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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

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View back down Hall Dale

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Viator's Bridge, Milldale

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Ilam Rock and Footbridge, Dovedale

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Raised Boardwalk, Dovedale

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Thorpe Cloud and Bunster Hill (1st walk recce in Jan 19)

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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

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Dandelions in Field, near Church Farm, Stanshope

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Heart-Shaped Ivy, Church Farm, Stanshope

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25-Apr-19 • thomasgrabow on Flickr

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Wetton Hill, from near Grove Farm, Stanshope

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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

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Drystone Wall Pattern left of field above Milldale

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Viator's Bridge and Milldale Hamlet

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Path beside The Dove

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Upper Dovedale

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Limestone Crags and Slope, Upper Dovedale

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Dove Holes, Upper Dovedale

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Bluebells, Dovedale

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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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Last updated : Nov-24