Curbar Edge

This is a fantastic moderate walk offering some good views and interesting scenery. Care should be taken especially when descending from Curbar Edge itself.

How to get there

Take the A619 from Bakewell, heading towards Chesterfield. Upon reaching a roundabout, follow signs for Manchester and Stockport on the A623. Turn left at the mini roundabout through the village. Stay on this road until you see signs for Froggatt and Curbar. Turn right, and continue until you come to a church. Turn right onto Curbar Hill. The car park is on the left when you get out of the village.

Walk

1 From the car park, go up the wooden steps and follow the footpath next to the stone wall. Keep following the path, past a picnic area and through the kissing gate. The path is wide and well-made through all this section, ascending slightly to reach the ridge top.

2 The path descends, away from the ridge edge towards the right before immediately curving back to the left. Keep following the main path. Keep an eye out for a path to your left, just after the first clump of trees. Take this path which turns left just before reaching a rock face.

3 The path immediately descends before reaching a steep-sided wooded slope. Pass by large rock boulders into the woodland. The path levels off, keep following this path as it cuts across the hillside towards the road. When you pass a house on your right, the path descends to a gate.

4 Pass through turning left onto the road which meanders back up towards the car park.

Grid Reference: SK 262747