Wild Swimming Walks Peak District Wild Swimming Walks Peak District

Peak District – 28 river, lake & waterfall days out

by Matt Heason

190 x 150mm with flaps. 204pp, 29 maps

Wild Swimming Walks Peak Disitrict leads you on 28 adventures in the soaring landscape of the Peak District. Find secret waterfalls, remote lakes and sparkling river pools.

Complete with photos, maps and practical guidance, rich in local history and stories, this book will appeal to wild swimmers, family explorers, nature lovers and walkers alike.

JOIN THE ADVENTURE with the best-selling Wild Swimming Walks series and explore Britain’s oldest national park from the gritstone edges of the Hope Valley, to the magical streams on the moorlands of Bleaklow, through to the picturesque limestone river dales of the White Peak.

• Scramble up streams and waterfalls at Black Clough
• Explore fairy pools and mossy cascades on Kinder Scout
• Enjoy delightful picnic and swim spots along the River Derwent
• Find high mountain lakes amidst geological chaos and curiosities
• Discover Tolkienesque ancient woodland and England’s steepest road

Including detailed directions, maps and downloadable route information to print out or take with you on your phone or tablet.

About the author

Matt Heason is Founder of Sheffield Adventure Film Festival and organises events for climbers, walkers, cyclists, runners and wild swimmers. A travel writer and photographer, he grew up in rural north Wales and moved to Sheffield in 1996 because it had great climbing.

Contents

Dovestone Reservoir & Greenfield Waterfall
Withens Brook
Black Cloughs
Slippery Stones
Fairbrook
Mermaid’s Pool & Kinder Downfall
Blackden Brook Waterfall
Dark Peak Two
Reservoir Walk
Alport Castles
Rivelin Valley
Redmires & Wyming Brook
Bamford Edge & Stepping Stones
Hope Valley
Hathersage Stepping Stones
Waterfall Swallet & Bretton Clough
Grindleford Derwent & Padley Gorge
Froggatt Edge & Bridges
White Edge
Chatsworth
Monsal Head
Youlgreave & Lathkill Dale
Matlock Swoosh
Lumsdale Falls & Matlock
Dove Dale & Ilam Rock
Pike Pool
Blake Mere & Ramshaw Rocks
Three Shires Head
Packhorse Bridge & The Goyt Valley