Limey way
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The Limey Way is a 65 kilometre Challenge walk through Derbyshire. It starts at Castleton and progesses through 15 major and 5 minor limestone dales to reach the River Dove and Dovedale the walks end.
The walk was first described in the 1960's and a Challenge Recorder was appointed, all persons who submitted a full verified account received a woven badge. The walk was later superceeded by the Derbyshire Councils own walk, the Limestone Way which uses the route of the Limey Way down to Thorpe and adds some extra milage.
[edit] Route
The path follows the Derbyshire dales from one into another along the route and in it's later stages includes some of the Tissington Trail.
- Castleton car park - SK150829
- Hurdlow Barn
- Old Moor
- Peak Forest - SK114793
- Dam Dale
- Hay Dale
- Wheston - SK133763
- Monksdale
- Cressbrook Mill - SK174728
- Deepdale
- Monyash - SK150665
- Bradford Dale
- Smerrill Grange - SK199619
- Gratton Dale
- Long Dale
- Friden - SK169603
- Biggen Dale
- Wolfcote Dale
- Milldale - SK139547
- Dove Dale
- Thorp Cloud
- River Dove Stepping Stones
FINISH Dovedale Car Park SK146508
[edit] References
John N. Merrill, The Limey Way, 44 pages, Paperback, Dalesman Publishing Company Ltd 1979
