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Region Walking Group – February 2025 Walk

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16 February 2025    
All Day

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Walk Information Sheet: Sunday 16th February 2025

 

  • Name of Walk: Stanage Edge and Higger Tor from Hathersage

 

  • Date and Time: Sunday 16th February: meet 9.45 for 10.00am start

 

  • Meeting Point: In Hathersage in the little square on the main road through the village by the public toilets. Grid Reference: SK   Explorer OL1 The Dark Peak.  Parking is available in Oddfellows Road carpark, postcode S32 1DU, cost is £6 for the day payable by cash, card or phone. The carpark is not on the OS map, it is next to the Fire Station which is marked.    Alternatively, there is some free roadside parking in the village including on the opposite side of Oddfellows Road outside the swimming pool.  There is a footpath from the end of the carpark which leads though the grounds of the Methodist Church to the main road where we are meeting.

 

  • Approximate length of walk/difficulty level: 13km (8 miles), 450m ascent, Level 2

 

  • Details: From Hathersage we will head north along Balk Lane and then continue past North Lees Hall to the base of Stanage Edge (where there are more public toilets). There is a climb through woodland to the edge where we will then follow the edge south east to the Trig Point before descending to Upper Burbage Bridge. From here we follow the path along Fiddler’s Elbow to Higger Tor and then descend towards the sheepfold before crossing the road to descend further across Mitchell Field. We then follow a footpath across fields and woodland back to the main road which leads into Hathersage.

 

  • How to take part: Please send your name, contact details and emergency contact details to janetmcain@hotmail.co.uk by Tuesday 11th Depending on numbers it may be possible to borrow an OS map, please indicate this on the email.

 

For anyone local or anyone who wants to make a weekend of it there is also an Outdoor Skills Day at nearby Whiteley Woods Activity Centre the day before, Saturday 15th February.  Full details an be found on the link below.  Subject to places still being available bookings are open until 31st January.

 

https://www.whiteleywoods.org.uk/2024/11/25/outdoor-skills-day-booking-now-open/

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