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High Peak Trail

Index High Peak Trail

The High Peak Trail is a trail for walkers, cyclists and horse riders in the Peak District. [1]

29 relations: Ashbourne line, Bakewell, Beeching cuts, Black Rocks (Derbyshire), Bledlow, Buxton, Countryside Commission, Cromford, Cromford and High Peak Railway, Cromford Canal, Derbyshire County Council, Friden, Derbyshire, High Peak Junction, Hurdlow railway station, Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Midshires Way, Mineral, Minninglow, National Cycle Network, Parsley Hay railway station, Peak District, Peak Forest Canal, Pennine Bridleway, Rail trail, Stockport, The Midlands, Tissington Trail, Whaley Bridge, Wheelchair.

Ashbourne line

The Ashbourne line was a railway from Buxton via Ashbourne to Uttoxeter.

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Bakewell

Bakewell is a small market town and civil parish in the Derbyshire Dales district of Derbyshire, England, well known for the local confection Bakewell pudding.

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Beeching cuts

The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) were a reduction of route network and restructuring of the railways in Great Britain, according to a plan outlined in two reports, The Reshaping of British Railways (1963) and The Development of the Major Railway Trunk Routes (1965), written by Dr Richard Beeching and published by the British Railways Board.

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Black Rocks (Derbyshire)

The Black Rocks is a small outcrop of natural gritstone, between Cromford and Wirksworth in the Derbyshire Peak District, England.

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Bledlow

Bledlow is a village in the civil parish of Bledlow-cum-Saunderton in Buckinghamshire, England.

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Buxton

Buxton is a spa town in Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England.

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Countryside Commission

The Countryside Commission (formally the Countryside Commission for England and Wales, then the Countryside Commission for England) was a statutory body in England and Wales, and later in England only.

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Cromford

Cromford is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, in the valley of the River Derwent between Wirksworth and Matlock.

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Cromford and High Peak Railway

The Cromford and High Peak Railway (C&HPR) in Derbyshire, England, was completed in 1831, to carry minerals and goods between the Cromford Canal wharf at High Peak Junction and the Peak Forest Canal at Whaley Bridge.

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Cromford Canal

The Cromford Canal ran from Cromford to the Erewash Canal in Derbyshire, England with a branch to Pinxton.

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Derbyshire County Council

Derbyshire County Council is the upper-tier local authority for the non-metropolitan county of Derbyshire, England.

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Friden, Derbyshire

Friden is a hamlet in the civil parish of Hartington Nether Quarter, Derbyshire, England.

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High Peak Junction

High Peak Junction, near Cromford, Derbyshire, England, is the name now used to describe the site where the former Cromford and High Peak Railway (C&HPR), whose workshops were located here, meets the Cromford Canal.

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Hurdlow railway station

Hurdlow railway station was near to the hamlet of Hurdlow to the south east of Buxton, Derbyshire on the LNWR line to Ashbourne and the south.

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Middleton-by-Wirksworth

Middleton-by-Wirksworth is an upland village lying approximately one mile NNW of Wirksworth, Derbyshire, Middleton was, in 1086, a berewick (a supporting farm) of the town and manor of Wirksworth.

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Midshires Way

The Midshires Way is a long-distance footpath and bridleway that runs for from the Chiltern Hills from near Bledlow in Buckinghamshire, through the Midlands counties of Northamptonshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, to Stockport, Greater Manchester.

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Mineral

A mineral is a naturally occurring chemical compound, usually of crystalline form and not produced by life processes.

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Minninglow

Minninglow (or Minning Low) is a hill in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, located within the White Peak area at grid reference.

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National Cycle Network

The National Cycle Network (NCN) is the national cycling route network of the United Kingdom, which was established to encourage cycling throughout Britain, as well as for the purposes of bicycle touring.

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Parsley Hay railway station

Parsley Hay railway station served Parsley Hay, a hamlet about south east of Buxton, Derbyshire, on the LNWR line to Ashbourne.

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Peak District

The Peak District is an upland area in England at the southern end of the Pennines.

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Peak Forest Canal

The Peak Forest Canal is a narrow (gauge) locked artificial waterway in northern England.

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Pennine Bridleway

The Pennine Bridleway is a new National Trail in Northern England.

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Rail trail

A rail trail is the conversion of a disused railway track into a multi-use path, typically for walking, cycling and sometimes horse riding and snowmobiling.

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Stockport

Stockport is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester city centre, where the River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey.

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The Midlands

The Midlands is a cultural and geographic area roughly spanning central England that broadly corresponds to the early medieval Kingdom of Mercia.

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Tissington Trail

The Tissington Trail is a bridleway, footpath and cycleway in Derbyshire, England along part of the trackbed of the former railway line connecting Ashbourne to Buxton.

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Whaley Bridge

Whaley Bridge is a small town and civil parish in the High Peak district of Derbyshire, England, on the River Goyt southeast of Manchester, north of Buxton, east of Macclesfield and west of Sheffield.

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Wheelchair

A wheelchair, often abbreviated to just "chair", is a chair with wheels, used when walking is difficult or impossible due to illness, injury, or disability.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Peak_Trail

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