Walk Dove Dale, Ilam, Castern Hall and Stanshope from Milldale
A classic walk through stunning Dove Dale
This 8¼ mile, Grade 4 (Moderate), easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk, complete with GPS Waypoints, starts at Milldale in the Peak District & will take you about 3¾ hrs to complete.
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Detailed walk route map PDF | |
Vital Statistics: | ||
| Walk No.: | s111 | |
| Length: | 8¼ miles (13km) | |
| Ascent: | 689 ft (210m) | |
| Time: | 3¾ hours | |
| Grade: |  | |
Route outline for this walk:
Milldale - Dove Dale - Viator's Bridge - River Dove - Dove Holes - Upper Taylor's Wood - Pickering Tor,Raynard's Cave - Natural Arch - Sharplow Dale - Jacob's Ladder (Dove Dale) - Lover's Leap - Twelve Apostles - Dove Dale Castle - Thorpe Cloud - Ilam - Ilam Country Park - St Bartram's Bridge - River Manifold - Battle Stone Cross - Ilam Wood - River Lodge - Castern Hall - Castern Farm - Stanshope - Milldale
Points of Interest/Notes on this walk:
For much of the year the River Manifold appears dry. In fact it runs underground from Wettonmill to Ilam taking 22 hours to cover the 4 miles.
The odd shaped lumps of rock strewn across so many of the South West's tors are collectively known as 'clitter'.
Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:
 0 English Mountains |
 0 Wainwrights |
 0 English Nuttalls |
 0 English Deweys |
 0 Wainwright Outlying Fells |
 0 Marilyns |
 1 Bridget |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Thorpe Cloud at 287m (941ft). Thorpe Cloud is known as an English Bridget.
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1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):
Some Photos and Pictures from Walk Dove Dale, Ilam, Castern Hall and Stanshope from Milldale
In no particular order . . .
The former railway station at Hulme End - now The Manifold Valley Visitor Centre
Tissington Spires, Reynards (Dove Dale) and Dove Dale from the summit of Thorpe Cloud
. . . load all 21 pictures & photos from this walk
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