12 easy to follow walk route maps of all grades that include part of The Dane Valley Way
Twelve easy-to-follow walk route maps of all grades that include part of The Dane Valley Way in Walk Grade Order (1 to 9)
The Dane Valley Way is 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.
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Scroll down the list of walks below & click on each walk title (in blue) to locate it on the map above.
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4.75 miles (7.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 689ft (210m) |
| Time: | 2½ hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Buxton and Poole's Cavern Country Park - The Dane Valley Way - Grinlow Tower - Solomon's Temple - Grin Plantation - Poole's Cavern - Fern House - Countess Cliff Farm - Stanley Moor - Stanley Moor Reservoir - Buxton and Poole's Cavern Country Park
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4 miles (6.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 942ft (287m) |
| Time: | 2½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Flash - Oliver Hill - Knotbury Farm - Panniers Pool - Three Shires Head - The Dane Valley Way - River Dane - Wicken Walls Farm - Axe Edge Green Farm - Flash
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 4 miles (6.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,306ft (398m) |
| Time: | 2½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Gradbach - The Dane Valley Way - Gradbach Youth Hostel - The River Dane - Black Brook - Forest Wood - Lud's Church - Back Forest - Roach End - Forest Wood - Black Brook - The River Dane - Gradbach Youth Hostel - The Dane Valley Way - Gradbach
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5.5 miles (8.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 896ft (273m) |
| Time: | 3 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Rushton Spencer - Oulton - Woodhouse Green - Wood Common Farm - Avona - The Staffordshire Way - The Gritstone Trail - The Cloud (Bosley Cloud) - Bosley Cloud - Avona - The Dane Valley Way - Raven's Clough - Ravensclough Brook - Rushton Spencer
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 5 miles (8 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,306ft (398m) |
| Time: | 3.25hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
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
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 7.5 miles (12 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,359ft (414m) |
| Time: | 4.25hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Timbersbrook - The Gritstone Trail - Pool Bank - The Staffordshire Way - Folly Cottage - Cloud Plantation - The Cloud (Bosley Cloud) - Avona - The Dane Valley Way - Raven's Clough - Ravensclough Brook - Rushton Spencer - Oulton - Woodhouse Green - Bridgestones Farm - Bridestones Burial Chamber - Timbersbrook
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 3.75 miles (11 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,415ft (431m) |
| Time: | 4 hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Wildboarclough - Clough House - Cumberland Brook - Cumberland Cottage - Danethorn Hollow - Wood Moss - The Dane Valley Way - Three Shires Head - Knarr Farm - Robins Clough - Bennettsitch Farm - Midgley Gate Farm - Burnt Cliff Top - Tagsclough Hill - Heild End Farm - Wildboarclough
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.25 miles (13 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,247ft (380m) |
| Time: | 4.25hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Cat and Fiddle - A537 Goyt's Moss - Whetstone Ridge - Danebower Hollow - A54 - Danebower Quarries - The River Dane - The Dane Valley Way - Orchard Farm - Three Shires Head - Panniers Pool - Cheeks Hill - Dane Head - Axe Edge (Axe Edge Moor) - A54 - Cat and Fiddle
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 8.25 miles (13 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,464ft (446m) |
| Time: | 4½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Gradbach - The Dane Valley Way - River Dane - Dane View House - Three Shires Head - Panniers Pool - Knotbury Farm - Wolf Edge - Oliver Hill - Flash - Lower House Farm - Flash Brook Farm - Ann Roach Rocks - Gib Torr Rocks - Moss Top - Cloughhead - Gradbach
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 9 miles (14.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,208ft (368m) |
| Time: | 4½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Timbersbrook - The Gritstone Trail - Pool Bank - The Staffordshire Way - Folly Cottage - Cloud Plantation - The Cloud (Bosley Cloud) - Avona - The Dane Valley Way - River Dane - The Macclesfield Canal - The Cheshire Ring Canal Walk - Buglawton - Brook House Farm - Pool Bank - Timbersbrook
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 10 miles (16 km) |
| Ascent: | 1,953ft (595m) |
| Time: | 5.75hrs |
| Grade: |  |
Route Summary:
Flash - Oliver Hill - Oxensitch - River Manifold Head - River Dove - Nether Colshaw Farm - Golling Gate Farm - Dun Cow's Grove Farm - The Manifold Trail - Blackbank Farm - Wilson Knowl Farm - Lower House Farm - Culvert Farm - Tollbridge Cottage - Gradbach - The Dane Valley Way - Dane View House - River Dane - Three Shires Head - Panniers Pool - Knotbury Farm - Wolf Edge - Flash
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Vital Statistics:
| Length: | 11.5 miles (18.5 km) |
| Ascent: | 2,274ft (693m) |
| Time: | 6½ hrs |
| Grade: | |
Route Summary:
Gradbach - The Dane Valley Way - Gradbach Youth Hostel - Black Brook - Forest Wood - Roach End - The Roaches - Doxey Pool - Rockhall - Hen Cloud - Well Farm - Dains Mill - Upper Hulme - Butty Fold Farm - Staffordshire Moorlands Walk - Tittesworth Reservoir - Meerbrook - Stockmeadows Farm - Meadows Farm - Buxton Brow - Clough Head - Back Forest - Lud's Church - Rock Chasm - Black Brook - Gradbach Youth Hostel - The Dane Valley Way - Gradbach
See this list of walks, routes & maps in:
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NB. To reverse (toggle) this order, click Grade Order again
