18 west yorkshire todmorden to hebden bridge

■ Distance: 10 miles/16km ■ Time: 5 hours ■  Grade: Challenging

Explore the Peak District ’s rugged beauty with the Dark Peak’s wilder side.

A stone’s throw from the north-east of Manchester, this is a fabulous high-level circuit above beautiful Peak District reservoir valleys.

Outstanding views, relatively easy navigation, pub/café at the start/end – is this a perfect ‘short day’ route in the Peak District ?

Bleaklow is hiding something under that humped silhouette and desolate title – it’s some of the finest scrambling in the Peak District .

Walk through three counties visiting Cheshire’s Matterhorn, Derbyshire’s ancient bridge and Staffordshire’s secret church all in one Peak District hike.