Padley Gorge is well know in photography circles, mostly for Burbage Brook, the small stream that flows through the length of this wooded, miniature valley. The brook can be intensely peaty, giving the water a deep browny-red colour which contrasts wonderfully with the mossy environment and in autumn gives it a remarkable beauty.
However, there is a side to Padley Gorge that many people don’t know of; further away from the gorge itself towards the Surprise View car park. This side of this location blends from open moorland and gritstone tors, through some of the ‘cleanest’ birches and gradually morphing into the oak woodland you probably know from the areas next to the river.
Joe Rainbow
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