GPS Cycle and Walking Routes

Winnats Pass Walk

5 miles (7.5 km)

This challenging circular walk in the Peak District takes you through this spectacular hill pass. The walk starts at the village of Castleton and climbs through Winnats Pass with its towering limestone pinnacles. It's a wonderful geological feature and worth the steep climb. On the way you'll pass Speedwell Cavern where you can take an amazing underground boat trip 450m under the Hills of Castleton.
The walk makes use of the Limestone Way to return to Castleton, passing Cave Dale, Mam Tor and the fascinating Peveril Castle. This ruined medieval castle has an amazing history stretching back to the Norman Conquest of 1066.
The walk can be extended to visit the nearby Mam Tor.
The steep pass is also popular with cyclists with the challenging climb featuring in the Tour of the Peak cycle race each autumn.

Postcode

S33 8WA - Please note: Postcode may be approximate for some rural locations

Winnats Pass OS Map - Mobile GPS OS Map with Location tracking

Winnats Pass Open Street Map - Mobile GPS Map with Location tracking

Cycle Routes and Walking Routes Nearby

Photos

Winnats Pass from Speedwell Cavern car park - geograph.org.uk - 229319

Winnats Pass from Speedwell Cavern car park

Winnats Pass - geograph.org.uk - 924061

Photographed from rocks high above, Winnats Pass is the only westerly road out of Castleton since the closure of the A625 in the seventies due to subsidence. The pass cuts steeply down through Lower Carboniferous limestone rocks formed about 340 million years ago. 

Above Winnats Pass - geograph.org.uk - 924079

Above Winnats Pass. Weather eroded limestone rock formation. This is the northern edge of the white peak as you travel further north you arrive at the millstone grit of the dark peak.

Winnats Pass from Mam Tor - geograph.org.uk - 217515

Winnats Pass from Mam Tor

Top rocks of Winnats Pass - geograph.org.uk - 3049902

Top rocks

Fields below Winnat's Pass - geograph.org.uk - 2153350

Fields below the Pass

Cave Dale at Castleton - geograph.org.uk - 1960009

Cave Dale at Castleton

Peveril Castle Keep - geograph.org.uk - 1343464

Peveril Castle Keep

Elevation Profile

Video

GPS Files

GPX File

Winnats Pass.gpx (On Desktop:Right Click>'Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold>Share>Save to Files')

Memory Map Route

Winnats Pass.mmo (On Desktop:Right Click>'Save As. On Ipad/Iphone:Click and hold >Share>Save to Files)