Starting in the car park at Fairholmes, the (clockwise) route passes below the Derwent Dam and along the side of the Upper Derwent Reservoir before climbing across moorland over the summit of Lost Lad to the prominent outcrop of Back Tor on Derwent Edge. It then follows the Edge from where many of the best-known landmarks in the northern Peak District can be seen, before descending to the Ladybower Reservoir.
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| The drowned village of Ashopton, 1944 |
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| Derwent Dam, completed in 1916 |
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| Looking over Ladybower towards Derwent Edge. Taken from Lose Hill in 2004 |
