Walk Route Map d248 Baslow Edge and Birchen Edge from The Robin Hood (Baslow)

Walk d248 Baslow Edge and Birchen Edge from The Robin Hood (Baslow)

Superb Derbyshire views from two edges

Vital Statistics:

Length:	6¼mls (10km)
Ascent:	1,103ft (336m)
Time:	3½hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk d248 Baslow Edge and Birchen Edge from The Robin Hood (Baslow) pdf

Route outline for walk d248:

Birchen Edge Car Park - Jumble Coppice - Three Men - Cupola Cottage - Jack Flat - Wellington's Monument - Curbar Gap - Baslow Edge - Eagle Stone - Eaglestone Flat - Birchen Edge - Nelson's Monument (Birchen Edge) - Three Ships - Birchen Edge Car Park

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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
Deweys

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Wainwright
Outlying Fells

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Marilyns

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Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Nelson's Monument (Birchen Edge) at 302m (991ft). Nelson's Monument (Birchen Edge) is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Nelson's Monument (Birchen Edge) is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d248 Baslow Edge and Birchen Edge from The Robin Hood (Baslow)

In no particular order . . .

Footbridge across Heathy Lea Brook in Jumble Coppice - near The Robin Hood

Photo: Russell Hubbard (19)

Busy day with plenty of climbers on Birchen Edge

Photo: Mike Walker (65)

The view from Birchen Edge summit

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (16)

The River Derwent at Curbar

Photo: Shara Higgins (2)

Birchen Edge

Photo: Mike Walker (434)

The Robin Hood beside Birchen Edge Car Park

Photo: Mike Walker (433)

Nelson's Monument (Birchen Edge) from The Three Ships on Birchen Edge

Photo: Mike Walker (64)

Walk d248 Baslow Edge and Birchen Edge from The Robin Hood (Baslow) - Victory (left), Defiance and Royal Soverin (right) - the three large boulders that form The Three Ships on Birchen Edge

Victory (left), Defiance and Royal Soverin (right) - the three large boulders that form The Three Ships on Birchen Edge

Photo: Mike Walker (60)

Baslow Edge from Curbar Gap with a storm approaching from South

Photo: David Hague (33)

The view from Birchen Edge summit

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (10)

Walk d248 Baslow Edge and Birchen Edge from The Robin Hood (Baslow) - Royal Soverin - the third of three huge boulders that form The Three Ships on Birchen Edge

Royal Soverin - the third of three huge boulders that form The Three Ships on Birchen Edge

Photo: Mike Walker (63)

Baslow Edge from below

Photo: Maggie Kay (2)

On Froggatt Edge

Photo: Mike Walker (447)

Walk d248 Baslow Edge and Birchen Edge from The Robin Hood (Baslow) - Victory - the first of three huge boulders that form The Three Ships on Birchen Edge

Victory - the first of three huge boulders that form The Three Ships on Birchen Edge

Photo: Mike Walker (61)

Birchen Edge

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (12)

Birchen Edge summit trig point

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (15)

Military Jet passing Baslow Edge

Photo: David Moorcroft (1)

Path through woodland below Birchen Edge

Photo: Mike Walker (55)

Walk d248 Baslow Edge and Birchen Edge from The Robin Hood (Baslow) - Defiance - the middle of three huge boulders that form The Three Ships on Birchen Edge

Defiance - the middle of three huge boulders that form The Three Ships on Birchen Edge

Photo: Mike Walker (62)

Path from Chatsworth Park into Jumble Coppice

Photo: Russell Hubbard (16)

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