Lud's Church from Wincle
Along the Dane from Wincle into the Peak District, through Back Forest to Lud's Church, a deep mossy chasm full of legend.
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Back in Wincle, parked by the Ship Inn and the Wincle Brewery, but heading the other way this time: along the Dane Valley Way over the border into Staffordshire and the Peak District.
The route goes out through Back Forest and Gradbach to Lud's Church, a chasm split open in the gritstone by a landslip, deep, narrow and green with moss. It's said to have sheltered the Lollards, and some reckon it's the Green Chapel from Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. It feels like it.
Highlights
- Lud's Church
- Back Forest
- River Dane at Gradbach
- Distance
- 5 miles (8.0 km)
- Route
- circular
- Difficulty
- moderate
- Start
- The Ship Inn, Danebridge, Wincle
- Parking
- Near the Ship Inn and Wincle Brewery
- Terrain
- Woods, River, Hills, History, Pub
