Walk Route Map s212 Blore, The River Dove and Mappleton from Swinscoe

Walk s212 Blore, The River Dove and Mappleton from Swinscoe

Lovely Staffordshire dales

Vital Statistics:

Length:	6mls (9.5km)
Ascent:	918ft (280m)
Time:	3¼hrs
Grade:		(Moderate)

Walk route map with easy-to-follow route instructions for walk s212 Blore, The River Dove and Mappleton from Swinscoe pdf

Route outline for walk s212:

Swinscoe - Hillend Farm - Feenie Lee - Blore - The Limestone Way - Coldwall Bridge - River Dove - Big Peg's Wood - Little Peg's Wood - Littlepark Farm - Mappleton (aka Mapleton) - Okeover Hall - Okeover Park - Cowclose Wood - Martin Hill - Woodhouse Farm - Swinscoe

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National Trails & Long Paths included on this walk:

Part of this walk follows a section of The Limestone Way, an 80km (50 miles) linear footpath connecting Castleton in Derbyshire, England with Rocester in Staffordshire, England. The Limestone Way is waymarked by a Derby ram. For more walks that include a section of this trail see The Limestone Way.

This walk is on Ordnance Survey Maps:

OS Explorer Map 259
1:25,000 scale (Orange Covers)
OS Landranger Map 119
1:50,000 scale (Pink Covers)

Some Photos and Pictures from Walk s212 Blore, The River Dove and Mappleton from Swinscoe

In no particular order . . .

Weir on The Lower River Dove near Coldwall Bridge, Thorpe, Dove Dale

Photo: Angela Hornby (3)

The Bassett Monument inside St. Bartholomew's Church, Blore

Photo: Devina Lee (6)

The nave inside St. Bartholomew's Church, Blore

Photo: Devina Lee (5)

Bunster Hill from near Coldwall Bridge, Thorpe, Dove Dale

Photo: Angela Hornby (2)

Sunlight falling through the entrance to Blore Church

Photo: Mark Frost (6)

The Bassett Monument inside St. Bartholomew's Church, Blore

Photo: Devina Lee (7)

Display case containing medieval tiles inside St. Bartholomew's Church, Blore

Photo: Devina Lee (12)

The Bassett Monument inside St. Bartholomew's Church, Blore

Photo: Devina Lee (10)

Coldwall Bridge, near Thorpe, Dove Dale

Photo: Angela Hornby (1)

Blore Church

Photo: Mark Frost (5)

Looking towards the The Bassett Monument inside St. Bartholomew's Church, Blore

Photo: Devina Lee (13)

The Plaque beneath the Bassett Monument inside St. Bartholomew's Church, Blore

Photo: Devina Lee (9)

St. Bartholomew's Church, Blore

Photo: Devina Lee (4)

Ancient gravestone inside St. Bartholomew's Church, Blore

Photo: Devina Lee (8)

The Bassett Monument inside St. Bartholomew's Church, Blore

Photo: Devina Lee (11)

The Apse, St. Bartholomew's Church, Blore

Photo: Devina Lee (14)

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