This Peak District walk explores some of the highlights of Edale and its surrounding hills. The walk includes Mam Tor, Castleton Ridge, Edale and Ruship Edge. The second half of the walk uses some quieter paths.
Technical sheet
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A Castleton walk
posted on 04/07/16 by Walking Britain. Last update : 11/10/16
(S)The walk starts in the large pay and display car park (grid ref. SK123832) just south of Mam Nick, near Castleton. There is also some on-road parking in the vicinity if you want to avoid the parking charge. Exit the car park to the north climbing the steps and follow the clear path up to Mam Nick to reach the road. Bear right and continue to climb the steps and path leading to the summit of Mam Tor from where there are substantial views across the surrounding area. The view north towards Edale and the Kinder Plateau is of particular interest as you will be traversing some of this area as the walk proceeds.
(1)Continue along the Castleton Ridge descending along the clear path to reach Hollin's Cross (grid ref. SK135845). Turn left here, taking the left hand path downwards and following the sign to Barber Booth. Initially the path descends quite quickly but becomes less steep as you lose height. The route runs to the north of Greenlands to join a lane. Turn right and walk north towards Edale. The lane bears right and just afterwards take the stile on the left (grid ref. SK123846). The path crosses a number of fields using stiles and gates, eventually reaching a road (grid ref. SK113846).
(2)At the road, go right. This leads you to the hamlet of Barber Booth. Take the first track on the left and follow this over the railway (grid ref. SK111848). The track bears left over the railway and follow the sometimes feint route, where the path is unclear head for the farm buildings ahead to reach Upper Booth (grid ref. SK102853). Turn left in the hamlet and then right onto the Pennine Way following in towards Jacob's ladder. Just before Lee House, look for gate below a grassy area on left hand side (grid ref. SK097854).
(3)Follow the path towards Highfield heading south at grid ref. SK101850 towards Dale Head. From Dale Head continue in a southerly direction following the sign to Whitemoor Clough. A steep climb lies ahead onto Rushup Edge.
(4)When the path flattens out (grid ref. SK099829), turn left and follow the edge eastwards to Reach Mam Nick. Follow the path and steps down to the car park.(E)
Waypoints
S/E : km 0 - alt. 419 m - Mam Nick car park
1 : km 1.92 - alt. 383 m - Hollins Cross
2 : km 4.25 - alt. 260 m - Turn right at road
3 : km 6.22 - alt. 298 m - Lee House
4 : km 9.02 - alt. 486 m - Bear east towards Mam Nick
S/E : km 11.9 - alt. 420 m - Mam Nick car park
Useful Information
This walk explores some of the highlights of Edale and its surrounding hills. The walk includes the well known viewpoint of Mam Tor and the adjoining Castleton Ridge. The walk then descends into Edale and explores some less walked paths before climbing onto Rushup Edge at the end of the route.
Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.
Date of walk : 21/08/19 Clarity of route description : ★★★☆☆ Average Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good Walk interest : ★★★★☆ Good
The walk started well but we missed the footpath to Barber Booth and came out in Edale. This was not a major problem. There are toilets and a cafe in Edale and it was a short walk along the road to Barber Booth. We found the section from point 3 to the Chapel Gate track very difficult. There are footpath signs but the actual footpaths are not evident. The ground was really boggy and we had to push our way through vegetation to cross fields. At Dalehead bunk house there are 2 signs pointing to Chapelgate. Standing with our back to the bunk house, we chose the left hand sign which brought us out much lower down Chapel Gate than the route map shows. Make sure you follow the route instructions to follow the signs to Whitemoor Clough!
Madmag
Overall rating :
3.7 / 5
Date of walk : 20/02/18 Clarity of route description : ★★★☆☆ Average Clarity of route map : ★★★★☆ Good Walk interest : ★★★★☆ Good
We tried this a day earlier but low mist and rain deferred it. Had a good walk but lost our way a little approaching upper booth. Small stream to cross was a wide raging torrent and we had to resort to scrambling across a fence over this. So would advise families to choose later in the year to undertake.