Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water

Two of the finest views in the Peak District


Route outline for walk d178:

Ashford In The Water  -  Fin Cop  -  Monsal Head  -  Upperdale  -  The River Wye  -  The Monsal Trail  -  Monsal Head Viaduct  -  Monsal Dale  -  White Lodge  -  Great Shackleton Wood  -  Ashford In The Water




Peaks, Summits and Tops reached on this walk:

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English
Mountains
Wainwright
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Wainwrights
 English Nuttalls
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English
Nuttalls
Dewey
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English
Deweys
Wainwright Outlying Fell
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Outlying Fells
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Marilyns
Bridget
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Bridget

Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

The highest point of this walk is Fin Cop at 327m (1073ft). Fin Cop is known as an English Bridget.

National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Monsal Trail, a 16km (10 miles) linear footpath connecting Blackwell Visitor Car Park, Wye Dale in Derbyshire, England with Coombs Road, Bakewell in Derbyshire, England. Originally part of a line connecting St Pancras with Manchester it was closed to rail traffic in 1968. The Monsal Trail is waymarked by name posts. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Monsal Trail.



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 Map (the ones with pink/magenta covers):

119 Buxton & Matlock, Bakewell & Dove Dale


Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water

In no particular order . . .

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - The River Wye in Monsal Dale from Monsal Head Viaduct

The River Wye in Monsal Dale from Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Ben Stafford (42)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - Weir on the River Wye, Ashford in the Water

Weir on the River Wye, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (14)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - The Monsal Head Tunnel from Monsal Head Viaduct

The Monsal Head Tunnel from Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Ben Stafford (44)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - The Monsal Trail at Bakewell

The Monsal Trail at Bakewell

Photo: Dorsal Finn (100)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - The River Wye at Monsal Head

The River Wye at Monsal Head

Photo: Brian Davidson (14)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - Inside Monsal Head Tunnel

Inside Monsal Head Tunnel

Photo: Ben Stafford (46)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - Great Shackleton Wood

Great Shackleton Wood

Photo: Christopher Park (29)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - Inside Monsal Head Tunnel

Inside Monsal Head Tunnel

Photo: Ben Stafford (47)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - The Monsal Head Hotel, Monsal Head

The Monsal Head Hotel, Monsal Head

Photo: Ben Stafford (40)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - Monsal Dale, Monsal Viaduct and Upperdale from Monsal Head

Monsal Dale, Monsal Viaduct and Upperdale from Monsal Head

Photo: Peter Woods (35)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - Monsal Head Viaduct

Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (5)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - Monsal Dale Weir

Monsal Dale Weir

Photo: Teresa Tomlin (3)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - The River Wye and Monsal Dale from Monsal Head Viaduct

The River Wye and Monsal Dale from Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (4)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - Holy Trinity Church, Ashford in the Water

Holy Trinity Church, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Christopher Park (31)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - Monsal Head viaduct

Monsal Head viaduct

Photo: Brian Davidson (18)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - The weir on the River Wye in Monsal Dale in spate

The weir on the River Wye in Monsal Dale in spate

Photo: Peter Woods (43)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - Approaching the weir on the River Wye in Monsal Dale

Approaching the weir on the River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Peter Woods (42)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - Great Shackleton Wood

Great Shackleton Wood

Photo: Christopher Park (28)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - The River Wye weir in Monsal Dale

The River Wye weir in Monsal Dale

Photo: Roy Ellis (13)

Walk d178 Fin Cop and Monsal Dale from Ashford in the Water - Monsal Dale and Monsal Viaduct from Monsal Head

Monsal Dale and Monsal Viaduct from Monsal Head

Photo: Peter Woods (33)


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