Above: Rowtor Rocks stand behind Birchover’s Druid Inn. The longest walk featured on this website – 14 miles from Bakewell to Robin Hood’s Stride – passes a number of historical sites, including Rowtor Rocks on the outskirts of Birchover, next...
Above: The crucifixion carving was vandalised in the past and is now protected by iron railings. Also known as Cratcliff Hermitage, the hermit’s cave lies close to both Robin Hood’s Stride and the Grey Ladies Stone Circle, and is within walking distance of...
Above: Folklore has it that Robin Hood leapt between the two boulders which stand above the rest of the rocky outcrop. They were also said to look like the chimneys of a large house, giving it its other name, ‘Mock Beggar’s Mansion’. At 14 miles this...
Above: A group of young cyclists coming through Great Longstone Station heading towards the Buxton end of the Trail. It was Dr Beeching’s 1963 report on the decline of Britain’s railways that sounded the death knell for many of the country’s less...
Above: Plaques by a row of cottages tell the tragic story of how the Black Death came to this tranquil village. George Viccars was the first victim. It’s thought he brought the disease to Eyam in a bundle of cloth which carried infected fleas. At 11 miles, this...
Above: Thirst House Cave lies beside the footpath crossing Deep Dale, just southwest of King Sterndale. Fissures in the limestone rock of the White Peak were ideal places for our ancient ancestors to shelter from both the weather and the many wild animals that once...
