Walk Route Map s116 The Roaches, Hen Cloud, Meerbrook and Lud's Church from Gradbach

Walk s116 The Roaches, Hen Cloud, Meerbrook and Lud's Church from Gradbach

Superb views and an ancient religious site

Vital Statistics:

Length:	11½mls (18.5km)
Ascent:	2,274ft (693m)
Time:	6½hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

Walk route map with easy-to-follow route instructions for walk s116 The Roaches, Hen Cloud, Meerbrook and Lud's Church from Gradbach pdf

Route outline for walk s116:

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

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Peak Bagging Statistics for this walk:

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Mountains

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Wainwrights

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Nuttalls

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Dewey

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Wainwright
Outlying Fells

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Marilyns

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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 (174th 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.

This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map OL24
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)
OS Landranger Map 118 & 119
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk s116 The Roaches, Hen Cloud, Meerbrook and Lud's Church from Gradbach

In no particular order . . .

The Cheshire Plain from The Roaches

Photo: Devina Lee (3)

Hen Cloud from the lane north of Meerbrook

Photo: Mike Walker (26)

The Well, Meerbrook

Photo: Mike Walker (42)

Lud's Church, The Roaches

Photo: Geoff Pickering (1)

North West from The Roaches

Photo: David Hughes (3)

Rock Formation near Lud's Church, The Roaches

Photo: Steve Lowe (4)

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (69)

Lud's Church, The Roaches

Photo: David Hughes (2)

The Roaches and Hen Cloud from the lane north of Meerbrook

Photo: Mike Walker (27)

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (68)

Shining Tor from nr The Roaches

Photo: Steve Lowe (5)

Lunch on Hen Cloud the Roaches

Photo: Dave Rees (1)

*Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (71)

On The Roaches

Photo: Geoff Pickering (2)

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (66)

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (67)

The Lazy Trout in Meerbrook

Photo: Mike Walker (25)

Snow on The Roaches

Photo: Richard Nicholls (74)

Tittesworth Reservoir, Meerbrook

Photo: Mark Edwards (12)

Woodland path near Meadows Farm

Photo: Mike Walker (28)

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