Longdendale Trail

10 km / 6 miles

Woodhead Station with tunnel entrance in background © Trans Pennine Trail Office

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Derbyshire
The Longdendale Trail, coincident with part of the Trans Pennine Trail, takes you along the route of the old Great Central Manchester Sheffield Railway. It is a very picturesque valley with its five reservoirs surrounded by high moorland. The reservoirs were completed in 1877 and were the largest artificial expanses of water in the world at that time.

Details:

Path Type

Paths Marked on OS mapping

Attributes

Easy; Former Railway; Lake/Reservoir/Loch

Start

SK023960 - Hadfield, Derbyshire

Finish

SK113999 - Woodhead Tunnels, Derbyshire

Web Sites

Derbyshire UK - Longdendale Trail

Peak District Information - Longdendale Trail

Publications, Badges and Certificates:

External PDF

Longdendale Trail - Woodhead Tunnels to Hadfield (Trans Pennine Trail Office - 2012)

Badge & Certificate

Badge & Certificate for Longdendale Trail (John Merrill Foundation)

Maps:

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Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2016.
© OpenStreetMap contributors under Open Database Licence.
Rights of way data from selected Local Authorities.
Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.
At high zoom levels the route is indicative only.

Purchase Ordnance Survey Maps (path is named on OS maps):

OS Landranger

110

OS Landranger Active

110

OS Explorer

OS Explorer Active

Accommodation within 5 Km of this Path:

From Path

Along Path

Hostel Accommodation

Crowden YHA, Crowden-in-Longdendale, Glossop, Derbyshire

< 1 Km

6 Km

Connected Paths:

E Routes

E-Route 8 UK Section - Hull to Liverpool

National Trails (England & Wales)

Pennine Way National Trail

Paths Marked on OS mapping

Etherow - Goyt Valley Way; Trans Pennine Trail

Other Paths

High Peak 60; Kinder Loop; Peak District Boundary Walk; Tops of the North (Three Shire Heads to Carlisle); Wild Yorkshire Way
Click to show 2 more Other Paths

Anytime Challenges

Dam Long Walk; Dark Peak Boundary Walk; Ten Reservoirs Walk

Downloads:

GPX Route File

Longdendale Trail GPX Exchange Format Route File
Last Updated 04/10/2017 15:45:18 - End point changed

MemoryMap Route File

Longdendale Trail Memory Map Route File
Last Updated 04/10/2017 15:45:18 - End point changed

Tracklogs Route File

Longdendale Trail Tracklogs Route file
Last Updated 04/10/2017 15:45:18 - End point changed

Route Profile:

10.4 Km (6.5 miles)
208 m (682 ft) ascent
286 m (938 ft) maximum height

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Walks

The LDWA organises many challenge and local group walks, as well as listing many more organised by other organisations. Challenge events are normally between 20 and 100 miles and must generally be completed within a defined time limit. Group walks are normally led walks of around 20 miles.
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