Longwood Estate from Grindleford Station

After parking on the approach road to Grindleford train station, we first had breakfast in the café and then after crossing the bridge over the Manchester – Sheffield railway, we followed the path up Padley Gorge on a mostly sunny but cold day.

After reaching the moorland at the head of Padley Gorge, we crossed the road and then followed a path leading to the Longwood Estate where we stopped at the café for a break.

Leaving the old National Trust-owned shooting lodge, we crossed the moor below Higgar Tor and Carlwark to the obvious notch on the skyline formed by Winyards Nick.

From here we followed a descending path leading below Millstone Edge, eventually arriving at the main road out of Hathersage near Surprise View.

After crossing the road, we went through a small gate and then followed the old track leading down below Lawrencefield crag passing many old gritstone millstones left behind many years ago when work creating these millstones was abandoned.

The path continued through a silver birch wood then along a path which joined our earlier route in Padley Gorge near the footbridge crossing the Burbage Brook.

After dropping back down the gorge for a short distance retracing our earlier route, we were back at our starting point.