High Peak Trail
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 Trail (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
Publications, Badges and Certificates:
Guidebook
Walking the High Peak Trail (John Merrill Foundation - 2006)
External PDF
High Peak & Tissington Trails (Peak District National Park - 2014)
External PDF
White Peak trails and cycle routes (Peak District National Park - 2015)
Badge & Certificate
Badge & Certificate for High Peak Trail (John Merrill Foundation)
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© OpenStreetMap contributors under Open Database Licence.
Rights of way data from selected Local Authorities.
Large scale digital mapping is provided by John Thorn.
At high zoom levels the route is indicative only.
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Route Profile:
28.0 Km (17.4 miles)
526 m (1,726 ft) ascent
381 m (1,250 ft) maximum height
526 m (1,726 ft) ascent
381 m (1,250 ft) maximum height
