Josh Allen

Youlgreave - Tideswell walk Walk in the heart of Derbyshire's White Peak from Youlgreave to Tideswell, taking a long route avoiding the River Wye via Laithkill Dale, Monyash and Miller's Dale

This week's new walking route is:

Youlgreave - Tideswell

13.7 miles in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District, primarily along the Limestone Way, via Monyash, Flagg and Miller's Dale

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Bakewell - Miller's Dale walk Walk in the heart of Derbyshire's White Peak from Bakewell to Miller's Dale, taking a long route avoiding the River Wye via Laithkill Dale, Monyash and Flagg

This week's new walking route is:

Bakewell - Miller's Dale

12.3 miles in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District, via Laithkill Dale, Monyash and Flagg

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Matlock - Youlgreave walk Walk from Matlock Railway Station along the Limestone Way long distance footpath, up onto the limestone plateau, to Youlgreave a large former lead mining village, now a popular daytripping destinition

This week's new walking route is:

Matlock - Youlgreave

8.5 miles following the Limestone Way upon onto the Peak District limestone plateau, past Winster and Robin Hood's Stride, to the large village of Youlgreave

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Middle Mayfield - Thorpe walk This walk from Middle Mayfield climbs up to the ridge which the Limestone Way runs along towards the Peak District National Park before crossing the River Dove to reach Thorpe and Thorpe Cloud

This week's new walking route:

Middle Mayfield - Thorpe

5.2 miles in the Staffordshire fringes of the Peak District, and across the River Dove into the National Park and Derbyshire's distinctive Thorpe Cloud

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Walk Midlands Newsletter September 2025 Features new walks in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and much, much more

September 2025's Walk Midlands Newsletter went to subscribers this morning

Ft. new walks in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and much, much more

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A Three Day Walk on the Limestone Way Corkscrewing for 46 miles between Rocester in Staffordshire and Castleton in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District, the Limestone Way is an idiosyncratic, but very popular and enjoyable way to see...

A Three Day Walk on the Limestone Way:

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Tideswell - Castleton walk Walk across the northernmost part of the Peak District's limestone country to Castleton home of the imposingly sited Peveril Castle which looks out into Derbyshire's northern gritstone highlands

This week's new walking route is:

Tideswell - Castleton

6.6 miles in the Derbyshire Peak District from the large village of Tideswell, to dramatically sited Castleton, where the Peak District's limestone south meets it's gritstone north

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Glossop - Hayfield walk Walk from Glossop Railway Station, up the Doctor's Gate Pass, to the head of Snake Pass, then up and along the western edge of Kinder Scout before descending to the village of Hayfield.

This week's new walking route is:

Glossop - Hayfield

14.4 miles in the Derbyshire gritstone high peak, following the Pennine Way along the western edge of the mountainous Kinder Scout plateau

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Bamford - Grindleford walk Walk from Bamford to Upper Padley in the Derbyshire Peak District along the gritstone edges, including Stanage Edge and Burbage Edge marking the boundary between Derbyshire and South Yorkshire

This week's new walking route is:

Bamford - Upper Padley

11 miles along the gritstone edges that define the eastern edge of @peakdistrict and comprise the boundary between Derbyshire and South Yorkshire

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Kidsgrove - Biddulph walk Walk from Kidsgrove to Biddulph via Mow Cop the village in two counties (Staffordshire and Cheshire) that stands high up on a gritstone ridge overlooked by the famed Mow Cop Castle folly

This week's new walking route is:

Kidsgrove - Biddulph

5.2 miles in Staffordshire, Cheshire boundary country, via Mow Cop, a village high up on a gritstone outcrop, site of the famed Mow Cop Castle

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Walk Midlands Newsletter August 2025 Ft. new walks in Warwickshire, Worcestershire and much, much more

August 2025's Walk Midlands Newsletter is with subscribers

Ft. a focus on the Cotswolds with new walks in Warwickshire and Worcestershire, plus much more like details of free Photo Walks in Staffordshire Moorlands (some led by me)

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Ashchurch - Pershore walk Walk from Ashchurch near Tewkesbury up and over Bredon Hill, a dramatic outlying northwestern limb of the Cotswolds in southern Worcestershire, to the historic town of Pershore on the River Avon plain

This week's new walking route is:

Ashchurch - Pershore

12.3 miles, up and over the highly prominent Bredon Hill, the most westerly northern part of the Cotswolds National Landscape

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Shipston on Stour - Great Rollright walk Walk across the Warwickshire Cotswolds from Shipston-upon-Stour via Cherington and Whichford. Ends at Great Rollright in Oxfordshire famed for its proximity to the Rollright Stones

This week's new walking route is:

Shipston upon Stour - Great Rollright

9.9 miles in the far south of Warwickshire, amidst the Cotswolds' hills and dales

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Stratford-upon-Avon - Mickleton walk Walk through rural south west Warwickshire along the Stratford-upon-Avon Greenway to Quinton and Mickleton beneath the highly prominent, deeply enigmatic, Meon Hill the most northwestern part of the C...

This week's new walking route is:

Stratford-upon-Avon - Mickleton

10.4 miles, primarily down the Stratford-upon-Avon Greenway in Warwickshire, to Mickleton, Gloucestershire's northernmost settlement in the shadow of the distinctive and enigmatic Meon Hill

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Stratford-upon-Avon - Mickleton walk Walk through rural south west Warwickshire along the Stratford-upon-Avon Greenway to Quinton and Mickleton beneath the highly prominent, deeply enigmatic, Meon Hill the most northwestern part of the C...

