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.
Six and a half miles and three and a half hours up the long eastern shoulder of Lose Hill, along the ridge to Back Tor and back by Hollins Cross and Townhead. Park on Marsh Lane in Hope or, better on a busy day, come in on the train and start from the station a few hundred metres away. Sheep graze every field on the way up and the ridge is National Trust land where short leads are asked for all year, the pull to Back Tor has rock steps and a chain-assisted section a nervous dog will hate, and the last water is the trough at Townhead.
Modern outdoors hotel on the A6187 between Hope and Bamford, built around wet kit, bikes and dogs rather than in spite of them. Dog-friendly rooms are a core part of the offer, with drying space and floors that survive a Kinder day. Bike hire on site and the Ladybower trails ten minutes up the road.
Edwardian hotel up a lane on the flank of Lose Hill, with a spa and a view straight down the valley. Dogs stay in designated dog-friendly rooms with ground-floor external access and wooden floors, at a £20 surcharge per dog, and are welcome in the grounds but not in the hotel's public areas. Request a dog room at the time of booking as there are only a couple.
Sixteenth-century dining pub on the Edale road out of Hope, named for the packhorse trade that paid its rent in cheese. Dogs are allowed in the pub and the dining areas, which is rarer than it should be, but the inn states clearly that they cannot stay in the overnight rooms. Book a table at weekends; it fills with walkers off Win Hill.
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