- Services: Gas central heating, with an open fire. Included in rent is, all power, Bed Linen and Towels, Colour TV, Radio / CD Player, Fridge, Dishwasher, Washing Machine, Drier, Microwave, Gas Oven, First welcome set of fuel for open fire included in price thereafter further supplies available locally.
- Parking available for two cars on own drive Gardens to front with an enclosed garden to rear. Garden Furniture, One well behaved pet dog welcome.
- We operate a NO smoking policy within the Bungalow, for the convenience of all of our guests.
Longdendale Trail
This former Manchester to Sheffield railway line has been converted to a safe, traffic-free trail for everyone. Its smooth level sandy surface means it is suitable for people in wheelchairs and less agile people, as well as families with small children and pushchairs.
It runs from Hadfield (accessible by train) to the Woodhead Tunnels, a distance of nearly seven miles, before crossing the A628 and climbing a steep moorland track towards the Yorkshire border at Salter's Brook.
Access points are wheelchair-friendly; larger electric wheelchairs will need a RADAR key to open gates at Platt Street.
You can get onto the Longdendale Trail at Platt Street, Hadfield; Torside Car Park and Woodhead Station.
Note the trail has gradients of about 1:10 for 50m either side of Woodhead Dam .
The Longdendale Trail is part of the national coast-to-coast route, the Trans Pennine Trail, which runs from Liverpool to Hull. See the Legends of Longdendale website for other interesting facts.
The Dark Peak
The Dark Peak lies to the north of the county.
It is an area of stark beauty and a must for any walker who likes a demanding walk.
The moors are the product of man and nature.
The rocks of the Dark Peak are gritstone and shale, acidic rocks laid down in a large river delta that eventually became the Pennines.
Thousands of years of erosion have cut and carved the landscape leaving high vertical cliffs - the famous gritstone edges much loved by rock climbers of all ages and abilities.
The plant life is largely a testament to man's ability to alter a landscape to suit his needs.
The moors should be home to scrub birch woodland and rough grassland but much of the high moors is now dominated by heather, which in turn is food and shelter to the grouse.
Whatever you think of grouse shooting, without it the moors would look very different today.
Ideal conditions for grouse also benefits other ground nesting birds and the plaintive call of the golden plover or the thrilling sound of the curlew give pleasure to many.
Perhaps the most exciting mammal of the high moors, at least one you have a good chance of seeing, is the mountain hare, which is white in winter, and brown in summer.
For the walker, the challenge lies in a walk over the peat that is smeared over the high moors.
Sometimes sodden and cloying, at others dry and crumbling, finding your way across the featureless moors has long demanded confidence and skill.
An ability to read a map and compass can make the difference between a tough but enjoyable walk and a long, demoralising slog.
The moors demand preparation and respect!
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