I'm looking for some challenging walks around Mam Tor and was wondering if anyone knew any or had any good websites?

Cheers :thumbsup:

have you got an OS map?

have you got an OS map?

nah thats the problem...will have to buy one. :)

Not sure if this will help Clicky (http://www.buxtononline.net/derbyshire.htm)

In fact that websites a bit Sh*te sorry:(

os are online, or if you use www.multimap.co.uk and get to the right zoom level, you can see the OS version.

Don't go up there without a map though - sometimes the paths are hard to pick out, and we once spent a wet saturday traipsing down a hillside off Kinder having wandered off the path, only to find our exit blocked by what seemed like miles of sheepfolds.

And we had a dog with us

If you go to the peak info centre they have a fab map with walks of different difficulties you can buy :thumbsup:

cheers all! :thumbsup:

I like this one -
Start in Castleton and walk up the gorge to the east of the Castle and then head across past Rowter Farm to Mam Tor then down Winnats Pass into Castleton for a pint of something tasty in the Castle Inn.
Not the most exciting, but plenty of up and down and some good scenery.

use www.ordnancesurvey.gov.uk and go to their Get-A-Map page - gets you to 1:25,000 scale, much better than MultiMap's 1:50,000.
Also if you go to www.openaccess.gov.uk you can see all the areas of access land and a bigger zoom-able map.

OMG!!!!!!!.........my mate and i walked up MAMTOR at Castleton.it was fantastic!. Very tireing, but an ace experience. It is well worth doing.
Destiny

It really depends on what you call challenging, Mam Tor and the surrounding area is good for walks though.
Lewis

A good one that i enjoyed was park up at the car park under mam tor at the top of winnats pass then walk up to the summit of Mamtor, then down the ridge (great ridge) over back tor and onto Lose Hill (amazing views from here). then from Lose Hill you can drop down into Hope village.
From the Hope village there is a path you can pick up that goes upto castleton then back to the car park at the top of winnats.

With an OS map this route would be easy to plan out.

If you wanna see a couple of my photos from the great ridge and mamtor have a gander at the links.

mamtor:
http://www.ephotozine.com/gallery/showlargepic.cfm?photoid=455843

mamtor:
http://www.ephotozine.com/gallery/showlargepic.cfm?photoid=373509


Great ridge:
http://www.ephotozine.com/gallery/showlargepic.cfm?photoid=379427

Great ridge:
http://www.ephotozine.com/gallery/showlargepic.cfm?photoid=658209


hope that helps

it takes something to make me envious of someone elses pics :hihi:
they were very good indeed :thumbsup:

isn't there a "centre" in castleton where there would be info re: walks ect,

im off over there on the bike next week,il have a looksy,

JJ..

KINDER KINDER KINDER!!!
When I go out there I always go up kinder.
Some of the views are amazing and last time we did a pretty challenging rock climb type jobby up to the tope up the river bed.
- I say river bed, there was actually a river running down there too. But it might have dried up now.
Panda:banana:

Can I see a forum meet brewing?

Can I see a forum meet brewing?


Yes please. I've never been up Kinder Scout because I've been too scared of the weather changing and being stranded and lost up there. Yes I'm a girly weed. But I like hills too. Mummy!

I like this one -
Start in Castleton and walk up the gorge to the east of the Castle and then head across past Rowter Farm to Mam Tor then down Winnats Pass into Castleton for a pint of something tasty in the Castle Inn.
Not the most exciting, but plenty of up and down and some good scenery.

Did that last year, the gorge your talking about is Cave Dale, it threw it down all day, but had a brilliant time, the problem we did have was finding our tent after consuming 78 pints of ale (slight exaggeration, me thinks).
But to sleep with Mother Nature, to smell her sweet breath, to wash your face in the morning dew, it beats your Spain, Portugal, or Cyprus any day.

Have a trek around the Derwent dam’s especially Howden.
When you get to the bottom of the dam wall, ponder, and try to visualise the 617 Squadron doing there practice runs in preparation for the Ruhr Dams.
If you have a good imagination, it gives you a good buzz.

This site gives you an idea:
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/geoff.richardson/favourite_walks/fw0087_abbey_bank/04-.html

Such beauty

I love parking at Hope train station, walking up Loose Hill and across the ridge to Mam Tor. Then drop down to Edale, have a pint, then jump the train back to Hope. Stunning views and a nice afternoon out.

Though, I concur with others that Kinder is the best. There's so many walks that you can do of varying difficulty. Last time, I did a good 16 mile yomp and got covered in mud; it was ace! It's lots of fun scrambling across the pete troughs, trying not to lose your bearings. :)

Mental note: Need to take self camping again soon. :)

Park in Castleton village, walk back toward Hathersage. Just out of Castleton is a footpath that will take you across farm land and on to the summit of lose hill. From there, carry on all the way to the top of Mam Torr, over the other side, and back down Winnats pass into Castleton village. Not sure about the exact mileage - about 5 I think, but its worth the effort.

Try this link (http://www.walkingbritain.co.uk/walks/walklist.php?npid=3), the dark peak section is what you'll want to look at. Has maps and instructions so is perfect really.

A good fairly hefty one is to start at Mam Tor and do a big loop round Rushup Edge, over to Brown Knoll and the edge of Kinder and then down into Edale and back to Mam Tor. You might be sore after that though!

[QUOTE=Tombob]A good one that i enjoyed was park up at the car park under mam tor at the top of winnats pass then walk up to the summit of Mamtor, then down the ridge (great ridge) over back tor and onto Lose Hill (amazing views from here). then from Lose Hill you can drop down into Hope village.
From the Hope village there is a path you can pick up that goes upto castleton then back to the car park at the top of winnats.

Or you can cut back up to Hollins cross an retrace the star of the walk back to the car park, my favourite way of doing this walk.

Did the Cave Dale - Mam Tor - Hollins Cross - back to Castleton (for meal and a pint) walk a couple of New Years ago with some colleagues from school, and it was lovely. It had snowed (pretty deep) and it took about three hours at a gentle stroll and stopping to admire the scenery.

Start at the nags head in Edale, join the start of the penine trail and walk to nether booth. you will cross a bridge just after you pass through a farm, theres a small gate on your right leads to a path that follows crowden brook onto the top of kinder. when you reach the top follow the contour round to your left and head along the edge towards the cowburn turnnel air shaft (see pic) and then cary on round across brown knoll and eventually crossing mam tor and hollins cross and taking the route back down to edale or carrying on across the lords seat and to loose hill and back down into hope.


http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=2361&d=1140976990

Try this link (http://www.walkingbritain.co.uk/walks/walklist.php?npid=3), the dark peak section is what you'll want to look at. Has maps and instructions so is perfect really...
Thanks for that link, barny_100, it's excellent. It's gone straight into my bookmarks :) .

Can I see a forum meet brewing?
Excellent idea! The countryside in my neck of the woods is as dull as a very dull thing compared to what you're all lucky enough to live close to.

KINDER KINDER KINDER!!!
When I go out there I always go up kinder.
Some of the views are amazing and last time we did a pretty challenging rock climb type jobby up to the tope up the river bed.
- I say river bed, there was actually a river running down there too. But it might have dried up now.
Panda:banana:

we did Kinder last Sunday and it was superb! the climb up the debris is tough going but really enjoyed it...yeah the stream is still there.....absolutely gorgeous at the top