Ringing Roger Short Walk From Edale | 4-Mile Route

Edale is a great location to start many walks, in fact, you are spoilt for choice! This short walk from Edale takes you up one of the quieter routes via Ollerbrook, still with fantastic views of the Great Ridge and Kinder Plateau, but less popular than routes such as Jacob’s Ladder. 

Once you reach the top, you’ll head towards Ringing Roger which has even better views and it’s a great place to stop and take it all in. Then it’s downhill via a rocky path and back into the village of Edale where you can enjoy the end of your walk in one of the pubs or cafe.

Here you will find details on how to get to the start of the walk at Edale, route information, car parking, map, GPX file, useful tips, plus a detailed step by step guide of the walk.

Have you done many Edale walks? Let me know if have any questions in the comments.

Buy a printable/downloadable PDF route guide for the walk here.

Ringing Roger via Ollerbrook from Edale

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Ringing Roger walk map

© Crown copyright and database rights (2024) OS 002572460

Walk start + finish point

Start grid reference: SK 1805 8326

Car parking address: Edale village car park, Hope Road, Edale, Hope Valley, S33 7ZN – Google location

There is a medium sized (pay and display) car park opposite Edale train station, plus a small one at Edale station. At peak times, there is an overflow car park in a nearby field (direction signs added at the time).

Parking cost (cash only)*

• 1 hour – £1.80
• 2 hours – £2.90
• 4 hours – £4.50
• Over 4 hours – £6.80
• 24 hours – £7.90

*Prices correct as of June 2024.

You can also use the PaybyPhone option either call or use the App to pay for parking, there are numerous other Peak District car parks that use this so it’s worth downloading the App. Location code 806749. (The one with 9 green squares logo).

Public transport

There is a train station at Edale (opposite the car park), trains runs from Sheffield and Manchester, approximately one per hour. Check train times here.

Facilities on the walk

There are public toilets available at the start of the walk at Edale car park. 

In Edale village there are two pubs and a cafe so you can enjoy some refreshments after your walk.

Water on your walk – I recommend a filter water bottle for your Peak District walks, it saves you from carrying extra weight and you can fill up safely and drink water from the streams on your walk.

Other useful information

Although a short route, the descent from Ringing Roger is a steep rocky downhill section, which you may find challenging. I’d recommend good footwear for this route as the terrain can be uneven.

The weather can vary from the village of Edale to the top of the Kinder Plateau, it’s worth packing some warm layers for the section along the edge as it can be exposed and cold when it’s windy. 

Would you know what to do in an emergency situation?

We have a guide with what to do, who you need to call and also some useful kit that should be in your backpack. Ask us any questions in the comments or via our social media.

Happy hiking + stay safe

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Peak District weather

Check the weather for your walk location and hills. We’d recommend that you check a few resources and for hill walks look at the weather conditions in the valley and on the hilltop as they can greatly vary.

• BBC Weather for Edale
• Met Office weather for Kinder Low (nearest high point)
• Met Office weather and/or MWIS (Mountain weather information service) for the Peak District

Ordnance Survey walk map

The map for this walk is the Ordnance Survey OL1 – Peak District (Dark Peak Area).

View the different prices here with Ordnance Survey or Amazon. If you’re hiking in all weather the Active OS maps are good to have as they are laminated so better on rainy days.

View both Peak District map options here.

And don’t forget your compass, I recommend the Silva Expedition or the Silva Classic compass.

For online maps, I recommend OS Online App (I have been using it for many years and it is worth getting if you want to start walking more). Check prices here for the one-month or annual option with OS Online App. All the walks on the website are created using OS Online + you can download them to the App.

See both maps that cover the Peak District here.

Want to learn more map skills? Check out our Guided Walks with map reading skills here.

Ringing Roger Walk Route

Stage 1 – Edale to Ollerbrook Farm

Distance: 0.6 miles/1 km

Grid reference SK 123 853

From Edale car park, go down the steps next to the toilets and turn right. Walk along the road, under the railway bridge and follow the road as it bends round to the right, go past Fieldhead Campsite then take the next footpath on the right, (before the church graveyard). (Photo below)

Walk down and through the small wooden gate, continue towards the Ollerbrook Farm through another two small wooden gates. Go through the farm and at the next path junction turn left at the wooden fingerpost, heading through a small wooden gate with a white ‘Concession footpath’ sign (photo below).

Stage 2 – Ollerbrook Farm to Ringing Roger

Distance: 1.7 mile/2.7 km

Grid reference SK 128 859

Begin walking through the field keeping to the border. At the fingerpost bear right towards the stone wall and trees. Ollerbrook Clough is on the other side of the wall. Walk up the grassy path alongside the wall (photo below), you’ll reach a small wooden gate, go through then continue up to another gate which now follows a fence line and another wooden gate which leads to the Access Land.

Bear right and walk towards the metal gate (small wooden gate next to it), this section can be boggy, you may need to take higher ground to get round it. Turn left and walk up the footpath, in the distance you can see the rocky outcrop of Ringing Roger.

After 250 metres, the path switches back on itself, continuing uphill, in the distance you can see the Great Ridge, (Mam Tor to Lose Hill). After 300 metres, the path switches again, still heading uphill towards a fence and stone wall. The path brings you out at a wooden stile over the fence (photo below), then through a gap in the stone wall.

Turn right for a few metres then you can see the path again heading uphill near two large boulders. Follow this uphill and you’ll reach the footpath that skirts the edge of the Kinder Plateau.

Walk along the higher outside edge path, at the Y-junction (photo below), keep to the right-hand path (staying high instead of the one that heads downhill –  although if the weather is bad you can take this path to descend earlier).  Walk all the way to the rocky outcrop of Ringing Roger.

Stage 3 – Ringing Roger to Edale

Distance: 1.6 miles/2.5 km

Grid reference SK 125 872

From the rocky outcrop of Ringing Roger, at first, it looks like a steep rocky scramble, but keep to the right and there’s a rocky path heading downhill. You may need to use your hands on the rocks in some parts. As you descend the path becomes more established and it brings you out at a small stone cairn.

Turn left here and walk down the path. At ‘The Nab’ turn right, then the path does a few more switchbacks but keep heading down towards the trees, then you’ll reach the stone wall. 

Go through here and bear right diagonally down the grassy path until the flagstone path. Turn left and continue down some steps and over a newly erected wooden footbridge. Turn left down the road then bear right past the houses into Edale village and The Nags Head. 

From here, walk down the road through the village and past the church, picking up where you began your walk. Follow the road around the corner, past The Ramblers Inn pub, under the railway bridge and back to the car park.

Do you have any more questions about this hike from Edale? Ask me in the comments below.

Buy a printable/downloadable PDF route guide for the walk here.

Other walk information

Extend the walk

There are lots of options to extend this walk as the Kinder Plateau continue around the edge and there are numerous other paths that descend into Edale.

Check out our other walks from Edale here and combine two walks to create a longer route.

More walks in the Peak District

Love shorter walks in the Dark Peak area of the Peak District? Check out these shorter but challenging routes.

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• Winnats Pass Walk From Castleton (+ Mam Tor) | 5-Mile Route
• Higher Shelf Stones Short Walk (+ Bleaklow Plane Crash Site) | 4-Mile Route

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