Monsal Trail

Monsal Trail
Midland Railway
← Buxton│Peak Forest →
 Topley Pike junction
 Chee Tor No. 1 tunnel
 Millers Dale
 Millers Dale viaducts
 Litton Tunnel
(
516 yd
472 m
)
 Cressbrook Tunnel
(
471 yd
431 m
)
 Monsal Dale
 Headstone Viaduct
 Headstone Tunnel
(
533 yd
487 m
)
 Great Longstone
 Hassop
 Bakewell
 Coombs Road viaduct
(end of trail)
 Haddon Tunnel
(
1058 yd
967 m
)
(closed)
 Rowsley
(proposed extension)
 Rowsley South
 Darley Dale
 Matlock Riverside
Peak Rail line
Sources

The Monsal Trail is a cycling, horse riding and walking trail in the Derbyshire Peak District. It was constructed from a section of the former Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midland Junction Railway, which was built by the Midland Railway in 1863 to link Manchester with London and closed in 1968. The Monsal Trail is about 8.5 miles (13.7 km) long and opened in 1981. It starts at the Topley Pike junction in Wye Dale, 3 miles (4.8 km) east of Buxton, and runs to Coombs Viaduct, 1 mile (1.6 km) south-east of Bakewell. It follows the valley of the River Wye. The trail passes through Blackwell Mill, Chee Dale, Millers Dale, Cressbrook, Monsal Dale, Great Longstone, Hassop and Bakewell. The trail has numerous landmarks including Headstone Viaduct, Cressbrook Mill, Litton Mill and Hassop railway station, and passes through six tunnels.

It is a major part of the as yet incomplete White Peak Loop and is designated as National Cycle Route 680.

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