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Walk 2520 - Higger Tor & the Longshaw Estate

Nat Park   Peak District
County/Area   Derbyshire
AuthorMike Bexley
Length9.0 miles / 14.6 km
Ascent1300 feet / 394 metres
Grademoderate

Excellent walking in and around the Longshaw Estate.

Suggested Maps

It is recommended you take a map with you when following a walk route. The preferred scale is 1:25000 used by the Explorer series.

OS ExplorerSheet OL1
OS ExplorerSheet OL24
OS LandrangerSheet 110
OS LandrangerSheet 119

Note : If two maps are listed at the same scale then either (a) both are required for full coverage of the route or (b) the route is covered on both maps.

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Burbage Rocks & Padley Gorge from Hay Wood
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Length - 11.0 miles / 17.9 km

Walk 2515
The River Derwent, Curbar, Baslow & Froggatt Edges
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 7.5 miles / 12.2 km

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Curbar, Froggatt & White Edges from Curbar Gap
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 8.0 miles / 13 km

Walk 1169 - 1.9 miles / 3.1 km away
Baslow Edge & Wellington's Monument
Grade - easy
Length - 3.5 miles / 5.7 km

Walk 1014 - 2.1 miles / 3.3 km away
Coombs Dale, Longstone Edge and Pilsley without a car
Grade - moderate
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km

Walk 2548 - 2.8 miles / 4.5 km away
Stanage Edge from Hathersage
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.5 miles / 13.8 km

Walk 1270 - 3.6 miles / 5.8 km away
North and South of Abney
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 7.2 miles / 11.7 km

Walk 1100 - 4.1 miles / 6.5 km away
Abney Moor & Bretton Clough from Hucklow
Grade - moderate
Length - 8.5 miles / 13.8 km

Walk 1090 - 4.5 miles / 7.1 km away
Stanage Edge from Dennis Knoll, nr. Bamford
Grade - moderate
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km

Walk 2456 - 5.1 miles / 8.2 km away
Flask Edge from Dronfield Woodhouse
Grade - moderate
Length - 10.0 miles / 16.3 km

Walk 3557 - 5.8 miles / 9.2 km away
Chatsworth Park from Calton Lees
Grade - easy/moderate
Length - 6.5 miles / 10.6 km

Walk 2573 - 5.9 miles / 9.4 km away
Tideswell, Miller's & Cressbrook Dales from Litton
Grade - easy
Length - 7.0 miles / 11.4 km

Note : The distances quoted to other walks in the vicinity are measured in a straight line. The distance by road may be further.
 


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