A useful little incline path on the old Cromford & High Peak Railway line in Whaley Bridge is the latest to win big against barriers, confining some awful examples to the bin.
Walking
Closures along two Derbyshire cycling and walking trails are underway, with disappointingly little advance notice given before the works began.
Go for a walk in the snow without getting cold in 37 photos from a white-over Eaves Knoll, giving 360-views of our frozen Peak District hills.
Safeguarding the multi-user Monsal and Longdendale trails purely for recreation, rather than railway reinstatement, is proposed as part of the Peak District National Park Authority’s Local Plan Review. To make the change, and to improve other policies to prevent car-centric development, you need to have your say.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 be closed to all users. For up to an estimated three months, it won’t be possible to complete a loop of the Derwent and Howden reservoirs.