Dane Valley and Three Shire's Head Day Walk

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Lowland and Hill Walks
Jul 13
2019

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10 miles

Join OutdoorLads for a walk across the moors south of Macclesfield, visiting the Dane Valley, Three Shire's Head and Wildboarclough in the Peak District.

Three Shire's Head, a point on Axe Edge Moor where the counties of Cheshire, Derbyshire and Staffordshire meet. The point is very picturesque, with a lovely packhorse bridge beside Panniers Pool and waterfalls.

The walk continues to Lud's Church, a deep chasm on the hillside above Gradback, once used as a secret place of worship. The chasm is also associated with an Arthurian tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, a story of a knight cloaked in green who challenged the Knights of the Round Table. The Green Knight was decapitated but retrieved his head and challenged Sir Gawain to meet again in a year's time at the green chapel (Lud's church).

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