This is a brilliant walk to blow the cob webs away. It is mixed terrain, including hills, woodlands and moors. There are many walks, but the one detailed here starts from the Errwood Hall Car Park.
For more details and a map, you will need the Goyt Valley Visitors Guide which outlines several waymarked routes, and has a useful map highlighting many of the paths in the area.
We started in the Errwood Hall Car park and in order to avoid the road, we walked up the hill out of the car park in a westerly direction (towards Errwood Hall) to meet a track and then turned left (southwards) towards Goytsclough Quarry. This track runs parallel with the road, but eventually meets with it, at which point you can cross the road and follow the Riverside Walk – which is very picturesque.
The Riverside walk is simply a small detour which will link you back up with the road which you then need to cross again and follow the signs towards Goytsclough Quarry. At this point you will find yourself following the waymarked path number 5 which takes you in a westerly direction towards the Cat and Fiddle and Stakeside. This is quite a climb, but offers spectular views on a clear day.
Once you reach the top, you have the opportunity to walk across towards the Cat and Fiddle and get yourself a pint or walk down towards the coffee shop and get yourself a brew. We turned in a northerly direction and followed the signs towards Stakeside.
At this point you are following path 5 but this also combines with path 1 as it nears Shooters Clough. We did another detour down to Shooters Clough and enjoyed a scenic woodland treat, which included a hop across a small river at the bottom……
You now follow the signs towards Errwood Hall, which is now unfortunately ruined. It belonged to the Grimshawe family and the grounds still contain many rhodeodendron and azalea bushes.
We took a picture of our dog, who looks quite at home in the ruins of the hall!
From the hall, follow the signs to the Errwood Hall Car Park where you first began.
