Walk 1169 - printer friendly version

Baslow Edge & Wellington's Monument Walk

Author - Lou Johnson

Length - 3.5 miles / 5.7 km

Ascent - 450 feet / 136 metres

Grade - easy

Start - OS grid reference SK262747
Lat 53.268649 + Long -1.6086259
Postcode S32 3YR (approx. location only)

Many of the walks featured in this site are only suitable for the experienced mountain walker. This short Peak District walk is an ideal introduction to the gritstone edges of the Peak District and can easily be completed in a couple of hours. There is a small car park (grid ref. SK261747) sited just back from Baslow Edge on the lane that climbs east out of Curbar towards the A621 Baslow to Sheffield main road. Alternatively you can park on the roadside in the immediate vicinity.

Even before you start you get a good idea of what the walk will be like. The views to the west are open with the River Derwent meandering through the valley below. The walk is much easier to complete than to describe so please bear with me if the description seems rather complex! From the car park head west down the lane towards Curbar village for a few hundred metres. On the left is a footpath sign pointing south. In reality there are a number of parallel paths and follow one of these in the direction of Baslow village for nearly a kilometre. Ignore the path veering right towards the Edge and go through the gate, following the path which crosses meadows to eventually pick up a track leading to Lady Wall Well.

There is a trough on your left and just after this turn left up a track, taking a left fork shortly afterwards. This leads upwards to reach the boundary of "Open Country" to pass a quarry. Quite quickly you are on the Edge with the moorland plateau stretching east towards Sheffield. Wellington's Monument is a local landmark and it has been in view from just before the quarry. From here there are good views south towards Chatsworth and beyond. After taking in the view turn around and head north using the path that follows the Edge, ignoring any path on your left that descends off the Edge. After a pleasant stroll on level ground you are soon back at your car.

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