Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station

This highly detailed, easy-to-follow, hand-crafted walk with GPS starts at Miller's Dale Station, is 7¾ miles long and will take about 3¾hrs. It is graded 4 (Moderate).


Route outline for walk d202:

Miller's Dale Station  -  The Monsal Trail  -  The River Wye  -  Miller's Dale  -  Water-cum-Jolly Dale  -  Monsal Head Viaduct  -  Monsal Head  -  Upperdale  -  Cressbrook Mill  -  The River Wye  -  Water-cum-Jolly Dale  -  Litton Mill  -  Bellamy's Bank  -  Miller's Dale Station



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 this walk and other nearby walks on these unique free-to-access Interactive Walk Planning Maps:


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

OS Explorer OL24 The Peak District - White Peak area


1:50,000 scale OS Landranger Map (pink/magenta covers):

OS Landranger 119 Buxton & Matlock, Bakewell & Dove Dale


Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station

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Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - Cressbrook Mill

Cressbrook Mill

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (1)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - The River Wye in Water-cum-Jolly Dale

The River Wye in Water-cum-Jolly Dale

Photo: Brian Cook (2)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - Upperdale and Monsal Viaduct from Monsal Head

Upperdale and Monsal Viaduct from Monsal Head

Photo: Peter Woods (34)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - The River Wye in Water-cum-Jolly Dale

The River Wye in Water-cum-Jolly Dale

Photo: Frank Ormrod (1)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - *Monsal Dale from Monsal Head

*Monsal Dale from Monsal Head

Photo: Brian Davidson (13)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - East Buxton Lime Kilns near Miller's Dale

East Buxton Lime Kilns near Miller's Dale

Photo: Brian Robson (2)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - The Monsal Head Tunnel from Monsal Head Viaduct

The Monsal Head Tunnel from Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Ben Stafford (44)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - *Cressbrook Dale

*Cressbrook Dale

Photo: Kevin Lavelle (2)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - Water-cum-Jolly Dale

Water-cum-Jolly Dale

Photo: Tony Jacobs (1)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - East Buxton Lime Kilns near Miller's Dale

East Buxton Lime Kilns near Miller's Dale

Photo: Brian Robson (1)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - Miller's Dale Station Buildings

Miller's Dale Station Buildings

Photo: Brian Robson (3)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - The River Wye in Water-cum-Jolly Dale

The River Wye in Water-cum-Jolly Dale

Photo: Craig Carter (56)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - The River Wye in Water-cum-Jolly Dale

The River Wye in Water-cum-Jolly Dale

Photo: Brian Cook (9)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - The Monsal Trail in Water-cum-Jolly Dale

The Monsal Trail in Water-cum-Jolly Dale

Photo: Justin Hart (3)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - The River Wye in Water-cum-Jolly Dale

The River Wye in Water-cum-Jolly Dale

Photo: Justin Hart (2)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - The River Wye in Water-cum-Jolly Dale

The River Wye in Water-cum-Jolly Dale

Photo: Brian Cook (8)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - The Monsal Trail at Bakewell

The Monsal Trail at Bakewell

Photo: Dorsal Finn (100)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - Monsal Dale and Monsal Viaduct from Monsal Head

Monsal Dale and Monsal Viaduct from Monsal Head

Photo: Peter Woods (33)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - Entrance to the recently reopened Litton Tunnel on the Monsal Trail

Entrance to the recently reopened Litton Tunnel on the Monsal Trail

Photo: Andrew Marriott (1)

Walk d202 The Monsal Trail, Water-cum-Jolly Dale and Monsal Head from Miller's Dale Station - Spring buds in Water-cum-Jolly Dale

Spring buds in Water-cum-Jolly Dale

Photo: Craig Carter (57)


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