Product Description

This is a compact guide to the region's best trail walking. It provides: routes between 8-12 miles for the walking enthusiast to complete in a day; over 100 inspirational photos from the four corners of the Peak District; and 20 specially-produced walking-specific route maps. It is researched and tested by experienced walking guides, with decades of experience, and also includes clear easy-to-follow route descriptions.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #142741 in Books
• Published on: 2005-11-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

From the Publisher
Available from 31st October 2005, this book, the latest from the publishers of Dark Peak Mountain Biking, Britain's bestselling mountain bike guide, is researched, written and tested by dedicated walking guides with decades of local experience, illustrated with over a hundred inspirational photographs, and features a clear, precise colour map for each route.

Excerpted from Day Walks in the Peak District: Circular Routes of 8 to 12 Miles Ranging from High Moorland Outings to Walks in the Limestone Dales by Norman Taylor, Barry Pope. Copyright © 2005. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Stanton Moor and Robin Hood’s Stride
15km/9.4 miles

This route combines wild, unspoilt woodland, open moor full of archaeological relics, a gritstone tor, a hermit’s cave, and three lovely villages.

Route: Winster – Cowley Knowl – Stanton Moor – Birchover – Robin Hood’s Stride – Elton – Winster

Start:
Winster. Park in the car park at the eastern end of the village.
Grid Reference 247 606

The Walk:
The village of Winster was established in ancient times. The Domesday Survey, commissioned by William the Conqueror in 1085, lists ‘Winsterne’, as a village of twenty dwellings. Although the architecture is of interest generally, it is the 16th Century Market Hall that is the real gem. The village expanded in the 18th Century as a result of the lead mining industry.

Not far into our walk, the ruin of an engine house at Cowley Knowl testifies to the area’s industrial heritage. The section from Winster to Birchover follows paths through a stretch of unspoilt woodland, before climbing to Stanton Moor.

Here we see a total contrast in vegetation – now mainly open heather moor with a scant covering of birch. The moor is littered with excavated Bronze Age burial mounds and we visit the stone circle known as Nine Ladies.

After circumnavigating the moor, our descent takes in the old quarry village of Birchover. We continue from here along a combination of tracks and field paths on the approach to the gritstone tor of Robin Hood’s Stride. Cratcliffe Tor can be found nearby. At its foot, we find the Hermit’s Cave, notable for the 12th Century crucifix carved into the rock.

More field paths, a stroll down a quiet lane, then a short, sharp climb, lead us to Elton, an attractive village of stone cottages. We finish off by following the Limestone Way back to Winster.

Customer Reviews

Book Review
Been visiting the peaks for some years now, always doing the same walks so invested in this book after downloading a sample walk on the web. Excellent book, has taken me to new areas, new hills and new tea shops etc. Nicely laid out, clear maps etc, inspiring, would def recommend to anyone who enjoys more that a bumble, the walks seem to average about 10miles, but can be cut short with a map and compass, i hope they publish volume 2 soon.

Walking Roures
We saw an example walk from the book in A Derbyshire magazine while on holiday at Little Longstone near Monsal Head, so we sent for the book and it has for-filled our expectations. It is full of walks which we have not walked yet and we can not wait to walk. Walking routes in the book have a detailed map and area map and a written guide.
Very good value for money.