Photowalking in Longstone - Walking around the Edge

Based in the area that lies around Longstone Edge our Photowalks include local villages & hamlets such as Hassop Rowland, Wardlow, Little Longstone, Monsal Head, Monsal Dale & Great Longstone.

The walks begin at the War Memorial on Main Street in Great Longstone, & - with some walks as short as half an hour - they can be combined to create a whole range of intermediate & long walks that often provide a more intimate insight into the beautiful fields, trails & lanes in the surrounding countryside.

The list also includes extra walks into areas such as, Litton, Water cum Jolly, Millers Dale & Cressbrook. With walks developing all the time & - produced in combination with the local Photoclub & Visual Arts Group - they are full of images taken or created throughout the year & are available in PDF format to download & use as a guide.

Further down the page you will find a list of the walks & we are constantly out & about photographing & plotting extra walks & extensions to those that we already have.

The photographs attached to each walk are taken on the walk, are taken at various times of the year & are views or places of interest that are easily observed or accessed from the walk.

As ‘Amblers’ not ‘Ramblers’ - the times for each walk are a good approximation but allow extra for thinking time, eating stops, appreciation scrambles & ‘taking it all in’ stops !!

Oh !! & the inevitable Photography stops - So the times are rather approximate


Photowalks ‘ Around the Edge’ -

Walk 1 - 16 Acre Field ( 2hr ) Village - 16 Acre Meadow - Monsal Trail - The Rec’ & Picnic Site - The Willows
Walk 2 - Stancil Dale ( 2hr ) Village - St Giles Church - War Memorial - Ancient History
Walk 3 ( 3hr ) - Monsal Trail - Village - Monsal Viaduct - Monsal Head - Little Longstone

Extensions to the walks
Walk 4 ( 1hr ) - Monsal Dale & the River Wye
Walk 5 ( 2hr ) - Cressbrook - Water cum Jolly - Litton Mill - & the Monsal Trail

Longer extensions - Stand alone Walks
Walk 6 ( 5hr ) - Cressbrook - Ravensdale - Cressbrook Dale - Rowland - Peters Stone

Walks within 20 minute drive of Longstone
Walk 7 ( 2hr ) - Padley Gorge
Walk 8 ( 2hr ) - Magpie Mine

Coming soon - The Full Circle - Padley Gorge - Surprise View - Higger Tor - Carl Wark - Mother Cap - Blacka Moor - The Longshaw Estate

We hope you enjoy the walks, & would appreciate any feedback that you may wish to provide - there is a contact form on the admin page on the site & we will continue to review each PDF & update information & images as time passes - so PLEASE send us any photographs that YOU take & we can start to build up more walks & refresh the images.