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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 16½mls (26.5km) |
| Ascent: | 2,604ft (794m) |
| Time: | 8½hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk d114:
Ladybower Reservoir - Fairholmes Car Park - Derwent Reservoir - Howden Reservoir - Fagney Clough - Ridgewalk Moor - Barrow Stones - Bleaklow Stones (Bleaklow Hill) - Alport Moor - West End Moor - Birchin Hat - Alport Castles - Rowlee Pasture - Lockerbrook Heights - Lockerbrook Farm - Fairholmes Car Park - Ladybower Reservoir
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 2 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Bleaklow Stones (Bleaklow Hill) at 628m (2061ft). Bleaklow Stones (Bleaklow Hill) is known as an English Bridget.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Barrow Stones at 591m (1940ft). Barrow Stones is known as an English Bridget.
You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)
1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d114 Alport Castles and Bleaklow Stones from Fairholmes Car Park, Ladybower Reservoir
In no particular order . . .
Margery Hill and Howden Moor beyond Howden Reservoir from Lockerbrook Heights
Looking back down West End River to The Upper Derwent Valley from Ridgewalk Moor
Me, Bradders and my nephew David during a snow blizzard on Bleaklow Head (Bleaklow Hill)
Walkers and Cyclists near the Kings Tree turning circle at the northern end of Howden Reservoir
C.P.R.E. (Campaign to Protect Rural England) marker stone on Nether Hey Moor above Hey Bank
Bamford Moor and Winhill Pike (Win Hill) from The Tower, Alport Castles in the snow
Bridge over Fagney Clough where it enters Derwent Reservoir in the Upper Derwent Valley in the snow
Lose Hill (Ward's Piece) and Back Tor (Hollins Cross) from Rowlee Pasture in the snow
Island Plantation in the middle of Derwent Reservoir with water cascading over Howden Reservoir Dam beyond
Lost Lad, Back Tor (Derwent Edge), Dovestones Tor, Derwent Edge, White Tor (Derwent Edge), Hurkling Stones and Whinstone Lee Tor above Ladybower Reservoir
The Packhorse Bridge over The River Derwent at the northern end of Howden Reservoir
*Aerial Panorama looking North up Derwent Reservoir to Howden Dam with Howden Reservoir beyond
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