White Peak Walks: The Northern Dales: 35 walks in the Derbyshire White Peak

A guide to walking in northern dales of the White Peak area of the Peak District National Park between Edale, Matlock and Buxton. 35 walks are included in this guide, between 3 and 9 miles long, illustrated with OS map extracts. From Castleton and Winnats Pass gorge, down to Lathkill Dale and Matlock Spa, the northern section of the White Peak offers variety and beauty and is waiting to be explored. The White Peak is the name given to the rocky southern area of the Peak District, for its pale underlying limestone. The result is a landscape of escarpments, heather moorlands, wooded valleys and the roll of hillsides and plateaux. Idyllic villages dot the walks with pubs standing by for refreshing walkers after a good walk.

Table of Contents:
Preface Introduction Bronze Age to barn conversions From protests to the Park Authority Walking in the White Peak The Northern Dales What to take Local services and transport Using this guide Walk 1 Eldon Hole and Oxlow Rake Walk 2 Four Caverns Trail Walk 3 Lose Hill, Castleton and Navio Roman Fort Walk 4 Bradwell Moor Walk 5 Bradwell Edge, Abney and Bretton Walk 6 Eyam Moor and Offerton Moor Walk 7 Eyam Edge and Foolow Walk 8 Deep Rake, Coombs Dale and the Derwent Walk 9 Grinlow and Axe Edge Walk 10 Woo Dale, King Sterndale and Thurst House Cave Walk 11 Chee Dale and Blackwell Walk 12 Churn Hole, Chelmorton and Deep Dale Walk 13 Hay Dale Walk 14 Monsal Trail, Chee Dale, Wormhill and Monk's Dale Walk 15 Litton Mill, Monsal Trail, Limestone Way and Tideswell Walk 16 Cressbrook Dale Walk 17 Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly and Brushfield Walk 18 Brushfield Hough, Priestcliffe and Taddington Walk 19 Deep Dale, Magpie Mine and Shacklow Wood Walk 20 Monsal Head, Monsal Dale and Shacklow Wood Walk 21 Calton Pastures, Coombs valley and the Monsal Trail Walk 22 Chatsworth Park, Edensor and Rowsley Walk 23 Taddington and Flagg Walk 24 High Peak Trail and Flagg Walk 25 Lathkill Head and One Ash Grange, with Arbor Low Walk 26 Calling Low, Cales Dale, Lathkill Dale and Meadow Place Grange Walk 27 Lower Lathkill Dale and Bradford Dale Walk 28 Kenslow Knoll Walk 29 Bradford Dale and Harthill Moor Walk 30 Gratton Dale, Smerill Grange and Long Dale Walk 31 Stanton Moor and Rowtor Rocks Walk 32 Bonsall Moor Walk 33 High Tor and the Heights of Abraham Walk 34 Masson Hill Walk 35 Black Rocks and Cromford Appendix 1 Route summary table Appendix 2 Recommended reading Appendix 3 Useful contacts

About the Author :
Writer and broadcaster Mark Richards is the author of Cicerone's new 8-volume Lakeland Fellranger series and of the best-selling 'Great Mountain Days in the Lake District'. His first series of guides to the Peak District was published in the 1980s and has been in print ever since.