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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · 7d
This week's new walking route:

Middle Mayfield - Thorpe

5.2 miles in the Staffordshire fringes of the Peak District, and across the River Dove into the National Park and Derbyshire's distinctive Thorpe Cloud

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Middle Mayfield - Thorpe walk
This walk from Middle Mayfield climbs up to the ridge which the Limestone Way runs along towards the Peak District National Park before crossing the River Dove to reach Thorpe and Thorpe Cloud
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · 11d
September 2025's Walk Midlands Newsletter went to subscribers this morning

Ft. new walks in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and much, much more

Check it out and subscribe👇

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Walk Midlands Newsletter September 2025
Features new walks in Derbyshire, Staffordshire and much, much more
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · 12d
A Three Day Walk on the Limestone Way:

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A Three Day Walk on the Limestone Way
Corkscrewing for 46 miles between Rocester in Staffordshire and Castleton in the heart of the Derbyshire Peak District, the Limestone Way is an idiosyncratic, but very popular and enjoyable way to see...
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · 14d
This week's new walking route is:

Tideswell - Castleton

6.6 miles in the Derbyshire Peak District from the large village of Tideswell, to dramatically sited Castleton, where the Peak District's limestone south meets it's gritstone north

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Tideswell - Castleton walk
Walk across the northernmost part of the Peak District's limestone country to Castleton home of the imposingly sited Peveril Castle which looks out into Derbyshire's northern gritstone highlands
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · 20d
This week's new walking route is:

Glossop - Hayfield

14.4 miles in the Derbyshire gritstone high peak, following the Pennine Way along the western edge of the mountainous Kinder Scout plateau

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Glossop - Hayfield walk
Walk from Glossop Railway Station, up the Doctor's Gate Pass, to the head of Snake Pass, then up and along the western edge of Kinder Scout before descending to the village of Hayfield.
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · 28d
This week's new walking route is:

Bamford - Upper Padley

11 miles along the gritstone edges that define the eastern edge of @peakdistrict and comprise the boundary between Derbyshire and South Yorkshire

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Bamford - Grindleford walk
Walk from Bamford to Upper Padley in the Derbyshire Peak District along the gritstone edges, including Stanage Edge and Burbage Edge marking the boundary between Derbyshire and South Yorkshire
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Sep 4
This week's new walking route is:

Kidsgrove - Biddulph

5.2 miles in Staffordshire, Cheshire boundary country, via Mow Cop, a village high up on a gritstone outcrop, site of the famed Mow Cop Castle

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Kidsgrove - Biddulph walk
Walk from Kidsgrove to Biddulph via Mow Cop the village in two counties (Staffordshire and Cheshire) that stands high up on a gritstone ridge overlooked by the famed Mow Cop Castle folly
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Aug 29
August 2025's Walk Midlands Newsletter is with subscribers

Ft. a focus on the Cotswolds with new walks in Warwickshire and Worcestershire, plus much more like details of free Photo Walks in Staffordshire Moorlands (some led by me)

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Walk Midlands Newsletter August 2025
Ft. new walks in Warwickshire, Worcestershire and much, much more
walkmidlandsnewsletter.substack.com
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Aug 28
This week's new walking route is:

Ashchurch - Pershore

12.3 miles, up and over the highly prominent Bredon Hill, the most westerly northern part of the Cotswolds National Landscape

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Ashchurch - Pershore walk
Walk from Ashchurch near Tewkesbury up and over Bredon Hill, a dramatic outlying northwestern limb of the Cotswolds in southern Worcestershire, to the historic town of Pershore on the River Avon plain
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Aug 22
This week's new walking route is:

Shipston upon Stour - Great Rollright

9.9 miles in the far south of Warwickshire, amidst the Cotswolds' hills and dales

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Shipston on Stour - Great Rollright walk
Walk across the Warwickshire Cotswolds from Shipston-upon-Stour via Cherington and Whichford. Ends at Great Rollright in Oxfordshire famed for its proximity to the Rollright Stones
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Aug 14
This week's new walking route is:

Stratford-upon-Avon - Mickleton

10.4 miles, primarily down the Stratford-upon-Avon Greenway in Warwickshire, to Mickleton, Gloucestershire's northernmost settlement in the shadow of the distinctive and enigmatic Meon Hill

walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/08/14/s...
Stratford-upon-Avon - Mickleton walk
Walk through rural south west Warwickshire along the Stratford-upon-Avon Greenway to Quinton and Mickleton beneath the highly prominent, deeply enigmatic, Meon Hill the most northwestern part of the C...
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Aug 14
This week's new walking route is:

Stratford-upon-Avon - Mickleton

10.4 miles, primarily down the Stratford-upon-Avon Greenway in Warwickshire, to Mickleton, Gloucestershire's northernmost settlement in the shadow of the distinctive and enigmatic Meon Hill

walkmidlands.co.uk/2025/08/14/s...
Stratford-upon-Avon - Mickleton walk
Walk through rural south west Warwickshire along the Stratford-upon-Avon Greenway to Quinton and Mickleton beneath the highly prominent, deeply enigmatic, Meon Hill the most northwestern part of the C...
walkmidlands.co.uk
Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Aug 8
Right now autumn seems a long way off

