Walk Route Map d266 Bleaklow Head (Bleaklow Hill) from Woodhead Tunnel

Walk d266 Bleaklow Head (Bleaklow Hill) from Woodhead Tunnel

Superb gorge walk & high remote moorland

Vital Statistics:

Length:	10½mls (17km)
Ascent:	1,975ft (602m)
Time:	5¾hrs
Grade:

Map with easy-to-follow route details for walk d266 Bleaklow Head (Bleaklow Hill) from Woodhead Tunnel pdf

Route outline for walk d266:

Woodhead Tunnel - Middle Black Clough - Bleaklow Stones (Bleaklow Hill) - Bleaklow Head (Bleaklow Hill) - The Wain Stones (or Kissing Stones) - The Pennine Way - Clough Edge - The Longdendale Trail - Crowden - Woodhead Reservoir - Woodhead Tunnel

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Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

1
English
Mountain

0
Wainwrights

1
English
Nuttall

0
English
Deweys

0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells

0
Marilyns

1
Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Bleaklow Head (Bleaklow Hill) at 633m (2077ft). Bleaklow Head (Bleaklow Hill) is classified as an English Mountain (Hewitt) (159th highest in England, 271st highest in England & Wales)

Bleaklow Head (Bleaklow Hill) is also known as an English Nuttall (212th highest in England, 364th highest in England & Wales). The summit of Bleaklow Head (Bleaklow Hill) is marked by a large cairn with a wooden pole stuck in it. The famous Wain Stones lie 250m SW of the summit.

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Bleaklow Stones (Bleaklow Hill) at 628m (2061ft). Bleaklow Stones (Bleaklow Hill) 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 d266 Bleaklow Head (Bleaklow Hill) from Woodhead Tunnel

In no particular order . . .

The Wain Stones near Bleaklow Head (Bleaklow Hill)

Photo: Andy Holliday (1)

On Bleaklow Hill

Photo: Steve Horne (9)

Plane Wreckage near The Wain Stones, Bleaklow Head (Bleaklow Hill)

Photo: Andy Holliday (2)

Peat Groughs on Bleaklow Hill

Photo: Brian Davidson (11)

The Wain Stones - 'kissing'

Photo: Norman Howarth (4)

Bleaklow Stones (Bleaklow Hill)

Photo: Nick Snape (6)

Bleaklow Head (Bleaklow Hill) summit

Photo: Christine Shepherd (192)

Crowden Brook with Bareholmes Moss beyond from Crowden

Photo: Simon Jacks (19)

Hey Edge from Crowden

Photo: Peter Ellis (1)

Crowden Youth Hostel

Photo: Geoff Smithson (1)

On Bleaklow Stones (Bleaklow Hill)

Photo: Steve Horne (1)

Anvil Stone at Bleaklow Stones (Bleaklow Hill)

Photo: Ian Windle (61)

Bleaklow Head (Bleaklow Hill)

Photo: Norman Howarth (6)

Bleaklow Bog!

Photo: Christine Shepherd (190)

Middle Black Clough

Photo: Brian Davidson (10)

Waterfall on Middle Black Clough

Photo: Brian Davidson (9)

On Bleaklow Hill

Photo: Steve Horne (12)

An empty Woodhead Reservoir from Crowden

Photo: Peter Marsh (4)

Bleaklow Stones (Bleaklow Hill)

Photo: Nick Snape (5)

The spoil heaps above Brookholes Wood, Crowden

Photo: Simon Jacks (20)

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