ROUTE INFO

Distance 16.1km (10 miles) Total ascent 305m Time 4½ hours Start/finish Hay Wood National Trust car park (SK255777) Nearest town Hathersage

Terrain good paths throughout

Maps OS Explorer (1:25,000) OL24; OS Landranger (1:50,000) 119; Harvey Superwalker (1:25,000) Peak District Central

Accommodation Peak District National Park North Lees Campsite (01433) 650838; B&B at The Chequers Inn (01433) 630231 Public transport

Grindleford Station is a 1.5 mile walk up Padley Gorge to join the route in the Longshaw estate. A bus can be caught from Sheffield to the Fox House Inn, a short walk joins this to the route at the Longshaw visitor centre Guidebooks Day Walks in the Peak District (Two Volumes) by Norman Taylor & Barry Pope, pb Vertebrate

Tourist info Peak District National Park Visitor Centre (01629) 816558; Longshaw Estate Visitor Centre (01433) 637904

Best pub Fox House Inn (01433) 630374