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Mid Staffordshire Group

We are the Mid Staffordshire Ramblers. We open the way for everyone in our local community to enjoy the pleasures of walking.

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking

Overview

Take A53 from Leek. You will pass the Three Horshoes Hotel on the left before you see a left turn signed "Upper Hulme". Travel through the small parade of aging business units in the village on a single track meandering lane until you reach the well known tea rooms. You can park in the Paddock for £2.00. The entrance is on the left immediately before the tea rooms.

Sunday, 1 June 2025
Start time:
9:30 am
Estimated finish time:
3:30 pm
Difficulty:
Moderate
Distance:
16.1km / 10.0mi
Ascent:
609.6m / 2000ft
Type:
circular

Please let the walk leader know if you are intending to join us. It ensures that we don't leave without you. If you're from another group then please leave your mobile number.

We start from the CP and head up path next to a stream to Ramshaw Rocks,with a bit of a scramble,  until we reach a good viewpoint above the A53. In the distance is the famous "Cheshire Matterhorn", Shutlinsloe and we come down off the Rocks keeping this distant feature in site as we make our way across the moor to Gradbach for lunch. Luds Church is a chasm which we pass through on way to approaching a ridge walk across to the foot of The Roaches (and an Ice Cream Van!) Here we ascend to the Trig point and follow this excellent sandstone ridge walk back to the Car Park.

Starting point

Grid reference:
SK 00698 61257
Nearest postcode:
ST13 8SP
what3words:
thrusters.reunion.destiny
Start time:
9:30 am

Next to Tea Rooms

Join the Ramblers and enjoy

  • unlimited free access to 50,000 Ramblers group walks
  • a library jam-packed with thousands of tried-and-tested routes
  • a welcome pack teeming with top tips plus our Walk magazine
  • exclusive discounts from our partners
  • knowing your support is opening up more places to walk and helping more people discover the joy of walking