Walk Route Map d206 Monsal Dale and Ashford in the Water from Bakewell

Walk d206 Monsal Dale and Ashford in the Water from Bakewell

Spectacular views with easy walking

Vital Statistics:

Length:	10mls (16km)
Ascent:	1,578ft (481m)
Time:	5¼hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk d206 Monsal Dale and Ashford in the Water from Bakewell pdf

Route outline for walk d206:

Bakewell - The Monsal Trail - Hassop Station. Great Longstone Station - Little Longstone - Monsal Head - Monsal Dale - River Wye - Great Shackleton Wood - Magpie Sough - Ashford In The Water - River Wye - Holme Bridge - Bakewell

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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 d206 Monsal Dale and Ashford in the Water from Bakewell

In no particular order . . .

Great Shackleton Wood

Photo: Christopher Park (28)

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

Photo: Janice Black (21)

The River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Peter Woods (40)

The River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Peter Woods (41)

Monsal Dale Viaduct from Monsal Dale

Photo: Ian Windle (16)

Monsal Dale, Monsal Viaduct and Upperdale from Monsal Head

Photo: Peter Woods (35)

The River Wye weir in Monsal Dale

Photo: Roy Ellis (13)

The River Wye near Ashford in the Water

Photo: Ian Windle (14)

Sheepwash Bridge over the River Wye, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Osbourne (12)

On Holme Bridge

Photo: Peter Ellis (20)

The River Wye at Ashford in the Water

Photo: Shara Higgins (3)

Approaching the weir on the River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Peter Woods (42)

The font inside All Saints Church, Bakewell

Photo: Peter Ellis (28)

Monsal Dale (The River Wye) from Monsal Head

Photo: Roy Ellis (8)

On Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Brian Davidson (16)

Netherbeck Farm Bridge

Photo: Roy Ellis (9)

The River Wye near Ashford in the Water

Photo: Christopher Park (30)

Information Board by the River Wye near Holme Bridge

Photo: Peter Ellis (18)

The Crispin, Great Longstone

Photo: Ben Stafford (50)

Taddington Dale from Fin Cop

Photo: Peter Woods (36)

Entrance to the recently reopened Litton Tunnel on the Monsal Trail

Photo: Andrew Marriott (1)

Longstone Edge from Little Longstone

Photo: Ben Stafford (39)

The River Wye at Monsal Head

Photo: Brian Davidson (14)

The River Wye, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (13)

Heading towards Little Longstone from Longstone Moor

Photo: Ben Stafford (72)

The recently reopened Litton Tunnel on the Monsal Trail

Photo: Andrew Marriott (4)

The River Wye weir in Monsal Dale

Photo: Roy Ellis (14)

Great Shackleton Wood

Photo: Christopher Park (29)

Bakewell

Photo: Peter Ellis (26)

Monsal Head Viaduct and Monsal Dale from Monsal Head

Photo: Ben Stafford (41)

In the recently reopened Litton Tunnel on the Monsal Trail

Photo: Andrew Marriott (2)

The inside All Saints Church, Bakewell

Photo: Peter Ellis (29)

Monsal Dale

Photo: Janice Black (22)

The River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Roy Ellis (11)

The Packhorse Inn, Little Longstone

Photo: Ben Stafford (49)

The River Wye from Holme Bridge

Photo: Peter Ellis (21)

Bakewell

Photo: Peter Ellis (22)

Monsal Head viaduct

Photo: Roy Ellis (10)

The River Wye from the top of Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Brian Davidson (15)

The River Wye weir in Monsal Dale

Photo: Roy Ellis (12)

Pennyunk Lane, near Ashford in the Water

Photo: Janice Black (20)

Little Longstone Church

Photo: Ben Stafford (37)

The weir on the River Wye in Monsal Dale in spate

Photo: Peter Woods (43)

The bridge over the River Wye, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (12)

The Monsal Trail at Bakewell

Photo: Dorsal Finn (100)

Weir on the The River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Ian Windle (15)

Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (5)

Waterfall on the River Wye, Monsal Dale

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (6)

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

Photo: Peter Osbourne (10)

Ashford in the Water Church

Photo: Peter Osbourne (8)

The entrance to Eldon Hole

Photo: Ben Stafford (73)

The Monsal Trail in Monsal Dale

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (8)

Monsal Weir, Monsal Dale

Photo: Richard Nicholls (44)

Monsal Dale and Monsal Viaduct from Monsal Head

Photo: Peter Woods (33)

The River Wye from Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Teresa Tomlin (1)

Monsal Head viaduct

Photo: Brian Davidson (18)

Bakewell

Photo: Peter Ellis (24)

The River Wye and Monsal Dale from Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (4)

The Ashford Arms, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (11)

The Monsal Trail in Monsal Dale

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (9)

The Church in the middle of Ashford in the Water

Photo: Janice Black (19)

Weir on the River Wye, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (15)

Weir on the River Wye near Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (17)

The Pickering Arms, Thelwall

Photo: Peter Ellis (30)

Inside Little Longstone Church

Photo: Ben Stafford (38)

Holme Bridge over the River Wye near Bakewell

Photo: Peter Ellis (19)

The River Wye at Bakewell

Photo: Dorsal Finn (98)

Holme Bridge

Photo: Peter Ellis (23)

The River Wye near Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (16)

Upperdale and Monsal Viaduct from Monsal Head

Photo: Peter Woods (34)

All Saints Church, Bakewell

Photo: Peter Ellis (27)

The River Wye in Monsal Dale from Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Ben Stafford (42)

The Castle Inn, Bakewell

Photo: Peter Ellis (25)

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

Photo: Andrew Marriott (3)

Little Longstone Church

Photo: Peter Osbourne (9)

The River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Roy Ellis (7)

The path back to Little Longstone from Longstone Moor

Photo: Ben Stafford (71)

Little Longstone Chapel

Photo: Martin White (3)

Weir on the River Wye, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (14)

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

Photo: Peter Osbourne (11)

*Monsal Dale from Monsal Head

Photo: Brian Davidson (13)

Monsal Dale

Photo: Janice Black (23)

The River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Roy Ellis (15)

Swans on The River Wye at Bakewell

Photo: Dorsal Finn (99)

Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Teresa Tomlin (2)

The Monsal Head Hotel, Monsal Head

Photo: Ben Stafford (40)

Monsal Dale Weir

Photo: Teresa Tomlin (3)

Monsal Dale from Monsal Head

Photo: Janice Black (24)

Waterfall on the River Wye, Monsal Dale

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (7)

Holy Trinity Church, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Christopher Park (31)

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