Walk s107 Three Shires Head, Oliver Hill and Flash from Gradbach

Vital Statistics:

Length:	8¼mls (13km)
Ascent:	1,464ft (446m)
Time:	4½hrs
Grade:

Route outline for walk s107:

Gradbach  -  The Dane Valley Way  -  River Dane  -  Dane View House  -  Three Shires Head  -  Panniers Pool  -  Knotbury Farm  -  Wolf Edge  -  Oliver Hill  -  Flash  -  Lower House Farm  -  Flash Brook Farm  -  Ann Roach Rocks  -  Gib Torr Rocks  -  Moss Top  -  Cloughhead  -  Gradbach

Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:

At 463m (1518ft) Flash is claimed to be the highest village in England. However, the New Inn is only the third highest pub in England.

Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

0 English Mountains

0 Wainwrights

0 English Nuttalls

1 English Dewey

0 Wainwright Outlying Fells

0 Marilyns

0 Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Oliver Hill at 513m (1684ft). Oliver Hill is also known as an English Dewey (154th highest in England, 354th in England & Wales)

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 s107 Three Shires Head, Oliver Hill and Flash from Gradbach

In no particular order . . .

Oliver Hill

Photo: Mark Frost (3)

Three Shires Head

Photo: Don Ritchie (9)

Flash Church

Photo: Mark Frost (1)

Axe Edge from the summit of Oliver Hill

Photo: Mark Frost (2)

Wolf Edge Rocks

Photo: Mark Frost (4)

Three Shires Head

Photo: Don Ritchie (12)

Three Shires Head

Photo: Don Ritchie (8)

Looking SW across the Dane Valley from near Three Shires Head

Photo: Mark Grindrod (3)

The Cheshire Countryside near Three Shires Head

Photo: Mark Grindrod (1)

Three Shires Head

Photo: Don Ritchie (10)

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