Bleaklow

This challenging walk takes you to Bleaklow Head and Bleaklow Stones near Glossop, in the Peak District National Park. The elevated largely peat covered, gritstone moorland, is popular with walkers.
The walk starts from the car park at Torside Reservoir and follows the Longdendale Trail along the water before picking up the Pennine Way to Torside Clough. The climb continues past Sykes Moor to the 633 m (2,077 ft) summit of Bleaklow Head. Here you will find a huge cairn of stones and wonderful views across Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Cheshire, the Hope Valley, Holme Moss, Emley Moor and Yorkshire.  Footpaths continue east to the interesting geological formations at Bleaklow Stones.
An alternative route is to go via Wildboar Clough and its lovely waterfalls although this does require some scrambling. This is shown in the video below.

Bleaklow Ordnance Survey Map - view and print off detailed OS map

Bleaklow Open Street Map - view and print off detailed map

Bleaklow Open Street Map - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Torside Reservoir, Longdendale Trail, Pennine Way, Glossop

GPX File

Bleaklow.gpx (right click - 'Save As')

Memory Map Route

Bleaklow.mmo (right click - 'Save As')