Hen Cloud Cottage sits at the base of Hen Cloud Crag, part of The Roaches, in the beautiful Staffordshire Moorlands only 10 miles from Buxton & 4 miles from Leek. The owners offer BED & BREAKFAST (see menu) in the Cottage and in the adjacent stone Annexe. SELF CATERING FACILITY ALSO AVAILABLE

The Roaches, with Hen Cloud and Ramshaw Rocks, 

form a gritstone escarpment which marks the south-western edge of the Peak and is an area of rock and heather owned by the Peak District National Park Authority.

Hen Cloud is an impressive, steeply rising, solitary edge while The Roaches have a gentler incline and consist of Lower and Upper Tiers, and are connected by rock steps. Built into the rocks of the Lower Tier is Rock Cottage, a tiny primitive cottage, once a gamekeeper's residence and now it serves as a climbing hut. Below and to the west of the main edge is a line of small subsidiary edges known as the Five Clouds.

The whole area is a delight for walkers and rock-climbers, with the edges providing some of the best gritstone climbing in the country with classic routes such as Valkyrie, the Sloth and The Swan.

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