Black Chew Head And Higher Shelf Stones

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 24.58 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 9h 25 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 826 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 817 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 630 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 199 m
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 206 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.09 - alt. 207 m - Turn right
  3. 3 : km 0.19 - alt. 212 m - Turn slight right
  4. 4 : km 0.2 - alt. 213 m - Turn left
  5. 5 : km 0.21 - alt. 212 m - Turn right
  6. 6 : km 0.26 - alt. 216 m - Keep left
  7. 7 : km 0.39 - alt. 216 m - Keep left
  8. 8 : km 0.51 - alt. 218 m - Keep right
  9. 9 : km 0.88 - alt. 279 m - Turn right onto Pennine Way
  10. 10 : km 2.81 - alt. 489 m - Keep right onto Pennine Way
  11. 11 : km 3.45 - alt. 513 m - Turn sharp left
  12. 12 : km 3.74 - alt. 539 m - Keep right
  13. 13 : km 4.14 - alt. 531 m - Turn slight left
  14. 14 : km 4.56 - alt. 489 m - Turn slight right onto Pennine Way
  15. 15 : km 7.23 - alt. 242 m - Turn right onto Pennine Way
  16. 16 : km 8.75 - alt. 202 m - Turn sharp left
  17. 17 : km 9.06 - alt. 202 m - Turn left
  18. 18 : km 9.31 - alt. 211 m - Turn sharp right
  19. 19 : km 9.33 - alt. 212 m - Turn left onto Longdendale Trail
  20. 20 : km 9.38 - alt. 216 m - Turn right onto Woodhead Road, B6105
  21. 21 : km 9.4 - alt. 215 m - Turn sharp left onto Pennine Way
  22. 22 : km 9.9 - alt. 239 m - Turn sharp right
  23. 23 : km 10.1 - alt. 279 m - Keep left
  24. 24 : km 10.76 - alt. 284 m - Turn right onto Torside Clough
  25. 25 : km 12.54 - alt. 496 m - Turn sharp right onto Pennine Way
  26. 26 : km 12.57 - alt. 498 m - Turn sharp left
  27. 27 : km 14.08 - alt. 627 m - Keep right
  28. 28 : km 14.1 - alt. 627 m - Turn sharp right
  29. 29 : km 14.66 - alt. 603 m - Turn right
  30. 30 : km 14.67 - alt. 603 m - Keep right
  31. 31 : km 15.21 - alt. 612 m - Turn right
  32. 32 : km 15.37 - alt. 617 m - Turn left
  33. 33 : km 15.45 - alt. 617 m - Turn right
  34. 34 : km 15.61 - alt. 612 m - Turn left
  35. 35 : km 16.16 - alt. 603 m - Turn left
  36. 36 : km 16.96 - alt. 629 m - Turn slight left
  37. 37 : km 16.99 - alt. 629 m - Turn left onto Pennine Way
  38. 38 : km 17.67 - alt. 591 m - Keep left onto Pennine Way
  39. 39 : km 18.72 - alt. 496 m - Turn right onto Torside Clough
  40. 40 : km 20.5 - alt. 284 m - Turn right
  41. 41 : km 21.76 - alt. 224 m - Turn right onto Longdendale Trail
  42. 42 : km 23.36 - alt. 246 m - Turn left
  43. 43 : km 23.38 - alt. 246 m - Turn left
  44. 44 : km 23.4 - alt. 246 m - Turn right onto Woodhead Road, B6105
  45. 45 : km 23.57 - alt. 242 m - Turn left
  46. 46 : km 23.6 - alt. 248 m - Turn left onto Woodhead Road, A628
  47. 47 : km 24.42 - alt. 211 m - Turn right
  48. 48 : km 24.48 - alt. 213 m - Turn left
  49. S/E : km 24.58 - alt. 207 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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