St Paul's Rambling Group Heaton Moor

Our group set off for the walk near the Errwood Reservoir on a morning that had threatened rain which, fortunately, didn’t arrive. The starting point was at the Errwood Hall car park, adjacent to the reservoir. We made our way, with a slight detour to the remains of Errwood Hall (built in 1840 and demolished in 1934) for some of the party, following a path towards the “Riverside Path” which descends towards the River Goyt. The term “river” does not really describe what is in effect a stream at this point. We continued until we reached a series of steps which led up to a road. A word of caution concerning the steps; the rise is steep and some of them are difficult to climb because of the height of individual steps. The road we reached runs from the Errwood Reservoir towards Derbyshire Bridge. Following the road we passed by the disused loading bays for stone from the Goytsclough Quarry reaching the rise above the Packhorse Bridge. The bridge got its name from the packhorses used to tran...