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Kirklees Way from Holme over the dam between Ramsden Reservoir and Brownhill Reservoir, up Crow Hill, along the Holme Valley Circular Walk across forested hillside, down the east side of
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Dovestone Reservoir, along the Oldham Way over Pots and Pans hilltop, along Shaw Rocks ridge, across fields to the east of
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Millthorpe to the west then south through Shillito Wood past the ancient stone cross, across open moorland past Nelson's monument on
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The trail is divided into twenty stages of about 10 miles (16 km) long, in a clockwise direction around the Peak
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village, heading north along a farm track over the hill beyond Mixon, along a minor road to the former
Mermaid Inn on the
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Houndkirk Bridleway past woodland onto Houndkirk Moor, down through woods, up onto
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is a circular 190-mile (310 km) walking trail, starting and finishing at
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Peak District Boundary Walk plaque at King's Head pub, Buxton
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Around Hoe Grange and Ballidon limestone quarries, through
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The Friends of the Peak District's founders, Gerald and
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across fields from Winster, over Bonsall Moor and into
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and up to the market place (9.2 miles/14.8 km).
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reservoirs, along the hillside heritage trail above
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604:Across fields to join the Hamps Way along the
252:4. Glossop to Greenfield (Dovestone Reservoir)
903:Long-distance footpaths in the United Kingdom
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133:Shutlingsloe - highest point of walk at 506m
632:17. Tittesworth Reservoir to Wildboarclough
532:to Roystone Grange. (10 miles/16 km).
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600:16. Waterfall to Tittesworth Reservoir
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268:along the Pennine Bridleway, between
80:Peak & Northern Footpaths Society
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404:nature reserve, through woods above
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946:King Charles III England Coast Path
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1266:Long-distance footpaths in England
216:, past Mount Famine and along the
125:Peak District Boundary Walk Marker
94:but also goes through sections of
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803:Long Distance Walkers Association
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288:5. Dovestone Reservoir to Marsden
53:Campaign to Protect Rural England
16:Long distance footpath in England
830:. Friends of the Peak District.
652:18. Wildboarclough to Bollington
500:stone circle, continuing across
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1142:Forth-Clyde/Union Canal Towpath
724:Out of Whaley Bridge along the
696:19. Bollington to Whaley Bridge
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512:13. Winster to Roystone Grange
392:9. Low Bradfield to Ringinglow
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799:"Peak District Boundary Walk"
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536:14. Roystone Grange to Thorpe
777:Friends of the Peak District
444:Stone Cross in Shillito Wood
420:10. Ringinglow to Millthorpe
368:8. Langsett to Low Bradfield
49:Friends of the Peak District
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1044:Peak District Boundary Walk
720:20. Whaley Bridge to Buxton
648:(10.1 miles/16.3 km).
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117:Peak District National Park
37:Peak District Boundary Walk
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204:2. Peak Forest to Hayfield
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1172:Loch Lomond and Cowal Way
1137:Formartine and Buchan Way
1102:Berwickshire Coastal Path
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1034:London Outer Orbital Path
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1197:Romans and Reivers Route
1122:Cross Borders Drove Road
966:Pembrokeshire Coast Path
476:Nine Ladies Stone Circle
436:11. Millthorpe to Beeley
172:, through Cowdale, down
164:market place, along the
156:1. Buxton to Peak Forest
1271:Footpaths in Derbyshire
1079:Scotland's Great Trails
826:McCloy, Andrew (2017).
754:Buxton Pavilion Gardens
740:dam, along the disused
680:country park onward to
588:, downstream along the
560:15. Thorpe to Waterfall
508:(6 miles/9.7 km).
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1182:Mull of Galloway Trail
1147:Great Glen Canoe Trail
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248:(9 miles/14 km).
228:3. Hayfield to Glossop
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1276:Footpaths in Cheshire
1097:Ayrshire Coastal Path
991:South West Coast Path
750:Cavendish golf course
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626:Tittesworth Reservoir
572:from Derbyshire into
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468:12. Beeley to Winster
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60:Ethel Haythornthwaite
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1157:Great Trossachs Path
856:fastestknowntime.com
340:7. Holme to Langsett
1207:Southern Upland Way
1069:Yorkshire Water Way
1012:(England and Wales)
1001:Yorkshire Wolds Way
941:Hadrian's Wall Path
926:Coast to Coast Walk
914:(England and Wales)
710:Toddbrook Reservoir
666:Macclesfield Forest
410:Redmires Reservoirs
350:Trans Pennine Trail
316:6. Marsden to Holme
306:Butterley Reservoir
278:Dovestone Reservoir
258:Swineshaw Reservoir
1238:(Northern Ireland)
1236:Long-distance path
1107:Borders Abbeys Way
1039:Norfolk Coast Path
748:, down across the
734:Fernilee Reservoir
702:Macclesfield Canal
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266:Arnfield Reservoir
210:Chapel-en-le-Firth
196:nature reserve to
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1202:St Cuthbert's Way
1177:Moray Coast Trail
1132:Fife Coastal Path
1092:Arran Coastal Way
1054:Shakespeare's Way
971:Pennine Bridleway
779:. 12 October 2017
746:Upper Goyt Valley
738:Errwood Reservoir
458:Hob Hurst's House
408:reservoirs, past
346:Winscar Reservoir
262:Bottoms Reservoir
234:Sett Valley Trail
214:Pennine Bridleway
188:, to the west of
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956:Offa's Dyke Path
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270:Higher Swineshaw
140:In August 2022,
88:Derbyshire Dales
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1059:Vanguard Way
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1019:Capital Ring
1010:Other trails
981:The Ridgeway
931:Cotswold Way
859:. Retrieved
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142:ultra runner
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1167:Kintyre Way
996:Thames Path
976:Pennine Way
961:Peddars Way
861:16 February
686:White Nancy
678:Tegg's Nose
676:up through
622:The Roaches
618:Upper Hulme
606:River Hamps
594:Waterhouses
498:Nine Ladies
454:Gibbet Moor
426:Totley Moor
298:Pennine Way
198:Peak Forest
30:Goyt Valley
1260:Categories
1245:Ulster Way
760:References
752:, through
726:River Goyt
690:Bollington
670:Trentabank
642:River Dane
570:River Dove
564:Along the
530:Longcliffe
526:Grangemill
516:Along the
430:Millthorpe
414:Ringinglow
282:Greenfield
232:Along the
218:River Sett
190:Peter Dale
184:, through
170:Staden Low
92:Derbyshire
736:, across
712:and into
706:Lyme Park
638:Meerbrook
490:River Wye
354:River Don
302:Wessenden
182:Chee Dale
178:River Wye
174:Deep Dale
104:Yorkshire
66:in 1951.
1127:Dava Way
614:Morridge
488:and the
362:Langsett
222:Hayfield
194:Hay Dale
186:Wormhill
100:Cheshire
84:Pennines
808:9 March
783:9 March
668:, past
610:Onecote
542:Parwich
522:Bonsall
506:Winster
494:Rowsley
384:, onto
322:Meltham
310:Marsden
264:, past
246:Glossop
242:Rowarth
28:in the
1286:Buxton
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682:Rainow
620:below
582:Calton
554:Thorpe
462:Beeley
294:Diggle
180:up to
162:Buxton
41:Buxton
456:past
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