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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10mls (16km) |
| Ascent: | 1,568ft (478m) |
| Time: | 5¼hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk d121:
Ashopton Bridge - Ladybower Reservoir - Ashopton - Whinstone Lee Tor - Hurkling Stones - Wheel Stones - White Tor (Derwent Edge) - Salt Cellar (Boulder) - Derwent Edge - Dove Stone (Boulder) - Dovestones Tor - Cakes of Bread - Bradfield Gate Head - Back Tor (Derwent Edge) - Lost Lad - Bamford House - Little Howden Moor - Derwent Reservoir - Derwent Valley - Ladybower Reservoir - Ashopton Bridge..
Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:
The odd shaped lumps of rock strewn across so many of the South West's tors are collectively known as 'clitter'.
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 1 English Dewey |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Back Tor (Derwent Edge) at 538m (1766ft). Back Tor (Derwent Edge) is also known as an English Dewey (96th highest in England, 219th in England & Wales) The summit of Back Tor (Derwent Edge) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
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1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):
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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d121 Back Tor from Ashopton Bridge, Ladybower Reservoir
In no particular order . . .
C.P.R.E. (Campaign to Protect Rural England) marker stone on Nether Hey Moor above Hey Bank
Bridge over Fagney Clough where it enters Derwent Reservoir in the Upper Derwent Valley in the snow
Winhill Pike (Win Hill), Ladybower Reservoir and Crook Hill from Dovestones Tor, Derwent Edge
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
*Aerial Panorama looking North up Derwent Reservoir to Howden Dam with Howden Reservoir beyond
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