"I'm a rambler, I'm a rambler, from Manchester way” goes the famous song written for the Kinder Mass Trespass, which took place in 1932. Our walk, like theirs, starts from Bowden Bridge Quarry. But with Access Land and Permissive Paths now encircling Kinder Reservoir, you won't have any skirmishes with gamekeepers. In its quiet upper reaches, with sparkling streams and scattered woodland, the reservoir has the feel of a natural lake.
LOCATION: Four miles east of New Mills
START: Bowden Bridge car park, one mile east of Hayfield on Kinder Road
Grid ref: SK048869 Postcode: SK222LH
DISTANCE: 5 miles
GRADE: Moderate
TIME: 3 hours
MAP: Explorer OL - Dark Peak Landranger 110
REFRESHMENTS: Pack a flask
EN ROUTE: William Clough, River Kinder, Broad Clough, Kinder Downfall
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News