Three Shire Heads/Shutlingsloe/MF21k

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 21.23 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 8h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: No
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 817 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 807 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 532 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 256 m
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Description

Start the plot by indicating the starting point. If you know the exact car parking situation, please explain how to park.
If we can access the starting point with public transports, please explain the lines to use and share any useful informations.

(S) From here, describe the instructions to follow from the starting point.

Add waypoints by clicking on the map.

The plot has to end by the location where the walk finishes. If it is a loop please write (S/E) at the end of the description. If it is a one way route write (E).

Waypoints

  1. S : km 0 - alt. 445 m - Start on Buxton Road, A54
  2. 2 : km 0.18 - alt. 455 m - Keep right
  3. 3 : km 0.39 - alt. 418 m - Turn right
  4. 4 : km 1.33 - alt. 351 m - Turn left
  5. 5 : km 1.35 - alt. 351 m - Turn right
  6. 6 : km 1.62 - alt. 351 m - Keep right
  7. 7 : km 1.64 - alt. 351 m - Turn sharp right
  8. 8 : km 2.19 - alt. 368 m - Keep left
  9. 9 : km 2.49 - alt. 383 m - Turn right
  10. 10 : km 3.59 - alt. 308 m - Keep right
  11. 11 : km 3.98 - alt. 278 m - Turn sharp right onto Love Lane
  12. 12 : km 4.06 - alt. 269 m - Turn left
  13. 13 : km 4.23 - alt. 264 m - Turn right
  14. 14 : km 4.35 - alt. 263 m - Turn slight left
  15. 15 : km 4.4 - alt. 266 m - Turn slight right onto Gradbach Mill Lane
  16. 16 : km 4.64 - alt. 279 m - Keep right
  17. 17 : km 4.98 - alt. 257 m - Turn slight left
  18. 18 : km 5.17 - alt. 299 m - Turn right
  19. 19 : km 5.28 - alt. 329 m - Turn right
  20. 20 : km 6.93 - alt. 364 m - Turn slight right
  21. 21 : km 6.97 - alt. 354 m - Keep left
  22. 22 : km 7.66 - alt. 308 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 7.95 - alt. 285 m - Turn left
  24. 24 : km 8.11 - alt. 265 m - Turn right onto Clough Road
  25. 25 : km 8.16 - alt. 267 m - Keep left onto Banktop Road, Wildboarclough FP 36
  26. 26 : km 8.63 - alt. 320 m - Keep left onto Wildboarclough FP 23
  27. 27 : km 9.14 - alt. 396 m - Keep left onto Wildboarclough FP 37
  28. 28 : km 9.55 - alt. 500 m - Turn sharp left onto Wildboarclough FP 37
  29. 29 : km 9.69 - alt. 463 m - Turn sharp left onto Wildboarclough FP 37
  30. 30 : km 9.99 - alt. 447 m - Turn left onto Wildboarclough FP 23
  31. 31 : km 10.71 - alt. 404 m - Turn left
  32. 32 : km 10.74 - alt. 402 m - Keep right
  33. 33 : km 10.81 - alt. 393 m - Turn slight left onto Forest Bridleway
  34. 34 : km 11.02 - alt. 378 m - Keep right
  35. 35 : km 11.91 - alt. 270 m - Turn sharp right
  36. 36 : km 12.67 - alt. 275 m - Turn slight left
  37. 37 : km 12.72 - alt. 275 m - Turn sharp right onto Standing Stone Road
  38. 38 : km 12.74 - alt. 275 m - Turn sharp left
  39. 39 : km 13.45 - alt. 340 m - Turn right
  40. 40 : km 13.57 - alt. 340 m - Turn right onto Macclesfield Forest FP 2
  41. 41 : km 13.74 - alt. 378 m - Turn right onto Trentabank Road
  42. 42 : km 13.99 - alt. 392 m - Turn left onto Trentabank Road
  43. 43 : km 14 - alt. 392 m - Turn right onto Oven Lane
  44. 44 : km 14.09 - alt. 391 m - Turn slight right onto Oven Lane
  45. 45 : km 14.52 - alt. 346 m - Turn left
  46. 46 : km 14.6 - alt. 341 m - Turn slight left
  47. 47 : km 14.63 - alt. 344 m - Turn right
  48. 48 : km 15.36 - alt. 356 m - Turn left
  49. 49 : km 17.3 - alt. 488 m - Turn slight right onto Buxton New Road, A537
  50. 50 : km 17.3 - alt. 488 m - Turn sharp left
  51. 51 : km 17.35 - alt. 488 m - Keep right
  52. 52 : km 17.36 - alt. 488 m - Turn right
  53. 53 : km 17.85 - alt. 504 m - Turn left onto Buxton New Road, A537
  54. 54 : km 18.1 - alt. 510 m - Turn right onto Danebower Hollow
  55. 55 : km 19.3 - alt. 523 m - Turn right
  56. 56 : km 20.21 - alt. 391 m - Turn right
  57. 57 : km 20.22 - alt. 390 m - Turn sharp left onto Cumberland Clough
  58. E : km 21.23 - alt. 456 m

Useful Information

Always stay careful and alert while following a route. Visorando and the author of this walk cannot be held responsible in the event of an accident during this route.

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Walking Three Shires Head from Danebower Hollow

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↔7.49 km ↗+166 m ↘-167 m ◔2h 35 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Macclesfield Forest and Wildboarclough (Cheshire East)

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Walking Shining Tor and Axe Edge Moor

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Walking Three Shires Head and Knotbury from Gradbach

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Three Shires Head and Knotbury from Gradbach
↔11.20 km ↗+211 m ↘-209 m ◔3h 50 ▲Moderate
⚑Departure from Staffordshire Moorlands (Staffordshire)

A Peak District walk full of interest that visits Staffordshire, Cheshire and Derbyshire. The route is generally easy to follow and the highlights are the packhorse bridges at Three Shires Head, the quarries at Danebower and some excellent panoramas.

Walking Flash, Knotbury and Three Shires Head from Gradbach

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↔13.14 km ↗+371 m ↘-365 m ◔4h 50 ▲Moderate
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Walking Hawk's Nest, Goldstitch Moss & Lud's Church

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↔15.53 km ↗+324 m ↘-323 m ◔5h 20 ▲Moderate
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An exploration of northern Staffordshire that is rarely walked.

Walking Lud's Church and Roach End from Gradbach

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↔6.80 km ↗+186 m ↘-175 m ◔2h 30 ▲Easy
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