Bugsworth Basin & Chinley Park

Start: The Old Hall Inn, Whitehough, Chinley, High Peak SK23 6EJ

(S/E) Leave The Old Hall by the main entrance and turn right, past the car park. At the bottom of the hill, before the bridge over the stream, turn left onto the Peak Forest Tramway Trail. Follow the track past a millpond and through industrial buildings and then beyond into more rural surroundings. After about ½ mile pass a footbridge on the right (but do not cross), then pass a house and garages on the left.

(1) Bear left to Bugsworth Basin, then beyond the Navigation Inn turn right and walk up the road.

(2) At the T-junction turn right past the primary school, and continue uphill under the railway bridge.

(3) Pass the end of Dolly Lane on the left, then take an oblique footpath on the same side of the road. Cross the following field diagonally, with estate housing to both sides, to a gate and stile in the far corner. Follow the path between walls along the bottom of the next field, then strike uphill to meet a path contouring across the field below the farmhouses; turn right to a gate and stile. Walk along the bottom of the next field to meet a driveway. Follow this lane past several houses on either side until you reach the top of Chinley Park (on your right).

(4) Squeeze through a narrow gap in the wall. Descend across the park, keeping to the right-hand side to pass a pond. At the bottom of the Park, near a small quarry, turn left through allotments then cross the railway footbridge.

(5) Turn right through Leaden Knowl, then left signposted ‘Stephanie Works’. Pass the works entrance, cross the stream and tramway and follow the road beyond uphill back to Whitehough. Keeping followin the road until you reach The Old Hall. (S/E)

Start: The Old Hall Inn, Whitehough, Chinley, High Peak SK23 6EJ
Telephone: +44 (0)1663 750529
Email: info@old-hall-inn.co.uk

Notes: One minor, and potentially muddy, ascent but no other difficulties.

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