No special access issues
No special access issues affect Gardom's Edge, though it's situation, within the Peak District National Park, means visitors must follow reasonable practices... respect the environment, no fires, etc.
Approaches
For the main crag, both the left-hand and right-hand areas, park in a lay-by on the Cutthorpe/Chesterfield road (Clodhall Lane) approximately 100m from its junction with the A621 Sheffield road. Unfortunately, this is a notorious car break-in spot, so leave absolutely nothing of value in your vehicle. Walk back towards the junction but just before reaching it pass through a wooden gate on the left-hand side of the road, from where a flagstone-paved path begins. After 10m the paving stops and the path splits: take the right-hand, less obvious alternative and follow this across grassy moorland (often boggy) for approximately 500m to reach a second wooden gate. Go through this and continue along the now vague path, which leads through a copse of Birch trees. The point where the path emerges from the trees, about 150m from the second wooden gate, marks the top of the first routes featured in this topo (10 minutes from P). The other buttresses are situated at various intervals along the escarpment, with the furthest — Apple Buttress — being some 1.25km from the road (15-20 minutes). Note: navigation along the base of the crag is hampered by numerous boulders and trees, so climbers moving from one group of buttresses to another are strongly advised to walk along the top of the edge. The overview pictures show key buttresses and their approximate distances from each other.
Pillar Cracks Area: Park in the National Trust pay and display car park next to the Robin Hood Inn on the B6050, just after the junction with the A619 Baslow to Chesterfield road. Walk back down the footpath on the right-hand side of the main road (heading towards Baslow) for approximately 250m (this is the same initial approach as for Chatsworth Edge) to a stone stile in the wall on the right. Cross this and follow the public footpath up the hillside for some 600m to reach an attractive crag — Moorside Rocks (not featured in this topo). Continue along the main path for a few metres until reaching the wooden gateway (with ancient stone posts just to the left) then turn immediately right and follow a narrow grassy trail running parallel to the stone wall, leading to a second set of old stone gateposts. The Pillar Cracks buttress is situated about 130m after these, down to the left of the path (12 minutes from P).