Shining Tor Walk and Route Map

This shorter walk climbs onto the gritstone ridge that carries Shining Tor.

A steady pull up from the start brings you past Pym Chair, a spot with a highwayman legend attached, and on to Cats Tor, where the moorland opens out.

The ridge path then runs south past The Tors, with the sites of several wartime aircraft crashes close by, to the summit of Shining Tor just off the route. On a clear day the views stretch over the Cheshire Plain towards North Wales.

The way back drops across open moorland and finishes along Side End Lane, with a short, sharp climb near the end. It is exposed up here, so bring windproof layers, and expect mud after rain.

A longer, more varied day on the hills that links the Goyt Valley with the high ridge of Shining Tor.

You set off past Pym Chair and along Foxlow Edge, then drop to Shooter's Clough Bridge and the shores of Errwood Reservoir, with woodland and water for a good part of the middle of the walk.

Beyond the Goyt, the route follows Deep Clough and then climbs steeply and for some distance up to the ridge. Your reward is Shining Tor itself, with its far views over the Cheshire Plain.

The return runs north along the ridge, passing wartime aircraft wreckage and crash sites, The Tors and Cats Tor. This is a strenuous walk with several climbs, and the ridge is exposed and can be very muddy in wet weather.