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Middleton Moor - Peak District Walk
Wednesday 17th June 2009
With rain forecast for lunchtime and a new pair of boots to break in before we go to the Lake District I wanted a short walk, close to home, so I headed for Middleton Moor. On a good day there can be some quite extensive views from here, sadly not today. Definitely a well timed walk, as the first spots of rain landed on the car window just as I left the car park.
Start: Middleton Moor (SK 2749 5514)
Route: Middleton Top - Middleton Moor - Moor Farm - High Peak Trail - Middleton Top
Distance: 1.75 miles Ascent: 59 metres Time Taken: 1 hour
Terrain: Good paths and fields.
Weather: Grey and chilly.
Pub Visited: None Ale Drunk: None
![Middleton Top Middleton Top](2009-06-17/stone.jpg)
The memorial stone and toposcope in Middleton Top car park.
![Alport Height Alport Height](2009-06-17/alport.jpg)
Looking across to Alport Height from the same spot.
![Middleton Top Middleton Top](2009-06-17/middleton.jpg)
The old railway workings at Middleton Top.
![High Peak Trail High Peak Trail](2009-06-17/trail.jpg)
At the top of Middleton Incline with Black Rocks in the distance.
![Cromford Moor Cromford Moor](2009-06-17/black%20rocks.jpg)
Looking across Middleton Moor to Cromford Moor and Black Rocks.
![Masson & Riber Hills Masson & Riber Hills](2009-06-17/riber.jpg)
Masson Hill (L) and Riber Hill (R) with no view of Matlock Bath.
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A deserted cottage on Middleton Moor.
![Intake Quarry Intake Quarry](2009-06-17/ecclesbourne.jpg)
Looking across the equally deserted Intake Quarry to a grey Ecclesbourne Valley.
![](2009-06-17/meadow%20flowers.jpg)
Pink clover in the meadows behind Moor Farm. Thanks for identifying them Jill.
![Darley Dale Darley Dale](2009-06-17/via%20gellia.jpg)
There should be a view across the Via Gellia towards Darley Dale.
![High Peak Trail High Peak Trail](2009-06-17/high%20peak%20trail.jpg)
The High Peak Trail, my route back to the car.
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