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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Hyde and Glossop.
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This is a Slow Ways route connecting Hyde and Glossop.
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Geography information system (GIS) data
Total length
Maximum elevation
Minimum elevation
Start and end points
Hyde
Grid Ref
SJ9478695119
Lat / Lon
53.45282° / -2.07998°
Easting / Northing
394,786E / 395,119N
What3Words
rescue.begun.avoid
Glossop
Grid Ref
SK0350794166
Lat / Lon
53.44427° / -1.94866°
Easting / Northing
403,507E / 394,166N
What3Words
places.gobbles.grumbles
Hydglo One's land is
| Hyde | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SJ9478695119 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.45282° / -2.07998° |
| Easting / Northing | 394,786E / 395,119N |
| What3Words | rescue.begun.avoid |
| Glossop | |
|---|---|
| Grid Ref | SK0350794166 |
| Lat / Lon | 53.44427° / -1.94866° |
| Easting / Northing | 403,507E / 394,166N |
| What3Words | places.gobbles.grumbles |
| Other agricultural land | 4.1% |
| Pasture | 33.2% |
| Urban | 44.8% |
| Woods | 17.8% |
Data: Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018
review
Lauren G
30 Jan 2022Enjoyable, but can be hard work - it's quite hilly in the woods and the paths are heavily used, so occasionally you're walking in a few inches of sucking mud (photo 1, the track to Little Acre Farm). Stout footwear and minimal walking fitness required.
I would recommend one alteration near Godley Brook: the current GPX recommends you leave the Trans Pennine Trail at Brook Fold Lane and head southeast to Little Acre Farm. This doesn't actually work, as the trail passes over Brook Fold Lane on a bridge (photo 2) and there's no direct way down. You have to backtrack to Firethorn Drive and walk through the housing development.
Furthermore between Brook Fold Lane and Little Acre Farm, there is a stream crossing (photo 3) which I found unnecessarily difficult. It's a steep scramble down one bank and up the other. The banks were muddy and slippery, and then you have to step over a crossing place in an electric fence (photo 4).
To avoid both the housing development and the stream, I would recommend turning south at Green Lane and going down to Mottram Old Road that way to rejoin the route. It means slightly less pasture and more pavement, but would be faster and safer, and about as direct. I haven't personally scouted this bit of route yet, but will do it if I get a chance.
The rest of the route is fine to follow as-is, and takes you through pretty woods, up and down steps and over stiles. Parts of this route are on the Trans Pennine Trail (photo 5) which is generally wheel-able, but the whole route can't be recommended for wheels. Mid-route, you pass by Lymefield, which has a tea room and other facilities (photo 6). Near the Glossop end, you pass by Hargate Hill and there may be horses in the fields, so walkers with dogs or wary of large animals should take note.
Path surfaces: pavement, dirt track, deep mud, steep stream banks, stepping stones in stream, pasture with sheep, pasture with horses
Obstacles: narrow gates, A-frames (photo 7), chicane (Glossop), many stiles (photo 8), stairs (photo 9).
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