dale.

Continue on the path until a junction is reached at SK201596; here turn left to follow another bridleway north up Gratton Dale. This bridleway ends at a road at Dale End. Turn left for a short distance, then take a road that leads off to the left, climbing steeply uphill. It makes a sharp jink to the right to head northwards; at SK196622 turn left along a track that heads westwards towards Mount Pleasant Farm. Continue westwards along this track past the farm; it heads past Kenslow Farm before ending at a road at SK176622. Turn left, and from here it is simply a case of following the road southwards back to the car park at Friden.

A better description of this walk can be found on the Peak District walks website.

Distances

This makes a total distance of 7.8 miles, with 1063 feet of ascent and 1063 feet of descent.

Disclaimer

Please note that I take no responsibility for anything that may happen when following these directions. If you intend to follow this route, then please use the relevant maps and check the route out before you go out. As always when walking, use common sense and you should be fine.

If you find any information on any of these routes that is inaccurate, or you wish to add anything, then please email me.

All images on this site are © of the author. Any reproduction, retransmissions, or republication of all or part of any document found on this site is expressly prohibited, unless the author has explicitly granted its prior written consent to so reproduce, retransmit, or republish the material. All other rights reserved.

Although this site includes links providing convenient direct access to other Internet sites, I do not endorse, approve, certify or make warranties or representations as to the accuracy of the information on these sites.

And finally, enjoy your walking!

Nearby walks

Previous walk   Next walk

---