Froggatt, Curbar and White Edges from Curbar Gap

The walk starts from the Curbar Gap car park. A track leads east and a path climbs to the corner of a wall, where the way turns north along White Edge, past the trig point, with the wide heather of Big Moor on the right. At a gap in a wall the route turns left and drops across fields to the Grouse Inn. It crosses the fields behind the National Trust's Haywood car park, then the main road, and takes the broad track south along the top of Froggatt Edge, past a small Bronze Age stone circle, and on along Curbar Edge to Curbar Gap.

It is 9.3 km with 164 m of ascent; allow about 3 hours. The grade is Easy: mostly level once on the edges.

The edges are unfenced gritstone cliffs: keep back from the drop. White Edge is rougher and sometimes boggy, with a short, steep climb on and off it. Red deer live on Big Moor and the stags rut below White Edge in autumn; watch from a distance. Highland cattle graze the moor, and the National Trust asks for dogs to be on a lead. Take care crossing the A625 by the inn. Barbecues and fires are not allowed.

The Eastern Moors car park charges. There are no toilets; the nearest are at Longshaw. Grindleford station is nearly 5 km away.

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.