Foxlow Edge - Peak District Walk
Tuesday 10th March 2026
I had originally planned to do Combs Moss today but then read that there is forestry work going on in the woods used to access the plateau, so didn't fancy negotiating a lot of fallen trees and the mess the work results in. Instead I stayed in the area and visited an old favourite to do a route I'm very familiar with.
Start: Errwood Hall car park (SK 0124 7480)
Route: Errwood Hall car park - Errwood Hall - Foxlow Edge - The Street - Pym Chair - The Tors - Shining Tor (TP) - Stake Side - Shooter's Clough - Errwood Hall - Errwood Hall car park
Distance: 6.25 miles Ascent: 404 metres Time Taken: 3 hrs 4 mins
Terrain: Good paths
Weather: Cloudy with a cool breeze
Pub Visited: None Ale Drunk: None
Leaving Errwood Hall car park and heading for the path to Errwood Hall.
It is very quiet as I head along the track to the hall.
Surprisingly there isn't even anyone at Errwood Hall.
It is two years since I last did this walk and the bridge over the stream still hasn't been replaced, although it was easy enough to cross.
Heading towards the start of the climb onto Foxlow Edge and I pass this tree, whose shape I love.
After the steep start it is always nice to reach the section where Foxlow Edge starts to flatten out.
Not least because then you start to get the views across the Goyt Valley to Wild Moor and Goyt's Moss.
Looking across to Combs Moss.
As I walk along Foxlow Edge the Great Ridge comes into view.
As I approach the highest point of Foxlow Edge I can look across Withinleach Moor to the rocks of Oldgate Nick.
Looking down on The Street as I start to drop off Foxlow Edge.
Looking back to Foxlow Edge as I reach the gate onto The Street.
From Pym Chair I can look across what I think are Eccles Pike and Chinley Churn to the Kinder Plateau.
Looking across Ladder Hill towards the plateau and trying to pick out the features I know such as Mam Tor, although the overcast conditions don't help.
As I look across Castle Naze enjoys a brief spell of sunshine, which helps to identify the wall and rocks at this spot.
Looking across to Windgather Rocks.
The shadows and sunshine on Ladder Hill give me some hope that the blue sky at home might finally have travelled north with me.
Looking back to Oldgate Nick as I head for Cats Tor.
Looking along The Tors to Shining Tor from Cats Tor.
Foxlow Edge from Cats Tor.
From Cats Tor I make rapid progress along the slabbed path and soon find myself looking back to the summit of Cats Tor.
Despite the promised sunshine it doesn't look like any is going to appear.
When I reach the top of Shining Tor I make the small detour into Cheshire to get a picture of the trig.
Whilst I'm there I take a shot across to Shutlingsloe and Crocker Hill.
Looking across to Axe Edge Moor. I did debate stopping for lunch here, as I enjoy the view, but it was a little too early for me and others were already sat eating their lunch.
A final look back to Cats Tor before I leave Cheshire.
I decide to get the final ascent of the day out of the way and to then look for a lunch spot somewhere along Stake Side, hopefully with a view of the reservoir.
The final ascent over and done I can look across towards the Cat and Fiddle and Whetstone Ridge.
It always amazes me that when you look back to Shining Tor from here you can't see the trig point.
Once the reservoir came into view I found a convenient looking slab, close to the wall and sat looking across the valley to Combs Moss.
Just as I moved from my lunch spot the sun teased me again by lighting up Castle Naze.
Rather than head straight down the hillside to the car park I opted to extend the walk and headed down Shooter's Clough. It also had the advantage of being easier on my knees.
Looking back up Shooter's Clough before I head into the woods.
The reservoir soon comes back into view and it is only a short stroll back to the car from here.
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