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​6th October 2012 - Lantern Pike & Cown Edge

Walk Details

Distance walked: 8.7 miles

Total ascent: 1760 ft

OS map used: OL1 - The Peak District, Dark Peak area

Time taken: 5.5 hrs

Route description: Lane off Monk's Road-Matley Moor-Pennine Bridleway-Lantern Pike-Wethercotes-Rowarth-Cown Edge-Monk's Road-Cown Edge-Rocks Farm-Higher Plainstead Farm-Lane road off Monk's Road

I started this walk from a lane just off the Monk's Road above Charlesworth. There's room to park on the verge. I followed the lane briefly until I left it for a bridleway across Matley Moor which joins the Pennine Bridleway (PBW). I then continued along the PBW with a detour to the summit of Lantern Pike. The PBW was finally left when it reached a lane above Hayfield. After a brief walk along the lane I then used bridleways to take me to the village of Rowarth to reach the path to Cown Edge. I made a detour to see Robin Hood's Picking Rods enroute. From Cown Edge a path through Rocks Farm and Higher Plainstead Farm brought me back to the start.

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At the start of the walk and I'll be walking up this lane before taking to Matley Moor on the left
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Cown Edge, the final part of the walk
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The village of Rowarth, which I'll be passing through, is in the valley below
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On the Pennine Bridleway with the slopes of Lantern Pike ahead
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On the summit of Lantern Pike. Cown Edge and Matley Moor.
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A distant view to the northwest towards Manchester. The hills in the far distance on the right are Winter Hill and the West Pennine Moors.
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Looking towards the dark heights of Black Hill
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Looking west towards the Cheshire Plain
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Hayfield below with Chinley Churn on the right
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Little Hayfield and Kinder Scout
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Panorama from Kinder Scout round to Hayfield
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I've left Lantern Pike and I'm back on the Pennine Bridleway
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Hayfield and the Sett valley
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On the final stretch of the bridleway to Rowarth
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I've passed through Rowarth below and I'm now heading for Cown Edge but I'm going to make a short detour first
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Robin Hood's Picking Rods. Mr Hood certainly got around. They're on the OS map and are just a short distance off the route I was following so I had to go and have a look at them. I've included a link to a site I found that has some information about them.
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On Cown Edge. Hollingworthall Moor is on the right while in the far distance are Winter Hill, the West Pennine Moors and the South Pennines.
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Manchester in the distance in the middle of the picture
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At the south end of Cown Edge looking north
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and at the north end looking south
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From Cown Edge I made my way down to Monk's Road for a brief time before rejoining the edge. Looking across Hadfield and Glossop to the moors above Longdendale.
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Bleaklow in the distance
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On the way down off Cown Edge with the final part of the walk ahead. Matley Moor is in shadow in the middle of the picture.

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