Dave miller
15th September 2008, 06:29 PM
Padley Gorge is an attractive area of the Derbyshire Peak District close to Sheffield.
Apart from the attractions of the Burbage Brook which flows through it, the area is an attractive woodland offering many photographic opportunities at all times of the year. At its lower end, closest to Grindleford Station, the woods are mainly beech, but as you climb the gorge they turn first to oak, and later to birch.
The National Trust site HERE (http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-longshawestate/w-longshawestate-countryside/w-east_midlands-places-padleygorge.htm) will tell you more.
Directions by road: From Grindleford take the B6521 though Nether Padley. As the road climbs out of the village there is a road off to the left which goes down to Grindleford Station which is on the Sheffield / Hathersage line. Drive to the bottom where you can turn a car and find somewhere to park. There is a useful cafe on the right-hand side near the station. On foot, cross the railway bridge, and you will find a gap in the stone wall on the right-hand side that takes you into the wood which fills this lower section of Padley Gorge, Burbage Brook is now on your left and the paths lead uphill away from station road.
(http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-longshawestate/w-longshawestate-countryside/w-east_midlands-places-padleygorge.htm)
Apart from the attractions of the Burbage Brook which flows through it, the area is an attractive woodland offering many photographic opportunities at all times of the year. At its lower end, closest to Grindleford Station, the woods are mainly beech, but as you climb the gorge they turn first to oak, and later to birch.
The National Trust site HERE (http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-longshawestate/w-longshawestate-countryside/w-east_midlands-places-padleygorge.htm) will tell you more.
Directions by road: From Grindleford take the B6521 though Nether Padley. As the road climbs out of the village there is a road off to the left which goes down to Grindleford Station which is on the Sheffield / Hathersage line. Drive to the bottom where you can turn a car and find somewhere to park. There is a useful cafe on the right-hand side near the station. On foot, cross the railway bridge, and you will find a gap in the stone wall on the right-hand side that takes you into the wood which fills this lower section of Padley Gorge, Burbage Brook is now on your left and the paths lead uphill away from station road.
(http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-vh/w-visits/w-findaplace/w-longshawestate/w-longshawestate-countryside/w-east_midlands-places-padleygorge.htm)