(S/E) From The Robin Hood INN car park entrance, turn left and walk along the B6050 for a short distance, passing the public car park and a property on the left.
Immediately beyond the house, at the entrance to a driveway follow a short path leading to a gate into Access Land. Follow the obvious path beyond, along the foot of the slope.
(1) Keep straight on past a hawthorn tree with a boulder beneath it and a steep path opposite (this is our return route). The path gradually leaves the field edge on the left and climbs through trees towards the rocks of Birchen Edge.
Look out for the pillar of Nelson’s Monument on the crag above, and when you find yourself below it, pick your way up through the rocks to the right of the Monument.
(2) At the top of the edge, having admired the view and examined the Monument and the adjacent Three Ships, turn right and walk along the top of the edge, with the rocky drop beneath you and to your right.
The rocks eventually peter out and the slope to your right becomes less severe until, by an inspection cover, the path turns sharp right.
Follow it steeply downhill for a short distance to rejoin the path at the boulder and hawthorn tree you passed earlier. (1) Turn left and retrace your steps back to the road. Turn right to return to The Robin Hood INN. (S/E)
