Barbrook Stone Circle is one of the best preserved in the Peak District, but despite its close proximity to a track we have never seen anyone else there. That is except for the time we found a tent pitched right in the centre of the stones. The doors were tightly zipped and the occupants sound asleep. Their slumbers didn't last much longer though, for they were spotted by a Peak Park Ranger and had to make a rapid exit. This walk is best in late summer when the heather moors are at their finest.
LOCATION: Peak District, two miles north-east of Baslow
START: Turn off A621 down Fox Lane, signed Barlow, to Shillito Wood car park
Grid ref: SK295750 Postcode: S18 7WG
DISTANCE: 5.5 miles
GRADE: Moderate
TIME: 2.5 hours
MAP: Explorer OL - White Peak Landranger 119
REFRESHMENTS: Pack a flask
EN ROUTE: Ramsley, Big Moor, Barbrook, Eastern Moors Estate
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News