   |
Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8¾mls (14km) |
| Ascent: | 1,694ft (516m) |
| Time: | 5hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk d221:
Errwood Reservoir - The Goyt Valley - Shooter's Clough - Shining Tor - The Tors - Cats Tor - Oldgate Nick - Pym Chair - Goyt Forest - Windgather Rocks - Taxal Edge - Overton Hall Farm - The Midshires Way - Madscar Farm - Mill Clough - Knife Farm - Goyt Valley - Fernilee Reservoir - Hoo Moor - Deep Clough - Jep Clough - The Street - The Goyt Valley - Errwood Reservoir
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 |
 2 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 1 Marilyn |
 0 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Shining Tor at 559m (1835ft). Shining Tor is also known as an English Dewey (54th highest in England, 124th in England & Wales) and an English Marilyn (59th highest in England, 851st highest in the UK). The summit of Shining Tor is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point. Shining Tor is the highest point in the county of Cheshire.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Cats Tor at 522m (1713ft). Cats Tor is also known as an English Dewey (134th highest in England, 305th in England & Wales)
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Midshires Way, a 362km (225 miles) linear footpath connecting Hampton Wainhill near Bledlow in Buckinghamshire, England with Stockport in Greater Manchester, England. The Midshires Way is waymarked by named posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Midshires Way.
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):
1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d221 Shining Tor and Windgather Rocks from Errwood Reservoir, The Goyt Valley
In no particular order . . .
Looking South towards Shutlingsloe and Croker Hill from the summit of Shining Tor
Errwood Reservoir visible through a gap in the trees on the lower slopes of Shining Tor
Peak & Northern Footpaths Society Public Footpath Sign No. 270 on Taxal Edge
Send us your photographs and pictures from your walks and hikes
We would love to see your photographs and pictures from walk d221 Shining Tor and Windgather Rocks from Errwood Reservoir, The Goyt Valley. Send them in to us as email attachments (configured for any computer) along with your name and where the picture was taken to:
and we shall do our best to publish them.
(Guide Resolution = 300dpi. At least = 660 pixels (wide) x 440 pixels (high).)
You can also submit photos from walk d221 Shining Tor and Windgather Rocks from Errwood Reservoir, The Goyt Valley via our Facebook Page.
NB. Please indicate where each photo was taken.
To contribute to go4awalk.com or to contact us about anything at all - see Talk To Us. For help see Help.
go4awalk.com and go4awalk.co.uk are registered trademarks of TMDH Limited.
Copyright © 2000-2024 TMDH Limited. All rights reserved.
Copyright | Terms & Conditions | Privacy Statement
A - Z
Walks
Home
Log On/Accounts
Photo Gallery
Walk Ideas and Collections
Fell Facts
Places to Stay
Hill Skills
Walking Questions and Answers
Your Stories
News
Competitions
Product Reviews/Gear Tests
Walking Gear Guides
Peaks and Mountains
Peak Bagging
Find New Walking Friends
Camping
GPS Waypoints for Walking
Walk Search
Talk to us
go4awalk.com Help
Free example walks
Newsletter