But on 3rd October and 1st November I am delighted GRAIN have commissioned me to lead photo walks in the beguiling Staffordshire Moorlands (at Biddulph Moor and Ilam Park respectively)

Part of a superb wider series:

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PHOTO WALKS - GRAIN
Staffordshire Moorlands A series of Artist-Led Photo Walks are taking place in locations across the Staffordshire Moorlands for people to experience and enjoy the natural environment, hear about lands...
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Aug 8
This week's new walking route is:

Moreton in Marsh - Broadway

9.6 miles in the heart of the northern Cotswolds

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Moreton in Marsh - Broadway walk
Walk from Moreton in Marsh in northermost Gloucestershire, across the northwest Cotswolds to Broadway Hill in Worcestershire, which stands above the picturesque eponymous village of Broadway
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Jul 31
July 2025's Walk Midlands Newsletter is hitting subscriber's inboxes

Ft. new walks in Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland and Staffordshire plus much, much more including an interview with Storie's curators

Check it out👇

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Walk Midlands Newsletter July 2025
Ft. new walks in Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Nottinghamshire, Rutland, Staffordshire and much, much more
walkmidlandsnewsletter.substack.com
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Jul 30
This week's new walking route is:

Cheddleton - Leek

4.9 miles in northern Staffordshire, primarily along the Caldon Canal

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Cheddleton - Leek walk
Walk from Cheddleton along the Caldon Canal to Leek, a market town on the edge of the Peak District known as "the Queen of the Moorlands"
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Jul 25
This week's new walking route is:

Creswell - the Welbeck Estate

Home of the Portland and Harley art galleries

2.2 miles in the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire borderlands

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Creswell - Welbeck Estate walk
Walk from Creswell in north eastern Derbyshire to the nearby Welbeck Estate just over the county boundary in Nottinghamshire. The walk from Creswell station ends at the part of the Welbeck estate wher...
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Jul 18
This week's new walking route is:

Matlock - Rowsley

5.2 miles along Derbyshire's River Derwent valley on the edge of the Peak District, to Rowsley, home of the remarkable Level contemporary arts centre

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Matlock - Rowsley walk
Walk from Matlock along the Derwent Valley Heritage Way to Rowsley on the edge of the Peak District National Park where The Level contemporary arts centre is tucked away celebrating the power of 'diff...
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Jul 10
This week's new walking route is:

Oakham - Uppingham

8 miles across countryside in England's smallest county Rutland, to its smallest town, famed for its plethora of contemporary art galleries

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Oakham - Uppingham walk
Walk in south western Rutland from Oakham the county's largest town to Uppingham its smallest, which is noted for its large concentration of contemporary commercial art galleries
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Jul 3
This week's new walking route:

Hereford - Perton

11.5 miles in the centre of Herefordshire, including the nothermost part of the Wye Valley National Landscape, and the remote Canwood Gallery contemporary artspace

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Hereford - Perton walk
Walk from Hereford to Perton at the northernmost point of the Wye Valley National Landscape, via Checkely, home of the Canwood Gallery contemporary arts gallery and sculpture park
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Jun 28
This month's Walk Midlands Newsletter was sent to subscribers yesterday morning

Ft. a focus on the Midlands prehistoric stone circles with new walks in Derbyshire, Shropshire and Warwick plus much more

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Walk Midlands Newsletter June 2025
Ft. new walks in Derbyshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and much, much more
walkmidlandsnewsletter.substack.com
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Jun 26
This week's new walking route is:

Bakewell - Hartington

11.2 miles in the Derbyshire Peak District via Arbor Low, the site of one of the UK's 'best preserved' neolithic henges and stone circles

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Bakewell - Hartington walk
Walk in the heart of Derbyshire's White Peak from Bakewell to Hartington via the Arbor Low Neolithic stone circle which sits inside one of the UK's best preserved prehistoric henges
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Jun 19
This week's new walking route is:

Stiperstones - Chirbury

8.6 miles in westernmost Shropshire, via Mitchell's Fold, Shropshire's best known and most celebrated prehistoric stone circle, dramatically placed in front of Corndon Hill

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Stiperstones - Chirbury walk
Walk from the village of Stiperstones across the western Shropshire countryside to Chirbury near the Welsh border via Mitchell's Fold the county's best known Bronze Age stone circle
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · Jun 12
This week's new walking route is:

Hook Norton - Long Compton

6.6 miles in the north eastern Cotswolds via the rightly celebrated prehistoric megaliths known as the Rollright Stones

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Hook Norton - Long Compton walk
Walk from Hook Norton in Oxfordshire to Long Compton in Warwickshire's north Cotswolds. The route takes you on foot via the rightly celebrated prehistoric megaliths collectively called the Rollright S...
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Josh Allen @joshpallen.bsky.social · May 30
This month's Walk Midlands Newsletter went out to subscribers this morning

Ft. new walks in Derbyshire, Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and much, much more

Check it out and subscribe👇

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