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7th October 2018 - Shutlingsloe

Walk Details

Distance walked: 10.5 miles

Total ascent: 2359 ft

OS map used: OL24 - The Peak District, White Peak area

Time taken: 6 hrs

Route description: Tegg's Nose Country Park-Clough House-Hacked Way Lane-Charity Lane-Forest Chapel-Buxtors Hill-Shutlingsloe-Wildboarclough-Lower Nabbs Farm-Greenway Bridge-Oakenclough-High Moor-Meg Lane-Gritstone Trail-Tegg's Nose Country Park


The Peak District was again my destination of choice for the best of the weather and for it to last the longest time. I decided to tackle Shutlingsloe from Tegg's Nose Country Park. Starting from there was about as far away as I could sensibly start from, so that I could the most of the shortening daylight hours, and there's a cafe for post-walk refreshments. It was actually sunnier when I left home than when I arrived at Tegg's Nose but that sunshine moved south so that I could enjoy walking in it during the late morning and early afternoon before it clouded over again. With the sunshine and mild temperatures it felt quite warm.

​Setting off from the car park at Tegg's Nose Country Park I took the bridleway down the hill to Clough House, then from there the byway up Hacked Way Lane to Charity Lane. I then followed the track of Charity Lane southeast to the hamlet of Forest Chapel. A walk along lanes southeast then south brought me to a track at the top of Macclesfield Forest, which I briefly followed south to pick up a concessionary footpath across Buxtors Hill. This met up with a public footpath which took me to the top of Shutlingsloe. After taking a break I left Shutlingsloe by the path southeast down to Wildboarclough. I then walked south along the road past The Crag Inn and took the footpath on the right which I followed across fields to reach the access road for Lower Nabbs Farm. I then walked down the access road and a lane to Greenway Bridge where I took the footpath up to Oakenclough, across High Moor and down to Meg Lane opposite The Hanging Gate pub. After crossing the road I took the footpath from the pub northwest to reach Meg Lane again and after walking a short distance down the road I reached the Gritstone Trail. Following this trail north brought me back to the car park at Tegg's Nose Country Park.

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Looking across to Shutlingsloe from the car park at Tegg's Nose Country Park
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Heading down the bridleway to Clough House
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Looking back as I head up Hacked Way Lane
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Sutton Common and Tegg's Nose
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Autumn colours
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Tegg's Nose from the top of Hacked Way Lane. I can make out the dark outline of distant hills which I think are those in North Wales.
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Looking north across Manchester to the West Pennine Moors and South Pennines from the start of Charity Lane
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On Charity Lane
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Sponds Hill, Windgather Rocks and Cats Tor to the northeast
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Looking back as I reach the top of Charity Lane
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Following Charity Lane down to Forest Chapel...
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Andrew's Edge, Cats Tor and Shining Tor from Charity Lane
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Looking back up Charity Lane as I reach Forest Chapel
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Danebower and Shutlingsloe from Forest Chapel
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Leaving the hamlet of Forest Chapel
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Looking across Wildboarclough
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A great view of Shining Tor from the lane at the top of Macclesfield Forest
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Looking back from the track at the top of the forest
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Ridgegate Reservoir, Tegg's Nose and Macclesfield Forest from Buxtors Hill
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Finally approaching Shutlingsloe, the high point of the walk..
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The moorland colours look great this morning..
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At the trig point on the summit of Shutlingsloe with Macclesfield and Macclesfield Forest behind
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Cats Tor and Shining Tor to the north
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Cumberland Clough on the other side of Wildboarclough
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The moorland around Wildboarclough and south to The Roaches..
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Distant views into Staffordshire..
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..and across Cheshire
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Great looking sky as I head down from the summit
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Clough Brook in Wildboarclough
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Honey fungus
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More photos of Clough Brook..
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Leaving the autumn colours of Wildboarclough..
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..for fields south of Shutlingsloe, with the hill of Hammerton Knowl in front of me
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Great looking sky above me
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Looking back towards Wildboarclough as the footpath reaches the access road for Lower Nabbs Farm
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Looking south down the valley of Clough Brook
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Heading down to Greenway Bridge
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On the footpath by Oaken Clough
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Shutlingsloe as the path crosses High Moor
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A view ahead to Fox Bank..
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..and across to Macclesfield and Tegg's Nose from the path down to the road at The Hanging Gate pub (currently closed)
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The radio mast on Sutton Common from the roadside at The Hanging Gate pub
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Tegg's Nose as I follow the Gritstone Trail north..
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Past an ornamental pond
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Tegg's Nose and Bottoms Reservoir..
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Teggsnose Reservoir, Bottoms Reservoir and Langley from Tegg's Nose
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Looking west across Macclesfield
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Shutlingsloe from Tegg's Nose
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The West Pennine Moors and South Pennines way in the distance as I follow the path north back to the car park..
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