The Peak District & Derbyshire

Longshaw Ranger Run

Two people run along a gravel track at the Longshaw Estate in Derbyshire on a sunny winters day — Running around Longshaw | © National Trust Images/Tom Harman

The Longshaw estate in the heart of the Peak District is a runner's paradise. This 6km (3.8 miles) run winds through ancient woods, open moors, and farmland, showcasing important sites on the estate and the work that rangers are doing to preserve the local countryside. Look out for curlews, skylarks and pied flycatchers as well as flower-rich meadows and a Bronze Age funerary cairn. This route was created with help from trail runners Jen and Sim Benson, as part of the Ranger Run series.

Near to

Longshaw, Burbage and the Eastern Moors

Start point

Longshaw Café, Longshaw, S11 7TZ. Grid ref: SK264798

Trail information

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Difficulty*

Moderate

Accessibility**

Full trail

DistanceMiles: 3.8 (km: 6.08)

Duration 25 mins to 1 hour

Dog friendly***

*Uneven footpaths and hills. For further details, please see Terrain section.
**Not suitable for people using wheelchairs. For further details, please see section marked Access.
***Dogs on leads welcome. For further details, please see section marked Facilities.

Address
Longshaw Café, Longshaw, S11 7TZ
Directions via Google Maps
By road
From Sheffield: Follow the A625 south-west from Sheffield for about 6.5 miles (10.5km) then keep straight on Hathersage Road as it become the A6187. After almost 1 mile (1.6km) turn left onto Owler Bar Road (A6187), following brown signs for Longshaw Estate. In about 300m (328 yards) turn right into Longshaw visitor car park.
Total stages: 8
Total stages: 8
Start point
Longshaw Café, Longshaw, S11 7TZ. Grid ref: SK264798
Stage 1
Follow the track to the left of Longshaw Café and behind the buildings, heading south through woodland and out onto the moorland. Pass Little John's Well and continue until you reach a track junction. Keep right at the fork and follow the path along the edge of the woodland until you reach the narrow track on the main road (A625).
Stage 2
Carefully cross the road and follow the track almost immediately opposite. Follow this track as it ascends gradually above the road below White Edge Moor, through woodland and then weaves around the old quarries. Cross a footpath and head through the field, descending back to the main road (A625).
Stage 3
Carefully cross the road and walk about 140m (153 yards) down the road using the narrow roadside track until you reach a gate on your right. Head through the gate, turn left, and then go through another gate to follow the path up through the young woodland with the wall on your left. As that wall disappears, head straight through the birch woods and take either path, (they reconnect later) You'll pass a cairn of rocks on your left.
Stage 4
From Tumbling Hill, wind down to the right to head north, weaving down the path until you reach a wall with a gate. Go through the gate and into the field and follow the path through the middle of the field to the far end.
Stage 5
With Oak's Wood in front of you, turn right at a path junction and follow the path around the edge of the woodland as it curves round to the left.
Stage 6
Go through the little gate into the woods and follow the woodland path, with a steep hill beneath you and Yarncliffe meadows on the right. Continue up over the wall until you come to a small kissing gate.
Stage 7
Go through the kissing gate, turn immediately right and head through another small gate. Follow the path between the woodland (on the left) and the wall (on the right) until you reach a bridleway.
Stage 8
Turn left and follow the bridleway past the crossroad of paths and through the gateposts all the way back to Longshaw Lodge. Head straight through the yew trees and back to the start at Longshaw Café.
End point
Longshaw Café, Longshaw, S11 7TZ. Grid ref: SK264798
Trail map
Longshaw Ranger Run map | © Crown copyright and database rights 2013 Ordnance Survey
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