Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) Walk
A very scenic White Peak dale: tight gorges, limestone crags, steeping stones, cascades, mills. Elevated pastures back to Buxton. Or on to Monsal Head with its famous vistas
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Headstone Viaduct and Monsal Dale from Monsal Head Viewpoint
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Backview to Monsal Trail, from elevated route along Water-cum-Jolly Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale - Elevated Route]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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First set of Stepping Stones. Chee Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Headstone Viaduct, from Monsal Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Miller's Dale Viaducts, from road below
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View up the Wye Valley, after rising out of Chee Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Priestcliffe Low, along Senners Lane
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Five Wells Chambered Tomb (detail)
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Dukes Drive Viaduct, Buxton
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Litton Mill, Miller's Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Old Gas House, Litton Mill, Miller's Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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River Wye in Miller's Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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River Wye in Miller's Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Victorian Folly, Cressbrook Mill
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Headstone Viaduct and Monsal Dale from Monsal Head Viewpoint
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Litton Mill from above
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale - Elevated Route]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View from elevated route along Miller's Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale - Elevated Route]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Cressbrook Hall across River Wye, from elevated route along Water-cum-Jolly Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale - Elevated Route]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Downriver views along River Wye along Upperdale, from elevated route along Water-cum-Jolly Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale - Elevated Route]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Cressbrook Mill, from elevated route along Upperdale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale - Elevated Route]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Upperdale, from elevated route along Water-cum-Jolly Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale - Elevated Route]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Weir on River Wye, Monsal Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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River Wye, Monsal Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley) [Alternative Ending at Monsal Dale]
27-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Along Fairfield Low towards the top of Cunning Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Fairfield Low
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Farm Track towards Woo Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Top of Woo Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Middle of Woo Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View up Woo Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Bottom of Woo Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Chelmorton Low and Topley Pike Quarry
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The A6 down the Wye Valley and Chelmorton Low
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Topley Pike Quarry
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Junction of Chee Dale, Great Rocks Dale and Wye Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Viaduct of the Millers Dale to New Mills and Manchester line
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The River Wye in Chee Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Semi-open part of Chee Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Viaduct carrying the Monsal Trail, in Chee Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Chee Dale: tight limestone gorge. Path on left
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Rapids on River Wye in Chee Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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First set of Stepping Stones. Chee Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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First set of Stepping Stones. Chee Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Chee Dale: view from underneath an arch of a viaduct
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Footbridge over River Wye, Chee Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Second set of Stepping Stones
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Second set of Stepping Stones
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Second set of Stepping Stones
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Overhanging Rockface, with climbers in attention. Chee Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Chee Dale: 'tis a tight valley, most of the times...
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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River Wye in Chee Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Chee Dale: it does widen out, belatedly...
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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River Wye in Chee Dale: rapids
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Miller's Dale Viaducts, from road below
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View from Miller's Dale Viaducts, to river below
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View from Miller's Dale Viaducts, to road below
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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East Buxton Limeworks' lime kiln, Monsal Trail
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Into the open Chee Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Footpath marker post at top of rise out of Chee Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View up the Wye Valley, after rising out of Chee Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View eastwards, after rising out of Chee Dale, across Blackwell Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Priestcliffe Low, seen from path towards Blackwell Hall Farm
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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View from near Blackwell Hall Farm towards Sir William Hill, Eyam
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Priestcliffe Low, along Senners Lane
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Five Wells Chambered Tomb (detail)
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Tunstead Superquarry, from Pillwell Gate
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The weathervane of St. John the Baptist Church, Chelmorton
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Deep Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Deep Dale
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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The Church of Christ, King Sterndale, with some fine tracery windows
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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Dukes Drive Viaduct, Buxton
SWC 385 - Buxton Circular or to Monsal Dale (via the Wye Valley)
25-Aug-21 • thomasgrabow on Flickr
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