Walks from Glossop

Recommended: The walk around the Kinder Plateau is spectacular; fine views; another deservedly popular viewpoint. A direct high-level moorland route with a lot of ups and downs, paths across rock, stone and peat, a couple of steep sections. The Kinder Plateau is rocky but the rock is easy to walk on; some badly eroded and potentially wet ground higher up. Reaches 636m and the highest point on the network. Follows the Pennine Way around Kinder Scout. No facilities en route. Paths from Mill Hill to Edale are very popular and busy.

Lunch: No facilities en route.

1 end-of-walk reward: the Ramblers Inn

Warnings: Several steep and potentially slippery sections when wet, badly eroded paths, and exposed high moorland where some descent paths are little used and easy to lose in poor visibility.

Walk details: Slow Ways.

Far-reaching views in both directions. Climbs directly from Marple up to Brown Low with far-reaching views, then descends easily through fields of sheep, passing through a farm, before reaching the suburbs of Glossop on easy pavement. Surfaces include road verge, dirt track and loose rocks and pasture; Gird Lane is rocky and quite steep with water running down it. Charlesworth is a good intermediate stop with a general store. Recommended for those able to walk uphill on uneven ground and cross fields with farm animals.

Lunch: A general store and a pub at Charlesworth mid-route.

Warnings: Until roughly Mill Brow the route is mostly on narrow lanes with frequent cars and no pavement; Gird Lane is rocky, steep and can run with water (caution in wet or icy weather); many stiles, a kissing gate, and horses and sheep in fields.

Walk details: Slow Ways.