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That smoky haze and weird orange light across the High Peak and Cheshire East border this afternoon is not just heat, it is the Peak District burning.
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999, Goyt Valley is on fire
Whaley Bridge
Cycle routes and blog posts about cycling, walking and exploring Whaley Bridge.
Cycle Routes in and around Whaley Bridge
Blog posts featuring Whaley Bridge
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.
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Brickworks climb and the B5470 closure
Cheshire’s beloved Old Brickworks climb into the Peak is probably best avoided for the foreseeable future if you value joy in your cycling.
The old Roman Road around Combs Moss north of Buxton will be closed for up to two months to improve a notoriously deteriorated section of the signposted Pennine Cycleway and Midshires Way.
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.
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.
Where better to talk to Dame Sarah Storey about cycling safety on fast rural roads than Derbyshire‘s A5004 Long Hill — briefly a cycling paradise while closed to most vehicles. So it was odd that the BBC’s Countryfile failed to mention this fact while using it for background footage in a piece that has been much-criticised online.
The A5004 Long Hill between Whaley Bridge and Buxton, one of the Peak District’s most spectacular roads, is closed for up to five months for major works to fix a landslip. With concrete barriers blocking the through route for motor vehicles, could this be Derbyshire’s next unintended “Snake Pass”-style cycling event? Yes: you can absolutely bet it will be.
One of the three-stand cycle racks at Tesco’s High Peak Whaley Bridge superstore recently disappeared, replaced by a random electrical cabinet, halving the store’s already lacklustre cycle parking overnight and just a few years after it was put back to normal.
Over ten years on from its surfacing in asphalt (tarmac), the Peak Forest Canal towpath between New Mills and Whaley Bridge is crumbling. Now Derbyshire County Council have agreed — and are looking into a patching job.