{"id":1003837,"date":"2021-07-01T19:41:26","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T18:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.half-daywalker.com\/?p=1003837"},"modified":"2022-11-04T16:29:20","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T16:29:20","slug":"the-white-peak-calver-and-hassop-coombs-dale-bank-and-bramley-woods","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.half-daywalker.com\/?p=1003837","title":{"rendered":"The White Peak – Calver and Hassop; Coombs Dale, Bank and Bramley Woods"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Following last week’s enforced self isolation, it was a joy to be out on a glorious summer’s day today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The weather was very pleasantly warm, the skies mainly clear, temperature perfect with a light, warm breeze. A simply perfect day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This walk is just a few miles from Chatsworth Estate and Eyam (the plague village), both of which attract visitors away from this walk’s quiet beauty. The walk was around 7.5 miles with a total ascent of 1245ft, 380m, taking about 3 and 1\/4 hours to complete. I added a long lunch break, so with the travelling I was out nearer 6 hours today, rather than my target of 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drive is around 55minutes each way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For dog walkers, the walk is good. Coombs Dale and both woods are fenced off from livestock fields, so only the middle section would require use of a lead. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

OS Explorer MapOL24.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hassop Road at Calver is a wide B road, and parking on the side of the road well above the A623 junction, opposite a house called “The Mount”, was fine. This meant I started the walk on a path further up the road than shown below, and walked through Calver Low initially.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Coombs Dale<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I headed up the drive of The Mount, left, then right and onto Calver Low below some old quarry workings. I already had a good view down into Calver. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After navigating around The Low I descended into Coombs Dale, taking care not to join the path at the top of the woodland, and going down to the bottom of the valley. Coombs Dale is heavily wooded and has a small stream. The path up it is tarmac, and surprisingly good. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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