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Tideswell: Monsal Head - Peak District

Writer: Graeme Stoten
Graeme Stoten
13 hours ago
1 min read

Monsal Head - Monsal Trail - Cressbrook Tunnel - Litton Tunnel - Litton Mill - River Wye riverside path - Upperdale Farm - Monsal Trail - Monsal Head


Distance: 7.6 km (4.7miles)

Max elevation: 230 m

Min elevation: 166 m


Monsal Head, Viaduct - Monsal Trail, Headstone Tunnel exit - View (W) Monsal Dale

Trail stone footbridge - Disused railway platform - Trail approaching Cressbrook

Cressbrook Mill - Cressbrook Tunnel - Cressbrook Tunnel interior

Cressbrook Tunnel exit - View (N) Monsal Dale - Litton Tunnel



Litton Mill - Exit Litton Tunnel (carved limestone) - Stone footbridge ahead

Hillside path down to Litton Mill - River footbridge to Mill - River Wye

Tight footpath to arrive at Litton - Litton Mill - Factory Mill stream

Riverside footpath entrance - Weir - Riverside path Miller’s Dale



Continuing along riverside - Limestone outcrops - View (S) up to Monday Trail

Approaching Water cum Jolly Dale - Limestone face - Footbridge into Cressbrook

Cressbrook - Cressbrook Mill - Upperdale, Long Lane river bridge

Returning back via the trail - Headstone Tunnel ahead - Monsal Viaduct (1863)


Courtesy of OS Maps
Courtesy of OS Maps

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