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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 12mls (19km) |
| Ascent: | 1,365ft (416m) |
| Time: | 5¾hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route outline for walk sy125:
Winscar Reservoir - Dunford Bridge - The Barnsley Boundary Walk - Little Moor - The Trans Pennine Trail - The Longdendale Trail - Windle Edge - Bagshaw Ridge - Gallows Moss - Salter's Brook Moss - Long Side - Hawthorn Clough - Woodhead Railway Tunnel Air Shaft - Upper Head Dike - Dead Edge End - Upper Dead Edge - Grains Moss - Withins Edge - Britland Edge Hill - Bleakmires Moss - Twizle Head Moss - Lad Clough Knoll - Ramsden Clough - Snailsden - Upper Snailsden Moss - Harden Clugh - Harden Reservoir - Winscar Reservoir - Dunford Bridge.
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 |
 3 Bridgets |
Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:
The highest point of this walk is Britland Edge Hill at 524m (1720ft). Britland Edge Hill is known as an English Bridget.
Completing this walk will also take you to the top of Dead Edge End at 499m (1637ft). Dead Edge End is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Dead Edge End is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
You will also reach the summit of Snailsden at 475m (1559ft). Snailsden is known as an English Bridget. The summit of Snailsden is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.
National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:
Part of this walk follows a section of The Barnsley Boundary Walk, a 117km (73 miles) circular footpath starting and finishing in Ingbirchworth in West Yorkshire, England. The Barnsley Boundary Walk is waymarked by a yellow 'B' logo on a green square. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Barnsley Boundary Walk.
Part of this walk also 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 Trans Pennine Trail, a 346km (215 miles) linear footpath connecting Southport in Merseyside, England with Hornsea in East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The Trans Pennine Trail is waymarked by named discs with the trail logo. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Trans Pennine Trail.
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