Eccles Pike and Bugsworth Basin

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

(S/E) From the road junction in the centre of Whitehough, head uphill and cross the A6. Take the first right (Eccles Terrace) and at the end follow the footpath up a driveway to the left. When this swings right into the property, keep along the footpath ahead.

(1) When you reach the road, turn left. At a crossroads, take the track on the right, following it as far as a gateway, beyond which head left to the road. Don’t go through the gate into the road, but instead walk up the grassy ridge to the rocky summit of Eccles Pike.

(2) From the top, drop off left to the road, then turn right. Follow this lane for 1 mile, ignoring turnings to right and left and passing Ollerenshaw Hall.

(3) When the road bends sharp left, follow the driveway straight ahead, then turn right past Horwich Lodge. Beyond the house turn left over a stile and follow an obvious track along the edge of a field, through a kissing gate and past the former cricket pitch. The track descends past the new cricket ground, becoming metalled and passing a house entrance with stone gateposts. Just before a large stone building, follow a short walled and metalled path down the slope on the right.

(4) Turn left at the end, past a tower-like building (a former colliery winding house).

(5) At the bottom of Bings Road, turn right then immediately right again along the route of the former Cromford and High Peak Railway. Cross the road at the bottom and then cross the bridge over the River Goyt beyond and pass a car park to reach the canal basin. Pass to the right of the wharf building and cross a footbridge over a spillway to join the canal towpath.

(6) Follow the towpath under a modern bridge carrying the Tesco access road.

(7) When you reach the canal junction, cross the footbridge and turn right to follow the Bugsworth Arm, shortly passing under the A6.

(8) At Bugsworth Basin cross the road and pass the Navigation Inn to reach the tramway route beyond.

(9) After ¾ mile, after an industrial site with a millpond beyond, you reach a road. Turn right and walk uphill back to 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: The first mile is mostly uphill but after that this walk is all downhill or on the level.

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