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Route 1 - Top of the Pike

Distance: 3.33km

Duration: 01:07

Difficulty: Moderate

Total Ascent: 177m

Terrain: Bridle paths / open access

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Old Hall In

This walk is great if you are short on time but want the best 360 views. It's worth the short climb. 

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Route 2 - Around the Pike

Distance: 4.18km

Duration: 01:20

Difficulty: Moderate

Total Ascent: 179m

Terrain: Bridle paths / open access

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Old Hall Inn

This walk is great if you are short on time but want the best 360 views. Its worth the short climb and this route extends the previous along some bridle paths with views of Cracken Edge. 

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Route 3 - Buxworth Canal Basin

Distance: 4.82km

Duration: 01:22

Difficulty: Easy

Total Ascent: 103m

Terrain: Tramway / lanes

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Old Hall Inn

Very flat out to the basin, along the old tramlines. The basin is steeped in history, and the return can be back along the tramway if you are looking for a very flat route, or, as we have done here, return along the country lanes to make a circular route.

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Route 4 - Buxworth Canal Basin & Whaley Basin

Distance: 8.15km

Duration: 02:18

Difficulty: Easy

Total Ascent: 160m

Terrain: Tramway / Lanes / Canal

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Old Hall Inn

An extended version of the Buxworth Basin walk that takes in Whaley Bridge. The Bridge Bake house, which is on the main high street of Whaley Bridge has great cakes, some heated comfy chairs outside to watch the world (village) go by...

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Route 5 - Pike Summit, Whaley Basin & Buxworth Basin

Distance: 9.47km

Duration: 02:50

Difficulty: Moderate

Total Ascent: 287m

Terrain: Tramway / Lanes / Canal / Bridleway

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Old Hall Inn

Similar to the route before, explore Buxworth and Whaley canal basins, but get the summit of Eccles Pike with 360 views in first...

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Route 6 - Around the Pike, return via Stubbins

Distance: 9.13km

Duration: 02:55

Difficulty: Moderate

Total Ascent: 387m

Terrain: Tramway / lanes / bridleway / fields

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Old Hall Inn

Similar to the route before, explore Buxworth and Whaley canal basins, but get the summit of Eccles Pike with 360 views in first...

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Route 7 - Cracken Edge Short

Distance: 6.91km

Duration: 02:14

Difficulty: Moderate

Total Ascent: 313m

Terrain: Footpaths / Fields

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Old Hall Inn

Chinley Churn, or Cracken Edge, is the hill that you see when looking back at the car park. This route takes you high up with great views over South Head and Kinder, with Manchester in the distance (on a fairly clear day!)

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Route 8 - Cracken Edge Medium

Distance: 8.89km

Duration: 02:49

Difficulty: Moderate

Total Ascent: 359m

Terrain: Footpaths / Fields

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Old Hall Inn

An extended version of the route before!

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Route 9 - Cracken Edge Long

Distance: 11km

Duration: 03:30

Difficulty: Moderate

Total Ascent: 456m

Terrain: Footpaths / fields

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Old Hall Inn

A longer version of the routes before!

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Route 10 - South Head

Distance: 11.39km

Duration: 03:29

Difficulty: difficult

Total Ascent: 390m

Terrain: Bridlepath / steep footpaths

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Old Hall Inn

A great walk over to the Hayfield valley, and starting to feel that bit more remote and wild. Great views of the Kinder plateau

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Route 11 - Brown Knoll

Distance: 17.51km

Duration: 05.20

Difficulty: medium

Total Ascent: 455m

Terrain: Bridlepath / steep footpaths

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Old Hall Inn

Take a dramatic flagged path directly across the moors (avoid on a rainy days!)

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Route 12 - Churn - Mt Famine - South Head

Distance: 17.66km

Duration: 05.45

Difficulty: difficult

Total Ascent: 680m

Terrain: Bridlepath / steep footpaths

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Old Hall Inn

This route starts by taking you up Cracken Edge (the hill you can see from the carpark), down towards Hayfield village, circling back over Mount Famine and South Head with gorgeous views of Kinder Plateau.

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Route 13 - Combes Moss

Distance: 18.92km

Duration: 6

Difficulty: difficult

Total Ascent: 594m

Terrain: Bridlepath / steep footpaths

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Old Hall Inn

Wonderful walk exploring the little trodden combs grouse moor, overlooking the lake   

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Route 14 - Cat / Shining Tor

Distance: 27.19km

Duration: 8.30

Difficulty: extreme

Total Ascent: 874m

Terrain: Bridlepath / steep footpaths

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Old Hall Inn

a scenic Peak District walk that climbs to the highest point in Cheshire, Shining Tor. The route follows airy ridge paths with wide views across the Goyt Valley and surrounding moorland. Passing near Cats Tor, it offers a rewarding mix of ascents and dramatic upland scenery.

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Route 15 - Edale Station via Jacobs Ladder

Distance: 15.43km

Duration: 5hrs

Difficulty: moderate

Total Ascent: 521m

Terrain: Bridlepath / steep footpaths

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Edale Station (8 min return train journey)

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The route rewards with expansive views across the Edale Valley and surrounding hills. It then descends back toward Edale Station, offering a satisfying mix of challenge and scenery.

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Route 16 - Edale Skyline via Shire Oaks and Brown Knowle

Distance: 16.6km

Duration: 5.15hrs

Difficulty: hard

Total Ascent: 538m

Terrain: Bridlepath / steep footpaths / heather

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Edale Station (8 min return journey)

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Crossing the quiet heights of Brown Knowle, it offers wide, expansive views before joining the dramatic Edale Skyline. The route finishes with a rewarding descent toward Edale, surrounded by some of the area’s most iconic landscapes.

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Route 17 - Edale Skyline via Chinley Churn

Distance: 17.37km

Duration: 6hrs

Difficulty: hard

Total Ascent: 817m

Terrain: Bridlepath / steep footpaths / heather

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Edale Station (8 min return journey)

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From Chinley Churn, the route joins the Edale Skyline, offering sweeping views across the Hope Valley and surrounding moorlands. It’s a rewarding walk with a mix of rugged upland terrain and iconic ridge-top scenery.

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Route 18 - Edale via Snake Path & Churn

Distance: 26km

Duration: 8.45hrs

Difficulty: extreme

Total Ascent: 1109m

Terrain: Bridlepath / steep footpaths / heather

Start: Old Hall Inn

Finish: Edale Station (8 min return journey)

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This route follows the Snake Path before climbing to Chinley Churn, where panoramic vistas open across the Hope Valley. It then descends toward Edale, offering a rewarding finish through classic upland scenery.

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