Knypersley Reservior and Brown Edge 5 Mile loop

This is a walk starting at the Greenway Bank Country Park at Knypersley Reservoir following the reservoir shore and then climbing uphill through fields, then heading downhill to follow a stream through grit stone and then up to Marshes Hill Common and Brown Edge Village before returning to Knypersley along the canal feeder.

Marshes Hill 

Distance: 5.19 miles

Parking: Greenway Bank Country Park

During summer months coffee may be available in the Country Park, toilets can also be located at the start of the walk.

Knypersley Tower

Heading past the buildings and along the paths into the park, passing two gates before heading down steps that lead steeply down to the Reservoir and turning left to walk aroung the western end of the reservoir. Follow the trail all the way, past the walkway between Serpentine Pool and Knypersley Pool, until you find Knypersley Tower, here turn sharply left to follow the path uphill away from the lake.

This path leads uphill through fields until reaching a gate onto a track, turnleft along the top of the ridge and follow until just before a gate at a farmyard turn right, almost doubling back to follow a path downhill into the woods.

There is a split in the path, take the left fork and pass over a wall before descending further down a bank to cross a bridge and follow the obvious path along the stream (this is the Head of Trent) as it carves a small gorge into the gritstone.

Eventually the path arrives at a farmyard, pass to the right of the barn and through a gate into the yard. Head straight up the access road and cross the public road into the field opposite, follow the short climb onto the ridge over the road and continue straight ahead.  After some houses the path arrives at Marshes Hill Common where the path splits as it passes through the common to the carpark at the south end, follow the access road into Brown Edge Village and continue straight onto Back Lane before picking up a path on the right just before the radio mast.

Brown Edge

Follow this down until it meets with the Roads and turn left onto New Lane ot head down towards the Church. Keep heading down through the village until Stonehouse Lane where we turn left and follow the lane for a short distance before turning left onto a path which takes us downhill to the canal feeder and Tongue Lane, cross the Lane and follow the path along the Canal Feeder all the way to the Dam. there are quite steep steps up onto the dam.

When we last did this walk we followed the road back to Greenway Bank Country park, but there are also trails following the reservoir back to the car park.

We liked this walk as it was varied, had some good views from the park and gave us a few surprises along the way.

Ordnance Survey Route: Route - Knypersley and Brown Edge