Love the walks in the White Peaks? You might like these Peak District circular walks and you might even spot a few smaller caves on these walks too! From the Hanging Stone, got down the steps on the right-hand side and along the path to the gate. Continue on the footpath, down to a wooden stile. Turn right here across the cattle grid until you reach another wooden stile on your left (photo below). Wooden stile heading across the field The cave has wonderful views of below Stanage Edge, but if you think it will offer you shelter you’ll probably be disappointed, I stopped for lunch there on the 9 Edge walks and it was just as cold as sitting on the top! Here you will find details on how to get to the start of the walk at Gradbach, route information, a map, a GPX file, plus a detailed step-by-step guide of the walk.

Unlike Thor’s Cave, you won’t need to torch to explore as the cave is aptly described as a hole because that’s pretty much what it is. You can still scramble up to the top part of the cave but as you can see from the picture above the light flooding in won’t give you any issues with navigating! Go across the footbridge, then on your left look for a gap in the wall, signposted Gradbach Mill (photo above). Go through here and continue on the low-level footpath that’s following the River Dane. You’ll go through another gap in the wall and along the footpath to a gate and down some steps to bring you out at Gradbach Mill. Gradbach Mill next to the River Dane

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Go through another small gate and head downhill to where it joins another path. Turn left here (signposted Swythamley – photo above), after about 50 m there are stone steps over a drystone wall (signposted Concession Path + Hanging Stone). Follow the path, over a second smaller set of stone steps, to reach the Hanging Stone. Hanging Stone Stage 3 – Hanging Stone toDanebridge Both these walks also go past another secret cave in the Peak District, keep reading and I’ll tell you where to find it! Wolfscote Dale cave near Hartington Cave on Wolfscote Dale This path on the Chee Dale walk is beautiful, during springtime you can smell wild garlic all around and it’s so green everywhere. It’s really relaxing and peaceful.

Eventually, you’ll go up stone steps leading out of Lud’s Church, at the top turn left and follow the footpath as it heads through the woods via various boarded sections. You’ll immediately notice more people from the quiet paths you were previously on. But of course, it’s lovely to say hi to fellow walkers. The Monsal Trail East Buxton Lime Kiln This is another popular cave to visit, you can tell by the smooth stone on the entrance to the cave. As regards to its size, it’s only a small cave but it has an almost perfect spot to sit and admire the view. On Windows) To copy a map to the clipboard : use CRTL PRINT-SCREEN (thats press and hold the CTRL key, then press PRINT SCREEN). You can then paste it into MS Word.From Wyedale car park, simply follow the signs to the Monsal Trail, you can’t really go wrong, as the road is in the other direction! These are all caves that you can find on walks in the Peak District, whilst some are relatively small a head torch will be handy to explore some of them. It means you can see where you’re going and you have your hands free if you need them!

Please note there are also some caves that you would need a professional guide to accompany you – I’ve explored a couple of these with a company as a full on caving experience – they are pretty cool and worth the money for a guide! There’s also a cafe at Gradbach Mill, which you walk past at the end of your walk. Gradbach Mill cafe Other useful informationAfter exploring Thor’s cave on the walk from Wetton I hadn’t expected to find even more on the same walk. These caves are located just above Wetton Mill on this 5-mile loop from Wettonbut can easily be missed as the path takes you directly down to the mill.

There is an option to buy either the standard map or you can buy a waterproof one. If you opt for the standard one, which is cheaper I’d recommend getting a map case as well, I use this one from SealLine, so far it’s not let me down. Let me know if you’ve tried it and of course, show me your stepping stone photos! More Walks in the Peak District And they take you around the corner out of sight so if it’s busy on the trail you might need to turn around as I can imagine they aren’t easy to pass other people on. Chee Dale Stepping Stones Descend the steep path to the next path on the right, this leads up some steps and across fields to skirt Calling Low Farm. Go through a copse then through a field to a stile. On entering a large field go diagonally to the right over the brow to another stile, then bear left to the road. Cross to Moor Lane and turn right at the car park, where a path leads to another road. Turn left then right again over a stile leading to the Youlgreave to Middleton road. Turn right and after 400m at a sharp bend go through Old stone slab bridge over the River Bradford, near Youlgreave YHA at the old Co-op in Youlgreave the gap in the stone wall and descend to Bradford Dale. You can visit Thor’s cave on a walk from nearby Wetton – this 5-mile route is perfect to explore the cave and Manifold Valley. All the walk details are included, plus you can visit a second cave on this walk too! Dove Holes Cave, Dovedale Dove Holes CaveI opted to walk all the way to the old station at Miller Dale. You can even see the old platform and station building. Now it’s home to a small cafe and public toilets so a handy place to stop. If you look to your right you can see one of the tunnels on the trail (if you have spare time then I’d recommend going inside, just for fun) The car park at Gradbach is a small free car park for up to about 20 cars.If possible, arrive early during peak times to guarantee a space. Please note there is no additional parking on the roads due to the narrow lanes leading up to the car park. Well, I managed not to get lost, so that’s the benchmark! Following the boardwalk along the River Wye