Walk d320 Mill Hill from Birchin Clough

This 8¾ mile, Grade 5 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Birchin Clough & will take about 4½ hrs to complete.

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Vital Statistics:

Length:8¾mls (14km)
Ascent:1,328ft (405m)
Time:4½hrs
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Route outline for walk d320:

Birchin Clough  -  Snake Path  -  Ashop Clough  -  Upper Gate Clough  -  Red Clough  -  Within Clough  -  Ashop Head  -  The Pennine Way  -  Mill Hill (Ashop Head)  -  Featherbed Top (Featherbed Moss)  -  A57 Snake Pass  -  Old Woman  -  Doctors Gate  -  Lady Clough  -  Birchin Clough

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Featherbed Top (Featherbed Moss) at 544m (1785ft). Featherbed Top (Featherbed Moss) is also known as an English Dewey (85th highest in England, 196th in England & Wales)

Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Mill Hill (Ashop Head) at 544m (1785ft). Mill Hill (Ashop Head) is also known as an English Dewey (86th highest in England, 197th in England & Wales)

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk 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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Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d320 Mill Hill from Birchin Clough

In no particular order . . .

Footbridge over the River Ashop

Footbridge over the River Ashop

Photo: Robert Hardy (23)

The River Ashop near Birchin Clough

The River Ashop near Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (24)

The River Ashop in Ashop Clough with The Kinder Scout Plateau above

Photo: David Morecroft (10)

Forest glade beyond the footbridge over Birchin Clough

Forest glade beyond the footbridge over Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (18)

River Ashop

River Ashop

Photo: Mick Coxon (6)

Birchin Clough

Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (16)

Footbridge on Lady Clough Woods

Footbridge on Lady Clough Woods

Photo: Robert Hardy (30)

The River Ashop near Birchin Clough

The River Ashop near Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (25)

Public Footpath sign by the River Ashop near Birchin Clough

Public Footpath sign by the River Ashop near Birchin Clough

Photo: Robert Hardy (26)

Birchin Clough woods

Birchin Clough woods

Photo: Robert Hardy (22)


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