Walk Route Map s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach

Iconic Lud's Church and huge views

Vital Statistics:

Length:	5mls (8km)
Ascent:	1,306ft (398m)
Time:	3¼hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach pdf

Route outline for walk s131:

Gradbach - The Dane Valley Way - Gradbach Youth Hostel - The River Dane - Black Brook - Forest Wood - Lud's Church - Back Forest - Roach End - The Roaches - Roach End - Forest Wood - Black Brook - The River Dane - Gradbach Youth Hostel - The Dane Valley Way - Gradbach

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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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English
Nuttalls

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English
Dewey

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Wainwright
Outlying Fells

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Marilyns

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Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is The Roaches at 505m (1657ft). The Roaches is also known as an English Dewey (173rd highest in England, 399th in England & Wales) The summit of The Roaches is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Dane Valley Way, a 66km (41 miles) linear footpath connecting Buxton in Derbyshire, with Middlewich in Cheshire, England. The Dane Valley Way is waymarked by the letters DVW. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Dane Valley Way.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach

In no particular order . . .

Shining Tor from The Roaches

Photo: Steve Lowe (7)

Tittesworth Reservoir from The Roaches

Photo: Steve Lowe (6)

On The Roaches

Photo: Karen Harding (9)

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (73)

North West from The Roaches

Photo: David Hughes (3)

Having my picnic on a hazy day up The Roaches

Photo: Jo McGawley (1)

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (70)

Me and my favourite rock on The Roaches

Photo: Jo McGawley (3)

On The Roaches

Photo: Devina Lee (2)

Rock Formation near Lud's Church, The Roaches

Photo: Steve Lowe (4)

The Roaches Summit

Photo: Geoff Pickering (4)

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (74)

Rock Formations on The Roaches

Photo: George White (7)

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (68)

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (69)

Tittesworth Reservoir from The Roaches

Photo: Martin Hollingworth (2)

*Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (75)

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (66)

*Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (71)

Paul Peng on The Roaches

Photo: Gary Gornell (1)

R&R's Walking Group on the way up The Roaches

Photo: Dave Rees (3)

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (67)

In Lud's Church, The Roaches

Photo: David Hughes (1)

Shining Tor from nr The Roaches

Photo: Steve Lowe (5)

On Hen Cloud and The Roaches

Photo: George White (8)

The Cheshire Plain from The Roaches

Photo: Devina Lee (3)

Snow on Tithesworth Reservoir from The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (72)

The Roaches

Photo: Mike Knipe (69)

Lud's Church, The Roaches

Photo: David Hughes (2)

Lud's Church, The Roaches

Photo: Geoff Pickering (1)

On The Roaches

Photo: Geoff Pickering (2)

Tithesworth Reservoir from The Roaches

Photo: Geoff Pickering (3)

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