Walk · Derbyshire

Doctor's Gate and Shelf Brook

Glossop

5.4MILES

3hON FOOT

300mCLIMB

Out & backSHAPE

The route A-road B-road Lane Track Path Water Woodland

Off-road 96% 4% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 30%Lane & track 66%Road with traffic 4%

Our drawing of the route, over road and path data from OpenStreetMap. It shows where the walk goes and what it goes through. It is not a survey and not a navigation aid — carry OS Explorer on the hill. Off-lead information here is what walkers reported or what signage allows — never our advice. Whether and when a dog is off the lead is the owner’s decision and legal responsibility; keep dogs under control near livestock and follow signs on the day.

Starts at

End of Shepley Street, Old Glossop, at the Doctor's Gate gate

Parking

Free roadside for about a dozen cars at the end of Shepley Street; Glossop station is a mile and a quarter from the start

Directions to the start →

Five and a half miles there and back on the old Roman road up Shelf Brook, about three hours, on a stony track that climbs steadily to 400 metres without ever getting difficult. Start at the free roadside parking at the end of Shepley Street in Old Glossop, a dozen spaces on a dead-end lane; Glossop station is a mile and a quarter away for anyone on the train. The track is broad enough to keep a dog clear of bikes, Shelf Brook runs alongside for the first two miles with pools to swim in, and above the last wall this is open access moor where a two-metre fixed lead is required from 1 March to 31 July and near the sheep at any time.

THE SMALL PRINTAbove the last wall this is open access land: a fixed lead of no more than two metres from 1 March to 31 July for ground-nesting birds, and at all times near the sheep.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · DERBYSHIRE

GRID · 53.4478, -1.9330

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.PEAKDISTRICT.GOV.UK/VISITING/PLANNING-YOUR-VISIT/CROW

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