Sunday 1st June 2025 Fare: £15.00
Coach departs 09.00 (Route 3) also departs Keighley 08.30
Bamford Edge and Bretton Clough
A: Ladybower to Eyam: 12 miles Ascent: 2700 feet Ronnie Wade
The walk starts by the dam at Ladybower Reservoir and follows a path leading up through the woods to break out onto the moor. We then follow the path up to the site of a hut circle and from there follow along the edge to Bamford Edge. This is an overhang of gritstone rocks with good views over almost all of the Hope Valley. The route now drops down to Bamford village taking in Bamford Clough on the way down.
The route now takes us across the river towards Thornhill and we then follow The Derwent Valley Heritage Way for about 1.5 mile, until we break off to then take the path leading to Offerton Hall. This was a manor house of which part originates from medieval times but the bulk is from 1658.
Offerton Moor is now crossed to Abney and thence to Bretton Clough. Bretton Clough is a sheltered valley of woodland and open, bracken-covered slopes, a green oasis sandwiched between the harsh, dark upland of Abney Moor and Eyam Moor. A ‘clough’ is a local term for a small, steep-sided valley, typically found in the gritstone moors of the Dark Peak.
Eyam Moor is then crossed and it’s now all downhill to Eyam, our finish point.
Moorland Views and a Silly Dale
B: Bamford Station to Eyam: Ray Wilkes
We start at the station and walk up to Shatton Moor and on to Robin Hood’s Cross. Then via Great Hucklow and Silly Dale to Eyam
Derwent Valley
C: Hathersage Booths to Eyam: Rita SchofieldD: Eyam and its museum and coffee shops
