The striking prow of Gib Torr thrusting skywards on the moors above Gradbach is a well known landmark. But why Gib? Was it a resemblance to a ship's bow with a jib sail, or a link with a cat, or was there a gibbet here from which dangled the corpse of a luckless highwayman? No-one knows, but every walk should have an objective and Gib Torr is perfect with a view from the topmost rocks looking out on the wild moors.
LOCATION: Seven miles south-west of Buxton
START: Leave A54 at the bend by the Rose & Crown, then after two miles turn sharp right (signed Youth Hostel) to Gradbach car park
Grid ref: SJ999663 Postcode: SK170SU
DISTANCE: 4.5 miles
GRADE: Moderate
TIME: 2 hours
MAP: Explorer OL - White Peak Landranger 118
REFRESHMENTS: Pack a flask
EN ROUTE: Baldstones, Goldsitch Moss, River Dane
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News