Chelmorton 6 mile circular walk - another free walk from Let's Stay Peak District
Start/Finish: The village of Chelmorton near Buxton
From the Church Inn, continue up the hill tothe walled track (to the right)which winds above the churchyard past the village spring along the line of an old lead rake, marked by various bumps and hollows, up the southern flank of Chelmorton Low (no access).
In order to visit the Five Wells monument - where the track crosses the Pilwell Gate bridleway, turn left up this walled lane until you reach the edge of the Five Wells escarpment, overlooking the A6. Here a sign leads right on the cessionary path beside a wall, to the Five Wells Chambered Cairn monument.
Retrace your steps back down the Pilwell Gate bridleway to where you joined it on the way up from Chelmorton.Take the field path whichheads offbelow and to the right ofFivewells Farm, passing through several wall-stiles beforepassing just below the high point of Sough Top (438m/1,437ft). Below, aheadand to the right of this is a footpath sign in the wall.The path now descends quite sharplyto reach, firstly, a back-lane and on through a field intoTaddington’s main street.
From the village street, turn immediately right toascend the lane known as Humphrey Gate, where again wonderful views can be enjoyed across the valley of the Wye and down to flat-topped Fin Cop, above Monsal Head. Follow this lane, known as The Jarnett, past High Well, once the village’s only source of water.
Ata 'T' junction on top of the hill,follow the footpath sign to your right opposite, entering a shallow valley of strip fieldswhich is descended via a series of squeezer stiles/gates (roughly diagonally across)to pass Rockfield House in the near distance(keep to the right of this)before meetinga minor road. Turn right then left (footpath sign)to follow the line of the narrow fields to a stile in the wall on your left opposite Flagg Hall farm farm then diagonally across to a stile to reach the hamlet of Flagg. Turn right into the village.
At the end of the longvillage street, passing Flagg Tea Rooms, on a bend,turn left onto a lane, and then rightat a signed path before a farm withan elegant private house/farm on your right. Continue diagonallyon a faint path toa brokenwall in the corner of afield. Head towards a lone tree alongside which is another stile. Over the brow of the smallgrassy bankahead,the path continues diagonally across the fieldto reach the Bakewell-Chelmorton road.
Turn left and follow the road across a crossroads, taking the next right into Church Lane, which leads back into Chelmorton, now revealed ahead sheltering under the backing escarpment of Chelmorton Low. Note the pattern of strip fields below you to the left, as you re-enter the village.
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| - from the Let's Stay Peak District team