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News, events and discoveries from our edge of the Peak District. Covering the latest developments in cycling, walking, active travel, transport, countryside access and more around the area where Derbyshire, Cheshire and Greater Manchester meet.

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  • Tour of Britain tours Stockport cycling blackspots

    Tour of Britain tours Stockport cycling blackspots

    This year’s Tour of Britain cycling race returns to our corner of the country again, with its opening stage on Sunday 3rd September arcing across Stockport on its way from Altrincham to Manchester.

  • Five day Snake Pass closure heralds new mass cycle ride

    Five day Snake Pass closure heralds new mass cycle ride

    The spectacular, sweeping climb up the A57 Snake Pass road out of Glossop will be a low-traffic space once again for five days in late May, prompting a new organised cycle ride to the summit.

  • Lyme Park adds new cycling signs, extra bookshop space

    Lyme Park adds new cycling signs, extra bookshop space

    You may be aware there is currently a bit of a thing ongoing with Lyme Park, a disaster which many hope can be averted. In the meantime, here’s two positive new moves from the National Trust property.

  • Shallcross Incline: Whaley Bridge greenway rebuild finally begins

    Shallcross Incline: Whaley Bridge greenway rebuild finally begins

    Work to rebuild the Shallcross Incline Greenway in Whaley Bridge has finally begun, more than three years after the already-poor surface was severely damaged in 2019’s rain storms.

  • Half of High Lane A6 cycle link could be created with one road filter

    Half of High Lane A6 cycle link could be created with one road filter

    Stockport Council has trialled a single closure point to stop queue-jumping on a residential road off the A6 at the High Lane — a move which, if made permanent, could also provide up to half the length of a safe cycling route along this busy travel corridor.

  • Marple’s Brabyns Park Iron Bridge closed for repair

    Marple’s Brabyns Park Iron Bridge closed for repair

    The historic Iron Bridge connecting Brabyns Park in Marple with Rollins Lane in Compstall is currently closed for repair, blocking a key route for walking and riding across the River Goyt.

  • Poynton Relief Road to open with motor-free weekend

    Poynton Relief Road to open with motor-free weekend

    Cheshire East’s new £53m Poynton Relief Road will open exclusively for walking, cycling and wheeling for one weekend only, before opening to general motor traffic from Monday, 6th March.

  • High Peak Trail cut in two for Longcliffe bridge replacement

    High Peak Trail cut in two for Longcliffe bridge replacement

    Derbyshire County Council are installing a permanent replacement for a High Peak Trail bridge destroyed by an HGV driver, requiring the multi-user path and road to be closed for four weeks.

  • Long Hill A5004 road to Buxton reopened to all traffic

    Long Hill A5004 road to Buxton reopened to all traffic

    So long, Long Hill! After over five months of nearly traffic-free peace on the dramatic road between Whaley Bridge and Buxton, the A5004 is now open to all traffic again.

  • Upper Derwent Valley cycle loop closed for up to three months

    Upper Derwent Valley cycle loop closed for up to three months

    Update February 2023: After extending the closure into 2023, Severn Trent Water now confirms “the route is now open however there are large timber trucks using the route, please be careful when using the tracks.” From today, Monday 12th September 2022, a large section of the route around the Upper Derwent Valley reservoirs is due to…

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