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Slippery Stones Bridge – Cranberry Clough Descent loop from Howden Reservoir

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Slippery Stones Bridge – Cranberry Clough Descent loop from Howden Reservoir

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Slippery Stones Bridge – Cranberry Clough Descent loop from Howden Reservoir

04:14

15.2km

290m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: April 23, 2026

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Peak District National Park

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42 m

View of River Derwent from the Stone Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

nice area for a little pit stop and sit down, overlooking the lake. regardless of the way you arrived you will have gone down a lovely hill so prepare yourself to go up another.

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204 m

Slippery Stones Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is a wonderful place to wild swim. A path brings you to a group of stones that emerge from the young Derwent River to create small waterfalls and a plunge pool.

In summer, the river valley is flanked by swathes of purple heather and grazing sheep.

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1.90 km

River Derwent

Highlight • Natural

Easily accessed by bike

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8.82 km

Hoar Stone Summit, Howden Edge

Highlight • Summit

This is a remote county/unitary top for Barnsley. Just a pole stuck in the ground to roughly mark the summit...or it may just be there by accident? A difficult trackless area to walk too.

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11.5 km

Outer Edge Trig Point

Highlight • Natural Monument

A very muddy and boggy part of the world! The trig point is surrounded by it's own moat of peat mud, so take care when visiting and wear waterproof footwear as it's very wet.

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11.9 km

Airspeed Oxford LX518 Crash Site Memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

At 20:45pm on the 18th October 1943, 22-year-old Pilot Officer Denis Patrick Kyne, RNZAF, took off from Wheaton Aston, which is between Stafford and Telford, for a solo night cross country navigation flight along with several other aircraft (this was his first solo night flight), all of which were taking different routes. Pilot Officer Denis Kyne was to have flown West-South-West to Condover then North-North-East to Shawbury and then East-South-East to return to Wheaton Aston, a route of a little over 50 miles.The weather was rapidly deteriorating and at 21:45pm it was decided to re-call all of the aircraft flying that night, the re-call was acknowledged by all but one of the aircraft, this being LX518. When the aircraft failed to return by ten past midnight it was reported as overdue, it was known that the aircraft could no-longer be airborne as there was only two-and-a-half hours of fuel on board, with the hope that Pilot Officer Kyne may have landed elsewhere.Five days later on the 23rd October the missing aircraft was found on Featherbed Moss, Outer Edge, Margary Hill in the north-east of the Peak District, Derbyshire.It was concluded that Pilot Officer Kyne must have become lost shortly after he took off.Following the recovery of his body Pilot Officer Kyne (who was originally from Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand) was buried at Harrogate (Stonefall) Cemetery, the aircraft’s remains were broken up on site, with the engines being recovered and the remainder of the aircraft being destroyed on site and disposed of in the gully which still contains wreckage from the aircraft.

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12.8 km

Cut Gate Summit

Highlight • Viewpoint

Enjoy the view, it's hard earned. Excellent on the way back down.

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13.8 km

Cranberry Clough Descent

Highlight (Segment) • Gorge

Assuming you have ridden from Howdens reservoir, you have already climbed (or pushed) up this rather steep and rocky section with a couple of hairpin bends thrown into the mix.

Coming down it is crazy. Avoid the temping paths that go straight on at the top and turn left. When it gets really crazy there is another option to go straight on but again turn left and drop off a big rock into the last couple of bends. Sweet!

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15.2 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.7 km

1.48 km

Surfaces

6.72 km

5.90 km

1.22 km

887 m

428 m

Elevation

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Highest point (530 m)

Lowest point (280 m)

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Sunday 5 July

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Slippery Stones Bridge – Cranberry Clough Descent loop from Howden Reservoir

View of River Derwent from the Stone Bridge

Slippery Stones Bridge

River Derwent

Hoar Stone Summit, Howden Edge

Outer Edge Trig Point

Airspeed Oxford LX518 Crash Site Memorial

Cut Gate Summit

Cranberry Clough Descent

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