🌥Castleton 10 miles🌬Rushup Edge Lords Seat🌬Perry Foot🌬Starvehouse Mine🌥

This spectacular walk goes along Rushup Edge, part of the Great Ridge. The route climbs up to Lord's Seat, 550m high and the highest point of the Great Ridge with stunning views all around.
Just to give you an idea, Mam Tor is 517m and Lose Hill 476m high.

Our beautiful walk starts in the characterful village of Castleton, surrounded by steep hills with the Mam Tor Ridge looming high above it and Peveril Castle sits high on a hill looking down on it.

Leaving Castleton via Cavedale, our route joins the Limestone Way and takes us up to the trig point of Starvehouse Mine 471m above sea-level.
Starvehouse Mine is a historical lead mine site known for its connection to the extensive lead mining history in the Derbyshire Peak Districst.
There are visible remnants: spoil heaps and potential depressions from old workings, part of a landscape rich with mining remains.

Our route continues on the Limestone Way passing the remnants of Cop Shaft mine and joins the Pennine Bridleway.

It takes us along Perry Dale to Perryfoot, known for its challenging Perryfoot Cave System, popular with cavers for its tight squeezes like the Iron Maiden and connections to other caves.

The route continues up to Rushup Hall which is now a B&B. It's a Grade ll listed building with 17th and 18th Century architecture.

We soon join the route along Rushup Edge which is part of the Great Mam Tor Ridge, formed from Namurian sandstone and siltstone, with landslides creating distinctive features.
The views of the surrounding Peak District landscape, especially on clear days are stunning.
There are also ancient Bronze Age settlements and barrows, evidence of long-term human prehistoric activity.

Rushup Edge takes us to the highest point on the ridge, Lord's Seat, a Scheduled Monument at 540 metres above sea-level with extensive views around us.

Rushup Edge comes to an end to join Mam Tor Ridge. Here, we start our descent and take the route along the magnificent Winnats Pass, a dramatic limestone Gorge with breathtaking scenery around us as we walk through it.

We pass the famous Blue John Cavern which is still mined in small quantities for its semi-precious form of fluorite, the Blue John Stone. It can be bought in some of the gift shops in the Village.

Our route joins the road which takes us back into Castleton with its quaint shops and stone cottages, pubs and little tearooms, time for a well earned pint.. 🍻

Catching up points and breaks along the way as always

Bring a picnic lunch and plenty of snacks to keep you going

Toilets at the start in Castleton

Walking boots are essential, a walking pole is helpful fir ascents and descents

As always check the weather and dress accordingly, warm layers essential

Look forward to seeing you all on this scenic adventure..
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