Walk Route Map d206 Monsal Dale and Ashford in the Water from Bakewell

Walk d206 Monsal Dale and Ashford in the Water from Bakewell

Spectacular views with easy walking

Vital Statistics:

Length:	10mls (16km)
Ascent:	1,578ft (481m)
Time:	5¼hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

Walk route map with easy-to-follow route instructions for walk d206 Monsal Dale and Ashford in the Water from Bakewell pdf

Route outline for walk d206:

Bakewell - The Monsal Trail - Hassop Station. Great Longstone Station - Little Longstone - Monsal Head - Monsal Dale - River Wye - Great Shackleton Wood - Magpie Sough - Ashford In The Water - River Wye - Holme Bridge - Bakewell

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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.

This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL24
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)
OS Landranger Map 119
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk d206 Monsal Dale and Ashford in the Water from Bakewell

In no particular order . . .

The River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Peter Woods (41)

The Monsal Trail in Monsal Dale

Photo: Gilbert Rowbottom (9)

The Ashford Arms, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (11)

The River Wye from the top of Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Brian Davidson (15)

Monsal Head viaduct

Photo: Brian Davidson (18)

Monsal Dale, Monsal Viaduct and Upperdale from Monsal Head

Photo: Peter Woods (35)

The path back to Little Longstone from Longstone Moor

Photo: Ben Stafford (71)

Little Longstone Chapel

Photo: Martin White (3)

The River Wye from Holme Bridge

Photo: Peter Ellis (21)

Bakewell

Photo: Peter Ellis (22)

Approaching the weir on the River Wye in Monsal Dale

Photo: Peter Woods (42)

Monsal Dale from Monsal Head

Photo: Janice Black (24)

The River Wye weir in Monsal Dale

Photo: Roy Ellis (13)

Great Shackleton Wood

Photo: Christopher Park (28)

The recently reopened Litton Tunnel on the Monsal Trail

Photo: Andrew Marriott (4)

Weir on the River Wye, Ashford in the Water

Photo: Peter Ellis (15)

Swans on The River Wye at Bakewell

Photo: Dorsal Finn (99)

The font inside All Saints Church, Bakewell

Photo: Peter Ellis (28)

Holme Bridge

Photo: Peter Ellis (23)

Monsal Head Viaduct

Photo: Teresa Tomlin (2)

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