Campsites in Flash, Staffordshire

Q. I am after a campsite in the town of Flash on the Staffordshire, Derbyshire border (Peak District).

Preferably with a good pub near by?

Mike Radcliffe, Manchester

A. There are a couple of campsites approx 3 miles away from Flash on the Leek to Buxton road (towards Leek) but I find the best is in Upper Hulme - a campsite that only costs £1 per night per person.

It is immediatly overlooked by Hen Cloud:

s116 The Roaches, Hen Cloud, Meerbrook and Lud's Church from Gradbach

s178 The Roaches and Hen Cloud from Five Clouds, Upper Hulme

s221 Gib Tor, The Roaches and Hen Cloud from Upper Hulme

s228 The Roaches and Hen Cloud from Meerbrook

and perfectly situated for The Roaches:

s104 The Roaches from Five Clouds, Upper Hulme

s116 The Roaches, Hen Cloud, Meerbrook and Lud's Church from Gradbach

s122 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Roach End

s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach

s161 The Roaches and Lud's Church from Five Clouds, Upper Hulme

s178 The Roaches and Hen Cloud from Five Clouds, Upper Hulme

s221 Gib Tor, The Roaches and Hen Cloud from Upper Hulme

s228 The Roaches and Hen Cloud from Meerbrook

There are a couple of pubs in staggering distance, the Rock Inn and the Three Horseshoes, both great pubs.

Hope this helps, have a pint for me.

Drew Wilson, Staffordshire

A. Re. my previous post regarding the campsite in Upper Hulme - the name is HOLMESTEAD FARM - Tel: 01538 300419

Drew.

A. At 463m (1518ft) Flash is claimed to be the highest village in England. However, the local village pub, The New Inn is only the third highest pub in England.

We have a number of good walks that include Flash

s107 Three Shires Head, Oliver Hill and Flash from Gradbach

s121 Oliver Hill and Three Shires Head from Flash

s155 Oliver Hill and Manifold Head from Flash

s210 Oliver Hill, Manifold Head, Gradbach and Three Shires Head from Flash

but I don't know of a campsite there though, sorry.

Hope this helps

Mike (Editor)

A. Wild Camping and The Law in England, Scotland and Wales.

Tents cannot be pitched just anywhere because every piece of Britain is owned by some individual or some organisation and according to the strict letter of the law permission must be obtained prior to pitching tent and camping.

In practice however, this is often impractical and wild camping is usually tolerated in the more remote areas - typically, more than half a day's walk from an official campsite or other accommodation providing you:

Keep groups small
Camp as unobtrusively as possible
Leave camp as you found it
Remove all litter (even other people's)
Carry out everything you carried in
Carry out tampons and sanitary towels (burying them doesn't work as animals dig them up again)
Choose a dry pitch rather than digging drainage ditches around a tent or moving boulders
Toilet duties should be performed 30m (100ft) from water and the results buried using a trowel
At all time, help preserve the environment
And if you are in any doubt about what you're doing, find out more

In Scotland, the current access legislation (which came into effect in early 2005) is explicit about your right to wild camp on hill land. However, there are exceptions. Since March 2011 you are not permitted to wild camp between Dryman and Rowardennan on the shore of Loch Lomond. See Loch Lomond Wild Camping Ban for more information.

There appears to be an exception to this with respect to camping in Dartmoor National Park where the right to wild camping is actually enshrined in the National Parks & Access to the Countryside Act, 1949 amendment Dartmoor Commons Act, 1985 - see Wild Camping in the UK for more details.

For the definitive answer with respect to wild camping in Scotland see the answer supplied by the Scottish Natural Heritage

For a few (tongue in cheek) tips on wild camping see Some Wild Camping Tips.

NB. go4awalk.com cannot offer any advice on suitable locations for wild camping - but click here for walks from exisiting campsites.

Hope this helps

Mike (Editor)

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