Walk · Derbyshire

Kinder Reservoir and William Clough

Hayfield · SK22 2ES

5.2MILES

3h 5mON FOOT

350mCLIMB

CircularSHAPE

Off-road 94% 6% shares tarmac with cars

Field & moor path 66%Lane & track 28%Road with traffic 6%

Our drawing of the route — the shape of the walk, 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

Sett Valley Trail car park, Hayfield, off the A624 SK22 2ES

Parking

Council pay car park at the Sett Valley Trail, £3.50 for three hours and £7 all day, charged 8am to 8pm April to October; full by 10am on fine weekends

Directions to the start →

Five and a quarter miles and about three hours round the reservoir and up William Clough to the Snake Path col, the route the 1932 mass trespass took. Start from the Sett Valley Trail car park in Hayfield, a Derbyshire County Council site where charges apply from 8am to 8pm April to October and 9am to 5pm in winter, at £3.50 for three hours or £7 all day. The clough gives constant running water and shallow crossings, but the reservoir itself is fenced and out of bounds for swimming, and this is National Trust moorland where short leads are asked for all year and matter most from March to July when the birds are nesting.

THE SMALL PRINTShort leads all year on National Trust Kinder land, tightest from March to July for ground-nesting birds; the reservoir is fenced with no dog access to the water.

House rules, decoded

Livestock — leads on

REGION · DERBYSHIRE

GRID · 53.3776, -1.9436

SOURCE · HTTPS://WWW.NATIONALTRUST.ORG.UK/VISIT/PEAK-DISTRICT-DERBYSHIRE/KINDER-EDALE-AND-THE-HIGH-PEAK/VISITING-THE-PEAK-DISTRICT-WITH-YOUR-DOG

Kinder Reservoir and William Clough

House rules, decoded

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