Hulme End - Shawfield - Blakemere Moor - Warslow - Hulme End
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Hulme End - Shawfield - Blakemere Moor (Mermaid Inn) - Upper Elkstone - Warslow - Hulme End
This walk takes you into some of the more remote areas of the Staffordshire Moorlands, with sections of boggy meadow and open moorland, mixed with woodland and field-paths.
Many parts of the route are infrequently walked, though most stiles are present. The short moorland section approaching the former Mermaid Inn area on Blakemere Moor requires frequent checks on the map as the path is almost indiscernible in the cotton grass and heather. The section is only 300 metres in distance though, so you won't really go too far adrift. You will find the road if you continue ahead from top of gulley.
The final approach to Blakemere Moor is road-walking alongside an often busy moorland road; there is a wide, grassy verge to avoid traffic.
The Mermaid Inn has closed as a pub and is now available as a self-catering holiday let (sleeps around thirty).
There is a good view across Upper Hulme to Hen Cloud and The Roaches from the area beside the former pub. It is now necessary to carry food and drinks for this route as there are no other sources of refreshments other than in Warslow (Greyhound Inn, Waymark 40) and Hulme End near the end ot the walk.
The return offers some superb views on the descent into the wide horseshoe valley towards Upper Elkstone.
England - Central England - Staffordshire - Peak District
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Birds, Flowers, Great Views, Hills or Fells, Moor, National Trust, Pub, Toilets, Wildlife
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