Almost a thousand years have passed since the recorders of the Domesday Book made the entry "Flagun", the village we know today as Flagg. Up here on the high windswept plateau farming and mining have formed the landscape of green fields surrounded by a network of white walls stretching into the distance, and lines of grass covered depressions mark where miners searched for lead. But searching is not needed to find refreshment on this walk for, in true miners' tradition, there are no less than three pubs.
LOCATION: Six miles south west of Buxton
START: Turn off A515, signed "Crowdecote & Longnor" to Hurdlow car park Sparklow
Grid ref: SK127659 Postcode: SK179QJ
DISTANCE: 5.5 miles
GRADE: Easy,but with lots of stiles
TIME: 3 hours
MAP: Explorer OL - White Peak Landranger 119
REFRESHMENTS: Duke of York, Bull i'th'Thorn, Royal Oak
EN ROUTE: High Peak Trail
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News