Upper Lathkill Dale – Lathkill Head Cave loop from Flagg

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Upper Lathkill Dale – Lathkill Head Cave loop from Flagg

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Upper Lathkill Dale – Lathkill Head Cave loop from Flagg

06:12

22.3km

410m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

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Includes short out-and-back sections

Your route doubles back at waypoints. If this isn’t intentional, adjust those waypoints’ positions.

After 14.6 km for 118 m

After 15.4 km for 107 m

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Bus stop

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4.87 km

Upper Lathkill Dale

Highlight • Gorge

The upper Lathkill Dale has a very different atmosphere to the rest of the dale. Narrower and dryer, the limestone cliffs and screes rise dramatically. Rocky and grassy underfoot, it's …

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4.93 km

Lathkill Head Cave

Highlight • River

Lathkill Head Cave is a cavern within the limestone of the gorge that forms Lathkill Dale, in the White Peak area of the Peak District, in Derbyshire. The cave mouth …

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6.36 km

Lathkill Waterfall

Highlight • Waterfall

Fantastic multi element waterfall. The more recent rain the more spectacular.

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6.59 km

Carter's Mill Millstones and Weir

Highlight • Structure

This spot used to be the site of Carter's Mill, an old mill powered by the adjacent weir.
All that remains now is the millstones and weir after the building …

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13.7 km

Ashford Bobbin Mill

Highlight • Monument

Ashford Bobbin Mill is a historic building on the edge of Great Shacklow Wood by the River Wye. It was built in 1870 and was originally a bone mill which …

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14.0 km

Curved Weir on the River Wye, Deep Dale Nature Reserve

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful curved weir carrying the River Wye through the sensational Deep Dale Nature Reserve.

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14.6 km

Great Shacklow Wood

Forest

15.4 km

Deep Dale Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

15.7 km

Deep Dale Nature Reserve

Highlight (Segment) • Cave

Deep Dale is a nature reserve that’s full of character, packed with beauty and affords a delightful sense of solitude. As the grassland’s underlying rock is carboniferous limestone, the reserve …

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17.0 km

Deep Dale

Highlight • Viewpoint

Typical White Peak dale (and a nature reserve). Starts off really mellow, gets rockier, watch out for sharp limestone edges which removes tyre knobs with ease. Eventually gets to a …

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