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Summary

A wonderful walk over magnificent moors. A walk for a clear day to take in the views and ensure that route finding is staightforward.

The walk starts at Kings Tree and treks up the Derwent Valley to Hoar Clough. After climbing up Hoar Clough you walk across moors to Round Hill and onto Lady's Cross. The route then drops down on the Trans Pennine Trail to the Woodhead Tunnel. This is the start of the climb up to Bleaklow Head via Near Black Clough and then across the Bleaklow plateau to Bleaklow Stones. From the Stones you traverse round the top of the Westend Valley to Grinnah Stones and onto Crown Stones. The descent takes in Round Hill and a walk down Black Dike to Windy Corner, returning to Kings Tree along the road.

The route can be wet and the ground water sodden and muddy (or sludgy on the peat moors)

The route is mainly on high lonely moors with route finding reasonably easy, if you could see where you were going; if not you need to be careful to hit the cairn above Hoar Clough, at the top of Near Black CLough heading for Bleaklow Head and when you traverse the Bleaklow plateau. There are no paths from Hoar Clough to Round Hill and across Bleaklow, otherwise they tracks and paths are easy to follow.

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