Walk Route Map d174 Millstone Rocks and Lad's Leap from Crowden

Walk d174 Millstone Rocks and Lad's Leap from Crowden

Two edges and two dams

Vital Statistics:

Length:	6¼mls (10km)
Ascent:	1,610ft (491m)
Time:	4hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk d174 Millstone Rocks and Lad's Leap from Crowden pdf

Route outline for walk d174:

Crowden - The Pennine Way - Highstone Rocks - Lad's Leap - Millstone Rocks (Lad's Leap) - Rhodeswood Reservoir - The Longdendale Trail - The Pennine Way - Torside Reservoir - Crowden

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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 Millstone Rocks (Lad's Leap) at 493m (1618ft). Millstone Rocks (Lad's Leap) is known as an English Bridget.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Longdendale Trail, an 11km (7 miles) linear footpath connecting Hadfield in Derbyshire, England with Salter's Brook on the border with West Yorkshire, England. The Longdendale Trail also forms part of the Trans Pennine Trail that runs coast to coast across the UK from Southport in Merseyside to Hornsea in The East Riding of Yorkshire.

The Longdendale Trail follows part of the former Great Central Railway. This line from Manchester to Sheffield Railway was also known as 'The Woodhead Route'. It passed through the picturesque Longdendale valley which includes five reservoirs surrounded by high moorland. The reservoirs were completed in 1877 & were, at the time, the largest artificial expanse of water in the world. The line itself was closed in 1981 amid much controversy.

The Longdendale Trail is waymarked by named discs. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Longdendale Trail.

Part of this walk also follows a section of The Pennine Way, a 404km (251 miles) linear footpath connecting Edale in Derbyshire, England with Kirk Yetholm in The Borders, Scotland. The Pennine Way is waymarked by a National Trail Acorn. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Pennine Way.

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110 Sheffield & Huddersfield, Glossop & Holmfirth

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d174 Millstone Rocks and Lad's Leap from Crowden

In no particular order . . .

Torside Reservoir

Photo: Andy Avery (2)

Lad's Leap

Photo: Joanna Lyon (8)

Hey Edge from Crowden

Photo: Geoff Smithson (3)

Bramah Edge from Millstone Rocks (Lad's Leap)

Photo: Mike Watson (6)

Looking down Coombs Clough to Bramah Edge from Lad's Leap

Photo: Emma Lawrence (3)

Hey Edge from Crowden

Photo: Peter Ellis (1)

Crowden Brook with Bareholmes Moss beyond from Crowden

Photo: Simon Jacks (19)

Above Highstone Rocks, looking across to Rhodeswood Reservoir

Photo: Emma Lawrence (2)

Crowden Youth Hostel

Photo: Geoff Smithson (1)

Looking back across to Bleaklow Hill from Millstone Rocks (Lad's Leap)

Photo: Emma Lawrence (1)

Crowden Beck from Highstone Rocks

Photo: Joanna Lyon (5)

The spoil heaps above Brookholes Wood, Crowden

Photo: Simon Jacks (20)

Valehouse Reservoir and Bottoms Reservoir from Lad's Leap

Photo: Mike Watson (8)

South from Lad's Leap

Photo: Joanna Lyon (7)

Wildboar Clough with Bleaklow Hill beyond from the Pennine Way near Crowden

Photo: Geoff Smithson (2)

Highstone Rocks

Photo: Joanna Lyon (6)

An empty Woodhead Reservoir from Crowden

Photo: Peter Marsh (4)

Woodhouse Reservoir from Highstone Rocks

Photo: Mike Watson (9)

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