Pennine Bridleway
| Pennine Bridleway | |
|---|---|
 At Parsley Hay |
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| Data | |
| length | 209 km |
| location | northern England |
| Markers | stylized upright white acorn on a brown background |
| Starting point |
Middleton-by-Wirksworth 53 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ N , 1 ° 35 ′ 0 ″ W. |
| Target point |
Hebden Bridge 53 ° 44 ′ 31.2 " N , 2 ° 0 ′ 32.4" W. |
| Type | Long-distance hiking trail |
| The highest point | Top of Leach, 474 m |
| Level of difficulty | light |
| season | all year round |
| particularities | Follows ancient trade routes along the ridge of the Pennines |
Map with all coordinates: The Pennine Bridleway is a new National Trail in Northern England.
It runs roughly parallel to the Pennine Way and can be used by riders, cyclists and pedestrians. In its southern part, it follows the High Peak Trail along the track bed of the former Cromford and High Peak Railway . The trail is approximately 130 miles, 117 km (73 miles) from Derbyshire to the southern Pennines plus the 76 km (47 mile) Mary Towneley Loop and 16 km (10 mile) Settle - Flatly. The highest points along the route are South Head Hill in Derbyshire (between Rushup Edge and Hayfield ) and Top of Leach , the highest point on the Mary Towneley Loop.
Route
The Pennine Bridleway begins in Middleton-by-Wirksworth , Derbyshire, mainly on historic routes and trails along the flanks of the Pennines. It first follows the High Peak Trail on a disused railway line that leads through the limestone of the White Peak. An alternative starting point is the site of the former Hartington train station via a short section of the Tissington Trail before it meets the High Peak Trail in Parsley Hay . Behind the limestone plateau is the Milestone Grit of the Dark or High Peak area, from where the path follows a packhorse road from Tideswell via Peak Forest to Hayfield, where it briefly follows the former railway line of another disused railway, the Sett Valley Trail.
As soon as he leaves Derbyshire for Greater Manchester, the trail follows the edge of a heather moor and an old trunk road along the Tame Valley. From here the path leads down to a disused railroad, from where the route leads towards Lake Hollingworth. The Mary Towneley Loop follows later and climbs to the highest point of the trail: Zum Leach at 474 meters (1,555 ft). The trail passes through the town of Waterfoot in the Rossendale Valley and follows a new route via Lumb , the Cliviger Gorge and the Long Causeway . The trail then follows Gorple Road , a secluded part of the trail that leads to Blackshaw Head . The trail then leads into Calder Valley and through the town of Hebden Bridge , where the route crosses London Road towards Bottomley .
Photographs
Signpost at Parsley Hay where the High Peak Trail route joins the Tissington Trail .
Individual evidence
Web links
- Official website at National Trails