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Deep Dale Nature Reserve – Ashford Bobbin Mill loop from Sheldon

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Deep Dale Nature Reserve – Ashford Bobbin Mill loop from Sheldon

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Deep Dale Nature Reserve – Ashford Bobbin Mill loop from Sheldon

02:34

8.53km

270m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 19, 2026

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Peak District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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68 m

White Lodge Car Park

Highlight • Parking

Decent car park with access into the valley. £5 all day parking and 20+ spaces

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74 m

Wye Valley, Peak District National Park

Highlight • Trail

This is the White Lodge Car Park, please be aware that heading South to Deepdale will involve a bit of a rocky scramble & crossing the stream. Heading North crossing the A6 road is much more leisurely.

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496 m

Deep Dale Nature Reserve

Nature Reserve

834 m

Deep Dale Nature Reserve

Highlight (Segment) • Cave

Deep Dale is a nature reserve that’s full of character, packed with beauty and affords a delightful sense of solitude. As the grassland’s underlying rock is carboniferous limestone, the reserve is home to many wonderful species of wildflowers. Spring and summer are the best times for insect and wildflower displays but it’s a wonderful place to explore at any time of year. There are also caves within the dale.

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2.12 km

Deep Dale

Highlight • Viewpoint

Typical White Peak dale (and a nature reserve). Starts off really mellow, gets rockier, watch out for sharp limestone edges which removes tyre knobs with ease. Eventually gets to a hairpin section. At this point it gets much more technical drop your seat if you can. Eventually it spits you out onto the A6, feeling slightly dazed 😜

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6.41 km

Ashford Bobbin Mill

Highlight • Monument

Ashford Bobbin Mill is a historic building on the edge of Great Shacklow Wood by the River Wye. It was built in 1870 and was originally a bone mill which created fertiliser. The mill was later converted to make shuttles and bobbins for the local mills. Ashford Bobbin Mill is Grade II-listed.

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6.70 km

Magpie Mine Sough Outlet with Crater Above

Highlight • Historical Site

above the locked sough exit is a crater from a water explosion

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6.72 km

Curved Weir on the River Wye, Deep Dale Nature Reserve

Highlight • Viewpoint

Beautiful curved weir carrying the River Wye through the sensational Deep Dale Nature Reserve.

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6.92 km

Deepdale

Highlight • Gorge

Deepdale is known for its display of cowslips and wild orchids. The cowslips are just coming through now so I think the best time to do this walk is now and during the next few weeks. The Cock & Pullet pub in Sheldon is recommended for reasonable pub grub either before or after the walk.

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8.53 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.84 km

2.03 km

548 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.71 km

1.93 km

1.77 km

837 m

248 m

Elevation

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Highest point (330 m)

Lowest point (150 m)

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Saturday 11 July

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Deep Dale Nature Reserve – Ashford Bobbin Mill loop from Sheldon

White Lodge Car Park

Wye Valley, Peak District National Park

Deep Dale Nature Reserve

Deep Dale

Ashford Bobbin Mill

Magpie Mine Sough Outlet with Crater Above

Curved Weir on the River Wye, Deep Dale Nature Reserve

Deepdale

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