Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) Walk
Through a pastoral landscape to the Peak District's most famous and scenic dale with its ravines, crags, pinnacles, arches and caves
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Thorpe Cloud and Bend in River by the Stepping Stones
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Thorpe Cloud from field above Izaak Walton Hotel
SWC Walk 326 - Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular)
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![View back down Hall Dale SWC Walk 326 - Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) [Long Version via Alstonefield]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/46795530385_9517bb5166.jpg)
View back down Hall Dale
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![Viator's Bridge, Milldale SWC Walk 326 - Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) [Long Version via Alstonefield]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32768287867_f9e66765c1.jpg)
Viator's Bridge, Milldale
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Ilam Rock and Footbridge, Dovedale
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Raised Boardwalk, Dovedale
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Ashbourne Tunnel
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View across Dove Valley from Callow Hill
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Bluebells in Hinchleywood
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Hazelton Clump from Spend Lane
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Thorpe, Thorpe Cloud and Bunster Hill, from near Broadlowash
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Wild Garlic, near St. Leonhard’s Church, Thorpe
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Wild Garlic and a Bluebell, near St. Leonhard’s Church, Thorpe
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House in Thorpe
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Thorpe Cloud, just before descent into Dovedale
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Thorpe Mill Farm, Ilam and the Manifold Valley
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The Cut between bases of Bunster Hill and Thorpe Cloud
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Thorpe Cloud from field beside Dove
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Millstones in banks of the Dove
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The ‘clud’ = mass of rock, at the base of Thorpe Cloud
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NT Info Kiosk at Thorpe Cloud
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Footbridge over the Dove at Thorpe Cloud
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Thorpe Pastures through cut between Thorpe Cloud and Bunster Hill
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Gash in the descending ridge of Bunster Hill: the alternative route goes through it
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Bunster Hill from Izaak Walton Hotel
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Road across the Manifold River towards Hazelton Clump
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The Ascent to Ilam Tops (straight, then up to the right)
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View across Dovedale from Ilam Tops
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View along Dovedale to Thorpe Cloud from Ilam Tops
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Bluebell and Moss
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Bluebells in Dovedale Wood
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Long Walk left, Main Walk right: on the banks of The Dove
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Up Hall Dale, Chasm ahead
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Chasm in Hall Dale
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Some Flower, Hall Dale
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View back down Hall Dale
SWC Walk 326 - Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) [Long Version via Alstonefield]
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![Dandelions in Field, near Church Farm, Stanshope SWC Walk 326 - Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) [Long Version via Alstonefield]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32768289887_467b5f8084.jpg)
Dandelions in Field, near Church Farm, Stanshope
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Heart-Shaped Ivy, Church Farm, Stanshope
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![Wetton Hill, from near Grove Farm, Stanshope SWC Walk 326 - Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) [Long Version via Alstonefield]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32768289457_17578a9619.jpg)
Wetton Hill, from near Grove Farm, Stanshope
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![Southerly Views from near Alstonefield SWC Walk 326 - Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) [Long Version via Alstonefield]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47711730131_d7bd07f337.jpg)
Southerly Views from near Alstonefield
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Hills above Dovedale from near Alstonefield
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St. Peter’s Church, Alstonefield
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![View towards Mill Dale from field above Milldale SWC Walk 326 - Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) [Long Version via Alstonefield]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32768288527_25947d39da.jpg)
View towards Mill Dale from field above Milldale
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![Drystone Wall Pattern left of field above Milldale SWC Walk 326 - Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) [Long Version via Alstonefield]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40745243923_d228ebd8de.jpg)
Drystone Wall Pattern left of field above Milldale
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![Viator's Bridge and Milldale Hamlet SWC Walk 326 - Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) [Long Version via Alstonefield]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40745243333_c4431dcb65.jpg)
Viator's Bridge and Milldale Hamlet
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![Path beside The Dove SWC Walk 326 - Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) [Long Version via Alstonefield]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40745243083_27414b141c.jpg)
Path beside The Dove
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![Upper Dovedale SWC Walk 326 - Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) [Long Version via Alstonefield]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40745242763_48880a4a32.jpg)
Upper Dovedale
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![Limestone Crags and Slope, Upper Dovedale SWC Walk 326 - Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) [Long Version via Alstonefield]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47711729211_b093cb0ea0.jpg)
Limestone Crags and Slope, Upper Dovedale
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![Dove Holes, Upper Dovedale SWC Walk 326 - Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) [Long Version via Alstonefield]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32768286137_e6608d0165.jpg)
Dove Holes, Upper Dovedale
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![Bluebells, Dovedale SWC Walk 326 - Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) [Long Version via Alstonefield]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/40745241923_dc3d1bf121.jpg)
Bluebells, Dovedale
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![Ilam Rock and Footbridge, Dovedale SWC Walk 326 - Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) [Long Version via Alstonefield]](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/32768285517_10c1ecb178.jpg)
Ilam Rock and Footbridge, Dovedale
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Engineered Causeway , Dovedale
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Stream out of a Trial Mine, Dovedale
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Dovedale
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Reynard's Cave, Dovedale
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Ducks in The Dove
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Weir in The Dove
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Tissington Spires, Dovedale
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Lover's Leap, Dovedale
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Little Island in The Dove
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Thorpe Cloud and Bend in River by the Stepping Stones
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The Stepping Stones, Dovedale
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The Stepping Stones across the River Dove, Dovedale
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Dovedale Upstream near The Stepping Stones
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Spring gushing out of the base of Thorpe Cloud into Cress Beds, Lin Dale
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Lin Dale
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Thorpe Cloud from top of Lin Dale
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Backview to Thorpe Pastures and Cloud from top of road
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Clouds, from The Old Dog, Thorpe
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Thorpe Cloud and Bunster Hill (1st walk recce in Jan 19)
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