This week's new walking route is:

Stratford-upon-Avon - Mickleton

10.4 miles, primarily down the Stratford-upon-Avon Greenway in Warwickshire, to Mickleton, Gloucestershire's northernmost settlement in the shadow of the distinctive and enigmatic Meon Hill

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PHOTO WALKS - GRAIN Staffordshire Moorlands A series of Artist-Led Photo Walks are taking place in locations across the Staffordshire Moorlands for people to experience and enjoy the natural environment, hear about lands...

Right now autumn seems a long way off

But on 3rd October and 1st November I am delighted GRAIN have commissioned me to lead photo walks in the beguiling Staffordshire Moorlands (at Biddulph Moor and Ilam Park respectively)

Part of a superb wider series:

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Moreton in Marsh - Broadway walk Walk from Moreton in Marsh in northermost Gloucestershire, across the northwest Cotswolds to Broadway Hill in Worcestershire, which stands above the picturesque eponymous village of Broadway

This week's new walking route is:

Moreton in Marsh - Broadway

9.6 miles in the heart of the northern Cotswolds

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Walk Midlands Newsletter July 2025 Ft. new walks in Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Staffordshire and much, much more

July 2025's Walk Midlands Newsletter is hitting subscriber's inboxes

Ft. new walks in Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland and Staffordshire plus much, much more including an interview with Storie's curators

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Cheddleton - Leek walk Walk from Cheddleton along the Caldon Canal to Leek, a market town on the edge of the Peak District known as "the Queen of the Moorlands"

This week's new walking route is:

Cheddleton - Leek

4.9 miles in northern Staffordshire, primarily along the Caldon Canal

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Creswell - Welbeck Estate walk Walk from Creswell in north eastern Derbyshire to the nearby Welbeck Estate just over the county boundary in Nottinghamshire. The walk from Creswell station ends at the part of the Welbeck estate wher...

This week's new walking route is:

Creswell - the Welbeck Estate

Home of the Portland and Harley art galleries

2.2 miles in the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire borderlands

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Matlock - Rowsley walk Walk from Matlock along the Derwent Valley Heritage Way to Rowsley on the edge of the Peak District National Park where The Level contemporary arts centre is tucked away celebrating the power of 'diff...

This week's new walking route is:

Matlock - Rowsley

5.2 miles along Derbyshire's River Derwent valley on the edge of the Peak District, to Rowsley, home of the remarkable Level contemporary arts centre

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Oakham - Uppingham walk Walk in south western Rutland from Oakham the county's largest town to Uppingham its smallest, which is noted for its large concentration of contemporary commercial art galleries

This week's new walking route is:

Oakham - Uppingham

8 miles across countryside in England's smallest county Rutland, to its smallest town, famed for its plethora of contemporary art galleries

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Hereford - Perton walk Walk from Hereford to Perton at the northernmost point of the Wye Valley National Landscape, via Checkely, home of the Canwood Gallery contemporary arts gallery and sculpture park

This week's new walking route:

Hereford - Perton

11.5 miles in the centre of Herefordshire, including the nothermost part of the Wye Valley National Landscape, and the remote Canwood Gallery contemporary artspace

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Walk Midlands Newsletter June 2025 Ft. new walks in Derbyshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and much, much more

This month's Walk Midlands Newsletter was sent to subscribers yesterday morning

Ft. a focus on the Midlands prehistoric stone circles with new walks in Derbyshire, Shropshire and Warwick plus much more

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Bakewell - Hartington walk Walk in the heart of Derbyshire's White Peak from Bakewell to Hartington via the Arbor Low Neolithic stone circle which sits inside one of the UK's best preserved prehistoric henges

This week's new walking route is:

Bakewell - Hartington

11.2 miles in the Derbyshire Peak District via Arbor Low, the site of one of the UK's 'best preserved' neolithic henges and stone circles

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Stiperstones - Chirbury walk Walk from the village of Stiperstones across the western Shropshire countryside to Chirbury near the Welsh border via Mitchell's Fold the county's best known Bronze Age stone circle

This week's new walking route is:

Stiperstones - Chirbury

8.6 miles in westernmost Shropshire, via Mitchell's Fold, Shropshire's best known and most celebrated prehistoric stone circle, dramatically placed in front of Corndon Hill

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Hook Norton - Long Compton walk Walk from Hook Norton in Oxfordshire to Long Compton in Warwickshire's north Cotswolds. The route takes you on foot via the rightly celebrated prehistoric megaliths collectively called the Rollright S...

This week's new walking route is:

Hook Norton - Long Compton

6.6 miles in the north eastern Cotswolds via the rightly celebrated prehistoric megaliths known as the Rollright Stones

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Hadfield - Marsden walk Walk primarily along the Pennine Way from Hadfield in Derbyshire at the foot of Longdendale up and over the Black Hill, West Yorkshire's highest point, to Marsden just across the northern boundary of ...

This week's new walking route is:

Hadfield - Marsden

14.7 miles, primarily along the Pennine Way National Trail, across the northern part of the Peak District, up and down Black Hill, the northernmost point in Derbyshire and West Yorkshire's highest hill

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Hay on Wye - Black Mountain walk Circular walk from Hay-on-Wye, partly on the Offa's Dyke National Trail, to the Black Mountain, the Midlands highest peak, on the edge of the Bannau Brycheiniog National Park, and the border between H...

This week's new walking route is:

Hay-on-Wye - Black Mountain

A circular walk from Hay-on-Wye, out along Offa's Dyke Path, to the Black Mountain the 703 metre peak right on the boundary between Herefordshire & Powys (England and Wales). 11.5 miles

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