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This is a circular walk of up to 8 miles in length starting from Chapel-en-le-frith train station, taking in the village of Combs, Combs Valley and Combs Edge, returning via Castle Naze. During this moderate grade walk where you will hear tales of Dickies Skull!

Audio Trail Style: Featuring just the voice of National Park Ranger who often leads this walk.

combs valley and castle

Audio Trail Files
You can listen to an audio sample by simply clicking the icon below or, to download the whole tour simply right click the 'Download Audio Trail' icon and choose 'save target as...'. Save the file onto your computer and upload it to your MP3 player, mobile phone, PDA etc.

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Route Map and Directions

combs moss audio trail map

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Combs Moss
Grade:	Moderate
Allow:	5 hours
Map:	Explorer OL24 The Peak District - White Peak Area
Terrain:	Many stiles need to be crossed and the route consists of many ascents and descents over a variety of conditions.
Nearest Town:	Chapel-en-le-Frith
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GPS Waypoints

The grid references are listed on the right .

GPS waypoints for this route will be coming soon.

Please Note...

If you are inputing the grid references manually onto your GPS, receivers requiring a 10 figure grid reference will need a 0 (zero) added after the forth and eighth figure quoted in the table (right).

Location	Grid Ref
1 Chapel-en-le-frith Train Station 2 Railway Bridge 3 Beehive Pub 4 Directions to Heylee Farm 5 Heylee Farm 6 Hazelhurst Farm 7 White Hall Centre 8 Stile onto Combs Moss 9 Directions to Hunter Lodge 10 Hunters Lodge 11 Castle Naze 12 Bank Hall Farm	SK 0554 7948 SK 0464 7892 SK 0413 7857 SK 0413 7857 SK 0340 7802 SK 0325 7733 SK 0327 7639 SK 0368 7585 SK 0368 7585 SK 0513 7683 SK 0526 7846 SK 0511 7877

Travel Information

Train services to Chapel-en-le-Frith Railway Station are from Manchester and Buxton and depart to these locations most days. The bus service to and from the station has now ceased. If travelling by car there is parking both at the station and also on the approach road.

For further information on places to eat and stay please follow the link to www.visitpeakdistrict.com

beehive pub

Leader Info

Walk Narrator:
Peter Harris

Leader Biography :
A part-time Ranger with the Peak District National Park at Derbyshire Bridge Briefing Centre, Peter also spends up to 5 days a month helping out with practical tasks for the Peak Park Conservation Volunteers. He has always enjoyed walking and takes a great deal of interest in the countryside. An article by Brian Blessed in a local paper explaining about the Ranger Service inspired him to help put something back.

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	\| \| \| The partners are: Peak District National Park Authority, National Trust, Natural England, United Utilities, Severn Trent Water, Environment Agency, Derbyshire County Council, Sheffield City Council, Yorkshire Water and Moorland Owners.