"Mary Ann Smith, God's Gift to Man", says the inscription on the water fountain at Low Bradfield. She must have been a stunner! But our favourite memorial, high on the moor above the village, is to a runner who loved these hills. His chance remark, made to a fellow athlete as they pounded up the path, sums up for us the spirit of wild open spaces - "If you owned this, what better could you do with it than you are doing now?"
LOCATION: Peak District, 5 miles west of Sheffield
START: Low Bradfield, The Sands car park off Fair House Lane
Grid ref: SK264921 Postcode: S6 6LA
DISTANCE: 4 miles
GRADE: Moderate
TIME: 2 hours
MAP: Explorer OL - Dark Peak Landranger 110
REFRESHMENTS: Horns Inn & Postcard Café
EN ROUTE: High Bradfield, Rocher Head, Bailey Hill, St Nicholas Parish Church
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News