Description
Basicially the same as Buxtid-1 but using footpaths away from the busy main road at Buxton and with a couple of corrections at Tideswell. One is a definitive map error the other a plotting error. It could be said that you can't have a definitive map error so to be correct I should state the definitive line is not available or signed and an alternative path is available and signed
Basicially the same as Buxtid-1 but using footpaths away from the busy main road at Buxton and with a couple of corrections at Tideswell. One is a definitive map error the other a plotting error. It could be said that you can't have a definitive map error so to be correct I should state the definitive line is not available or signed and an alternative path is available and signed
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Buxton
Grid Ref
SK0590173741
Lat / Lon
53.26065° / -1.91300°
Easting / Northing
405,901E / 373,741N
What3Words
units.comedy.tensions
Tideswell
Grid Ref
SK1522475720
Lat / Lon
53.27826° / -1.77314°
Easting / Northing
415,224E / 375,720N
What3Words
wheels.curls.clever
| Buxton | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SK0590173741 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.26065° / -1.91300° |
| Easting / Northing | 405,901E / 373,741N |
| What3Words | units.comedy.tensions |
| Tideswell | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SK1522475720 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.27826° / -1.77314° |
| Easting / Northing | 415,224E / 375,720N |
| What3Words | wheels.curls.clever |
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review
Ken
11 Jul 2022A good direct route with a minor change from Buxtid-1 at the Buxton end. A strenuous down then up in the middle, no services on route and cows in the field. Good paths but some may be a bit of a challenge to follow so the plotted route needs constant attention.
Avoiding the main road to exit Buxton may not be a perfect solution so take your pick. Coming in you may prefer to follow the road for early refreshment at Wetherspoons. The footpath route offers three bridges and urban paths but needs careful attention to navigation. Once onto Waterswallows Road it's plain sailing along the same route as Buxtid-1. Waterswallows quarry is hidden behind a bank with 'Danger Keep Out' notices to invite trespass but pressing on the massive Tunstead Quarry can't be hidden. The footpath passes safely through with an excellent view of operations.
It's apparent that the path to view the quarry is well used but once over the other side it was quite overgrown before climbing steeply to cross over the mouth of the railway tunnel. This was once the main line from the Midlands to Manchester but now carries only limestone to distant locations.
From here to the road leaving Hargate paths are more difficult to locate so care and a good eye is required. The climb from the quarry follows a line of cable poles.
The hamlet of Tunstead was the birthplace of the canal pioneer, James Brindley in 1716 but there was nothing I spotted to mark it, his memorial can be found in the mother village of Wormhill.
The sign directing traffic to Hargate Hall is perhaps intended to avoid the rough section of road passing the farm and our route might do better, taking this to avoid a path that was another challenge to locate. It's then road walking down into the dale and a steep climb up the other side, no pavement here but a fairly quiet road.
A short section along the LImestone Way to reach a finger post and Peak and Northern Footpaths Society sign wrongly located according to the definitive map. The stile located here allows access to field paths through pasture before meeting a track for the final yards into Tideswell.
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