"Consider your wrists slapped" said the Ranger, officiously. It was the first time in over 25 years we'd been caught trespassing on Burbage Edge. But now of course the moor is Access Land and you can wander up the heathery ridge to the trigpoint and admire the view over Buxton, all without breaking the law, or getting a ticking off.
LOCATION: 2 miles west of Buxton
START: Derbyshire Bridge signed from A537, toilets
Grid ref: SK018716 Postcode: SK176TT
DISTANCE: 6 miles
GRADE: Moderate
TIME: 3.5 hours
MAP: Explorer OL - White Peak Landranger 119
REFRESHMENTS: Pack a flask
EN ROUTE: Cromford and High Peak Railway, Wildmoorstone, Errwood, River Goyt, Goytsclough Quarry
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News