Walk Route Map d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water

Two of the finest views in the Peak District

Vital Statistics:

Length:	8½mls (13.5km)
Ascent:	1,749ft (533m)
Time:	5¾hrs
Grade:

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Route outline for walk d178:

Ashford In The Water - Fin Cop - Monsal Head - Upperdale - The River Wye - The Monsal Trail - Monsal Head Viaduct - Monsal Dale - White Lodge - Great Shackleton Wood - Ashford In The Water

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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English
Mountains

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Wainwrights

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Nuttalls

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English
Deweys

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Wainwright
Outlying Fells

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Marilyns

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Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Fin Cop at 327m (1073ft). Fin Cop is known as an English Bridget.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Monsal Trail, a 16km (10 miles) linear footpath connecting Blackwell Visitor Car Park, Wye Dale in Derbyshire, England with Coombs Road, Bakewell in Derbyshire, England. Originally part of a line connecting St Pancras with Manchester it was closed to rail traffic in 1968. The Monsal Trail is waymarked by name posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Monsal Trail.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water

In no particular order . . .

The other end of the recently reopened Litton Tunnel on the Monsal Trail

Photo: Andrew Marriott (3)

Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Teresa Tomlin (2)

Taddington Dale from Fin Cop

Photo: Peter Woods (36)

Taddington Dale from Fin Cop summit

Photo: Peter Woods (39)

Weir on the River Wye near Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (17)

Monsal Head Viaduct and Monsal Dale from Monsal Head

Photo: Ben Stafford (41)

Monsal Dale Weir

Photo: Teresa Tomlin (3)

View from the Monsal Trail in Upperdale

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (3)

The River Wye (upstream) from Sheepwash Bridge, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Osbourne (10)

The Monsal Trail in Monsal Dale

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (8)

The bridge over the River Wye, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (12)

The River Wye in Monsal Dale from Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Ben Stafford (42)

The Monsal Head Tunnel from Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Ben Stafford (44)

In the recently reopened Litton Tunnel on the Monsal Trail

Photo: Andrew Marriott (2)

The River Wye near Ashford in the Water

Photo: Christopher Park (30)

*Monsal Dale from Monsal Head

Photo: Brian Davidson (13)

Netherbeck Farm Bridge

Photo: Roy Ellis (9)

The River Wye near Ashford in the Water

Photo: Ian Windle (14)

Great Shackleton Wood

Photo: Christopher Park (28)

The weir on the River Wye in Monsal Dale in spate

Photo: Peter Woods (43)

The Packhorse Inn, Little Longstone

Photo: Ben Stafford (49)

Monsal Dale and Monsal Viaduct from Monsal Head

Photo: Peter Woods (33)

Upperdale and Monsal Viaduct from Monsal Head

Photo: Peter Woods (34)

The Ashford Arms, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (11)

The River Wye and Monsal Dale from Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Ben Stafford (43)

The summit of Fin Cop - just a grassy hump

Photo: Peter Woods (38)

Holy Trinity Church, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Christopher Park (31)

Approaching the weir on the River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Peter Woods (42)

The River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Peter Woods (40)

Monsal Dale (The River Wye) from Monsal Head

Photo: Roy Ellis (8)

Monsal Head viaduct

Photo: Brian Davidson (18)

The River Wye from Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Teresa Tomlin (1)

The River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Roy Ellis (11)

The Monsal Head Hotel, Monsal Head

Photo: Ben Stafford (40)

Monsal Weir, Monsal Dale

Photo: Richard Nicholls (44)

The River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Peter Woods (41)

Weir on the River Wye, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (15)

Inside Monsal Head Tunnel

Photo: Ben Stafford (47)

The Church in the middle of Ashford in the Water

Photo: Janice Black (19)

Cows on the summit of Fin Cop

Photo: Peter Woods (37)

Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (5)

Monsal Dale

Photo: Janice Black (23)

Waterfall on the River Wye, Monsal Dale

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (7)

The River Wye and Monsal Dale from Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (4)

Sheepwash Bridge over the River Wye, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Osbourne (12)

The River Wye from the top of Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Brian Davidson (15)

Monsal Dale, Monsal Viaduct and Upperdale from Monsal Head

Photo: Peter Woods (35)

The Derbyshire countryside from Pennyunk Lane, near Ashford in the Water

Photo: Janice Black (21)

The River Wye at Monsal Head

Photo: Brian Davidson (14)

Bridge of the River Wye in Upperdale

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (2)

Ashford in the Water Church

Photo: Peter Osbourne (8)

The River Wye, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (13)

The River Wye weir in Monsal Dale

Photo: Roy Ellis (12)

The Monsal Head Tunnel from Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Ben Stafford (45)

The River Wye near Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (16)

The River Wye at Ashford in the Water

Photo: Shara Higgins (3)

Weir on the The River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Ian Windle (15)

Great Shackleton Wood

Photo: Christopher Park (29)

The Longstone End of the Monsal Head Tunnel

Photo: Ben Stafford (48)

The River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Roy Ellis (15)

Monsal Head viaduct

Photo: Roy Ellis (10)

Monsal Dale

Photo: Janice Black (22)

Waterfall on the River Wye, Monsal Dale

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (6)

The recently reopened Litton Tunnel on the Monsal Trail

Photo: Andrew Marriott (4)

Entrance to the recently reopened Litton Tunnel on the Monsal Trail

Photo: Andrew Marriott (1)

The River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Roy Ellis (7)

Weir on the River Wye, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (14)

Inside Monsal Head Tunnel

Photo: Ben Stafford (46)

Monsal Dale from Monsal Head

Photo: Janice Black (24)

The Monsal Trail in Monsal Dale

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (9)

The River Wye weir in Monsal Dale

Photo: Roy Ellis (14)

Information Board by the River Wye near Holme Bridge

Photo: Peter Ellis (18)

The Monsal Trail at Bakewell

Photo: Dorsal Finn (100)

The River Wye weir in Monsal Dale

Photo: Roy Ellis (13)

The River Wye (downstream) from Sheepwash Bridge, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Osbourne (11)

Monsal Dale Viaduct from Monsal Dale

Photo: Ian Windle (16)

On Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Brian Davidson (16)

Pennyunk Lane, near Ashford in the Water

Photo: Janice Black (20)

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