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The walk
The walk starts high in the Goyt valley, at the Derbyshire Bridge car park, and heads south-east onto Axe Edge Moor, the moor where the Dove, the Manifold, the Dane, the Wye and the Goyt all rise. It goes south to Cheeks Hill (522 m), the highest point in Staffordshire, then across the moor to the top of Axe Edge Moor (551 m), and comes back to the start largely the way it came. Three-quarters is on path and most of the rest on track.
It is 7.1 km with 201 m of ascent; allow about 2½ hours. The grade is Easy: the start is already at 420 m, so the climbing is gentle, though the moorland paths are rough.
This is high, open moor with few landmarks, exposed to the wind, so check the forecast, and in mist keep to the paths and carry a map and compass. Winter snow makes it more serious. There are no mapped water sources on the route.
The walk starts and finishes at the Derbyshire Bridge car park, at the head of the Goyt valley.
Route drawn by Global Adventurer along OpenStreetMap paths (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), with figures worked out from it. Check the forecast and the ground on the day: paths change.
Good to know
- The moor where the Dove, the Manifold, the Dane, the Wye and the Goyt all rise
- Cheeks Hill is the highest point in Staffordshire
- Starts high in the Goyt valley
Summits on the way
- Cheeks Hill 522 m
- Cheeks Hill (boundary) 519 m · passed close by
- Axe Edge Moor 551 m
Getting there
Start: Derbyshire Bridge. 53.24126, -1.97407
Places to stay nearby
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Paths change, and the weather decides the day. The line and figures come from OpenStreetMap and our own checks; take a map, check the forecast, and turn back if it isn't right.
