Usual start time will be 10:00 a.m. The walk is about 14k with a total ascent of 370 metres.
We start at the Hulme End Car Park in the Peak District (w.3.w overture.passively.hotels) GR SK 10300 59301. Need to pay for parking I'm afraid (coin only).
Hulme End was once the northern terminus of the Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway, used in the 19th Century primarily for milk trains. The old station building has now been restored as a
Visitor Centre.
Much of the old railway line has been converted into a path, the Manifold Way, which we will use for some of this walk.
We head south from Hulme End and climb Ecton Hill, which was mined for copper and lead, probably since the sixteenth century.
From there, we continue to Wetton Hill and then the delightful village of Wetton.
No more hills from here, but plenty of interest - caves, an old mill, an old railway tunnel and the Manfold Way, before returning to Hulme End and The Tea Junction cafe. Note that the cafe shuts at 4:30 in the winter, but we do have an option for an earlier stop at Wetton Mill, about 90 minutes from the end of the walk. Let's decide on the day.
Please let me know whether you can come along.
Cheers, Tony
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