Dovedale & the Tissington Trail loop from Ashbourne — Peak District National Park

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Dovedale & the Tissington Trail loop from Ashbourne — Peak District National Park

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Dovedale & the Tissington Trail loop from Ashbourne — Peak District National Park

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15.6km

210m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 26, 2024

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Peak District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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737 m

Ashbourne Tunnel

Highlight • Structure

There are a few of the old train tunnels local to here, its at the very start of the Tissington Trail, you can see the end for those of you that suffer any form of phobia with this type of thing.

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2.74 km

View of Mapleton from the River Dove

Highlight • River

Mapleton is a pretty Derbyshire village just south of the Peak District National Park. It's close to the River Dove and makes a nice loop from Ashbourne if you walk out along the Tissington Trail, through Dovedale and back past Mapleton over the fields.

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5.48 km

Cheadle Milepost Near Coldwall Bridge

Highlight • Structure

Old mile post near Coldwall Bridge south of Thorpe. It marks eleven miles to Cheadle which is west of here in Staffordshire.

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7.51 km

Dovedale's stepping stones

Highlight • River

The Stepping Stones make for a quirky crossing of the River Dove. In the middle of the stones, be sure to look around and admire the stunning scenery. The stones were placed in the middle of the 19th century and were an instant hit with visitors. There are lots of fossils in the stones, too.

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9.05 km

St Leonard's Church

Highlight • Other

Mentioned in the Domesday Book, the site has a history of worship preceding the Norman conquest.

Built around 1150, the squat west tower is the oldest surviving part of the structure and features transitional Saxon-Norman belfry openings.

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15.6 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.6 km

1.80 km

468 m

410 m

258 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

7.06 km

3.94 km

2.64 km

992 m

643 m

320 m

Elevation

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Highest point (210 m)

Lowest point (120 m)

Weather

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Comments

March 2, 2023,Dovedale Stepping Stones Loop from Ashbourne

This is a great walk, especially for the 4pawed amis, about half the walk was off lead, by a river in the first section, then off lead for at least the last 2 miles along the disused rail track, Coops loved this walk!