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A short circular Edale bimble via Crookstone Hill


by Imperial Dave
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Short description
A cracking little bimble starting in the Edale vale and walking part of the Edale Moor plateau before dropping back into the vale and round to the starting point.
Whilst not particularily strenuous or remote, this walk gives good views of Mam Tor and Lose Hill on the opposite ridge. The views from Crookstone Hill are particularly nice.
A visit to nearby Castleton afterwards for tea and scones completes a relaxing days outing in the Peak District

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Route details

Region: Peak District
Start at: roadside at Nether Booth
Circular Route
Grid ref: SK141860
Difficulty: Easy
Scramble element: Walking
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Distance: 14.5 kilometres
Total ascent: 600 meters
Approx. time needed: 4 hrs 45 mins
Map: OL1 or LR110
   
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Long description
Park your car by the side of the road (there is a reasonable bit of space here) and make your way up the driveway to Rowland Cote Youth Hostel. Cross lady Booth Brook by the little wooden bridge and angle your way around the contour of the little vale. Continue along the fence line passing Clough Farm before slowly climbing along and up the flanks of Nether Moor.

There is a slight downhill into the vale of Jaggers Clough before a dogleg (across the small stream) pulls you back up towards Crookstone Barr. Ascend from here towards Crookstone Hill before attaining the top of Crookstone Knoll. On your way up, pause to admire the view by the side of the 2 small trees that sit beside the path.

Once on the top of the Knoll, make your way along the edge of the plateau, floowing the path until gaining the outcrop at Ringing Roger. Push on to Nether Tor and again follow the plateau edge through Upper Tor. From here the path curls around eventually heading south to Grindslow Knoll and a slow descent back to the vale. A sharp descent through Grindslow Ho deposits you in Edale. A very short zipzag and you take the lowland path to Ollerbrook Booth and then eventually back to Nether Booth.

A cream tea is surely the best way to finish the day from here on in!

Getting there

Dead easy by road, heading for Edale from Chapel en le frith or Hope. Not tried personally but there is a railway station at Edale so is quite a possibility to do this by public transport

Facilities

Not much in Edale itself but plenty of villages nearby and Castleton is worth a quick refreshment stop

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Discuss this route


Bill Major
Train access from Sheffield or Manchester is excellent, hourly, this year much improved, as the early evening had a two hour wait in past years. Too many guides in the outdoors magazines, add train access as an after thought or just ignore it. I have seen route guides that state "no public transport" simply because the nearest Station is a mile off the chosen route. The Castleton area is spoilt for choice - Edale, Hope, Hathersage, all within a few miles of each other giving access to different points on the national park. I understand the difficulty for day trippers who live in Southern England but for the 60% of us who live in the midlands and north of England, train access, to the Pennines and other great routes,is good.
Posted: 22/09/2012 at 10:39


Paddy Dillon

I know... tragic, isn't it?

Some years ago an outdoor magazine (which shall remain nameless) had a specific 'public transport' issue, which was tragic beyond belief. Their main feature writer seemed to screw up totally and ended up hiring a taxi instead! I rarely have any problem travelling the world by public transport, though I have to say that the USA is hopeless in that respect, but that's because their whole society is driven (excuse the pun) by cars. I often end up walking in places where you just can't get there by car, and even if you could, if it was a long-distance walk, there would be a huge problem having to go back for the car afterwards.


Posted: 22/09/2012 at 12:33


no longer the 'office manager'

I use the train for quite a few walks in the Peak District mostly for linear walks starting around Hope or Edale. I'm also starting to use the bus more now as it's free at the weekends - one of the 'benefits' of being a certain age!!


Posted: 22/09/2012 at 13:57


Paddy Dillon

I hope they still have those free bus passes when I'm older. If they do, then I intend to get plenty of use out of mine, even to the extent that they'll have to carry my corpse off the bus if necessary!


Posted: 22/09/2012 at 14:17


Martin Carpenter

I don't drive so lots of walks by public transport. Definetly some restrictions - you do certainly need to be more careful where you live - but then again I rather prefer point to point walks, and they need it anyway.

And when all the connections turn silly in the evenings? Well its just down time anyway. I certainly wouldn't like to try driving after some of my walks!


Posted: 22/09/2012 at 22:41


captain paranoia
Have I missed the article this thread is linked to, or is it another new forum bug...? Or has it been posted in the wrong forum...?
Posted: 23/09/2012 at 11:00


Imperial Dave

http://www.outdoorsmagic.com/routes/a-short-circular-edale-bimble-via-crookstone-hill/1113

 

A bug CP. This is the original route posted in the route forum to which the comments are linked 


Posted: 23/09/2012 at 11:05


Paddy Dillon

Well... the thread was started by a first-time, one-off poster, so it's anyone's guess whether it was ever supposed to link to anything specific.

Still... the point raised is perfectly valid.

When it comes to getting to and from a walk, all I need is one option to get there, and one option to get back, and the job's a good 'un! Some folk think you need buses and trains every 20 minutes, everywhere, every day of the week, but clearly that's not necessary.


Posted: 23/09/2012 at 11:09


Imperial Dave

just a bit of aforethought and planning. I admit that when I did the walk I didnt particularily look at the public transport options that day. Having said that I had just finished a nightshift in Burton and so I drove straight there!


Posted: 23/09/2012 at 11:18


ed h

It's nice to see you publishing a route you actually planned Dave


Posted: 23/09/2012 at 12:37


Imperial Dave


Posted: 23/09/2012 at 12:41

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