High Peak Trail

Derbyshire

29 km / 18 miles

The High Peak Trail, 17.5 miles long, is coincident with parts of the Pennine Bridleway National Trail and the Midshires Way and follows the former Cromford and High Peak Railway starting at Cromford and finishing at Dowlow, south of Buxton.

One of several former railway lines, collectively the White Peak Trails, providing useful links with many other routes through the White Peak area and which are open for use by walkers and cyclists. They are the High Peak Trail (18 miles) Cromford - Dowlow; Tissington Trail (13 miles) Ashbourne - Parsley Hay, where it connects with the High Peak Trail; Monsal Trail (9 miles) Wye Dale - Coombs Viaduct, Bakewell; Manifold Way (8 miles) Hulme End - Waterhouses.

Details:

Path Type:	Paths Marked on OS mapping
Attributes:	Easy Former Railway
Start:	SK313559 - High Peak Junction, Cromford, Derbyshire
Finish:	SK110673 - Dowlow, Buxton, Derbyshire
Web Sites:	Sustrans - High Peak Trail Derbyshire UK - High Peak Trail Derbyshire County Council - High Peak Trail Peak District Information - High Peak Trail Peak District National Park - High Peak Trail High Peak Trail [YouTube video]

Publications, Badges and Certificates:

External download	White Peak Trails and Cycle Routes (Peak District National Park - 2010 )
External download	Derbyshire CC - Cycle Derbyshire (Derbyshire County Council - 2014 )

Maps:

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