Deep Dale Nature Reserve – Ashford Bobbin Mill loop from Sheldon

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Deep Dale Nature Reserve – Ashford Bobbin Mill loop from Sheldon

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Deep Dale Nature Reserve – Ashford Bobbin Mill loop from Sheldon

02:34

8.53km

270m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 18, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Peak District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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68 m

White Lodge Car Park

Highlight • Parking

Decent car park with access into the valley. £5 all day parking and 20+ spaces

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74 m

Wye Valley, Peak District National Park

Highlight • Trail

This is the White Lodge Car Park, please be aware that heading South to Deepdale will involve a bit of a rocky scramble & crossing the stream. Heading North crossing the A6 road is much more leisurely.

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496 m

Deep Dale Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

834 m

Deep Dale Nature Reserve

Highlight (Segment) • Cave

Deep Dale is a nature reserve that’s full of character, packed with beauty and affords a delightful sense of solitude. As the grassland’s underlying rock is carboniferous limestone, the reserve …

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2.12 km

Deep Dale

Highlight • Viewpoint

Typical White Peak dale (and a nature reserve). Starts off really mellow, gets rockier, watch out for sharp limestone edges which removes tyre knobs with ease. Eventually gets to a …

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6.41 km

Ashford Bobbin Mill

Highlight • Monument

Ashford Bobbin Mill is a historic building on the edge of Great Shacklow Wood by the River Wye. It was built in 1870 and was originally a bone mill which …

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6.70 km

Magpie Mine Sough Outlet with Crater Above

Highlight • Historical Site

above the locked sough exit is a crater from a water explosion

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6.72 km

Curved Weir on the River Wye, Deep Dale Nature Reserve

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful curved weir carrying the River Wye through the sensational Deep Dale Nature Reserve.

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6.92 km

Deepdale

Highlight • Gorge

Deepdale is known for its display of cowslips and wild orchids. The cowslips are just coming through now so I think the best time to do this walk is now …

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