Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach

Iconic Lud's Church and huge views


Route outline for walk s131:

Gradbach  -  The Dane Valley Way  -  Gradbach Youth Hostel  -  The River Dane  -  Black Brook  -  Forest Wood  -  Lud's Church  -  Back Forest  -  Roach End  -  The Roaches  -  Roach End  -  Forest Wood  -  Black Brook  -  The River Dane  -  Gradbach Youth Hostel  -  The Dane Valley Way  -  Gradbach




Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

hewitt
0
English
Mountains
Wainwright
0
Wainwrights
 English Nuttalls
0
English
Nuttalls
Dewey
1
English
Dewey
Wainwright Outlying Fell
0
Wainwright
Outlying Fells
marilyn
0
Marilyns
Bridget
0
Bridgets

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is The Roaches at 505m (1657ft). The Roaches is also known as an English Dewey (173rd highest in England, 399th in England & Wales) The summit of The Roaches is marked by an Ordnance Survey Trig Point.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Dane Valley Way, a 66km (41 miles) linear footpath connecting Buxton in Derbyshire, with Middlewich in Cheshire, England. The Dane Valley Way is waymarked by the letters DVW. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Dane Valley Way.



You can find more walks near this one on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps: (click/TAP to select)

The Peak District National Park


1:25,000 scale OS Explorer Map (the ones with orange/yellow covers):

OL24 The Peak District - White Peak area


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Maps (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

118 Stoke-on-Trent & Macclesfield


119 Buxton & Matlock, Bakewell & Dove Dale


Some Photos and Pictures from Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach

In no particular order . . .

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - In Lud's Church, The Roaches

In Lud's Church, The Roaches

Photo: David Hughes (1)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - The Roaches Summit

The Roaches Summit

Photo: Geoff Pickering (4)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - Snow on The Roaches

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (74)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - Snow on The Roaches

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (69)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - Paul Peng on The Roaches

Paul Peng on The Roaches

Photo: Gary Gornell (1)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - Snow on The Roaches

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (68)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - Rock Formations on The Roaches

Rock Formations on The Roaches

Photo: George White (7)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - On The Roaches

On The Roaches

Photo: Devina Lee (2)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - Me and my favourite rock on The Roaches

Me and my favourite rock on The Roaches

Photo: Jo McGawley (3)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - The Roaches

The Roaches

Photo: Mike Knipe (69)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - Rock Formation near Lud's Church, The Roaches

Rock Formation near Lud's Church, The Roaches

Photo: Steve Lowe (4)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - North West from The Roaches

North West from The Roaches

Photo: David Hughes (3)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - The Cheshire Plain from The Roaches

The Cheshire Plain from The Roaches

Photo: Devina Lee (3)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - Shining Tor from nr The Roaches

Shining Tor from nr The Roaches

Photo: Steve Lowe (5)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - Snow on The Roaches

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (70)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - Snow on The Roaches

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (67)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - R&R's Walking Group on the way up The Roaches

R&R's Walking Group on the way up The Roaches

Photo: Dave Rees (3)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - On The Roaches

On The Roaches

Photo: Karen Harding (9)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - Tithesworth Reservoir from The Roaches

Tithesworth Reservoir from The Roaches

Photo: Geoff Pickering (3)

Walk s131 Lud's Church and The Roaches from Gradbach - Snow on The Roaches

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (73)


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