Ladybower, Hathersage and Stanage Edge Circular

The following prices apply for this walk:

This walk is easily accessible from both Sheffield and Manchester via accessible public transport. As both of these cities have good connections to the surrounding area, it can also be accessed from many other towns and cities including Derby, Nottingham, Buxton, Chesterfield and Matlock. It can also be accessed by car, although parking can be an issue on busy days. Full details of how to get to and from the walk will be included in the walk information sheet you will be sent along with your booking confirmation, but detailed information on the various public transport options is also available on our travel information page, which we try to keep as up to date as possible.

Bamford is within the areas covered by both the Derbyshire Wayfarer and Greater Manchester Wayfarer day rover tickets. Both may be used on any train services to and from the village at weekends and on Bank Holidays, and the Derbyshire Wayfarer may also be used on the 9:14am train from Sheffield to Bamford on weekdays as well. As the Greater Manchester Wayfarer is not valid on weekday trains until 9:30am, it is not possible to use this on the 8:48am weekday train from Manchester Piccadilly to Bamford.

As facilities at the start and finish point, and in the village of Bamford, are very limited, we recommend that you make sure you bring everything you need for the day with you. The only possibility for purchasing water or food along the route of either walk is at the petrol station by Bamford traffic lights. Given the exposed nature of some sections of the routes, its important that you make sure you have some good waterproofs with you, and also extra layers that you can add if you start to feel cold as a result of the wind. Even on a fine summer day, it can be quite breezy below Stanage Edge, and this can knock several degrees off the forecast temperature, so you need to be prepared for that.

This walk has been specifically designed to be as accessible as possible. To that end, it is suitable for most mobility scooters and powered wheelchairs. However, due to some of the steeper gradients involved, we do not recommend it for manual wheelchairs of any kind. The route also passes through a number of pedestrian gates, so it may not be suitable for very wide scooters or wheelchairs that have issues with standard-width pedestrian gates.

Yes, this walk is suitable for dogs. However, we do ask that you keep your dog under close control at all times, as it is possible to encounter road traffic at any point along either of the routes of this walk. There are also sections of the routes where free-roaming sheep have direct unrestricted access to the road. For these reasons, it's important that you keep your dog on a short non-extendible lead at all times. If you wish to bring your dog with you, please notify us beforehand.

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If you wish to make a Personal Walking Guide booking for this walk, please see our Personal Walking Guide booking page here.

Bookings for scheduled walks can be made at any time up to 48 hours before the intended date of your walk, or up to 72 hours beforehand for Personal Walking Guides. We regret that we cannot accept bookings made less than 48 hours prior to the planned start time of the walk (72 hours for Personal Walking Guide bookings).

Please ensure before booking that the date you require is not listed below and on our online calendar as unavailable or fully booked, and that you have read and agree to our terms and conditions.