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The former Cromford and High Peak Railway trackbed forms an excellent multi-user route.

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The concrete object is a former railway milepost.

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The approach to Hopton Tunnel from the east. The cutting through limestone has... (more)

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Now run by Hoben International. The plant started as a brickworks creating... (more)

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Taken to recreate this view Link which was... (more)

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This started life as the Bunsall Upper Incline of the Cromford and High Peak... (more)

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This was apparently used to supply the engine which powered a rope-hauled... (more)

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The embankment forming the dam of the small unnamed reservoir was created to... (more)

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Looking WSW, with a number of interesting features. Nearest the camera are the... (more)

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High Peak Trail - former Cromford and High Peak Railway. This area is a... (more)

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Here on the 1 in 8 Sheep Pasture Incline on the trackbed of the former Cromford... (more)

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View east, a mineral train has just ascended from Cromford Wharf (High Peak... (more)

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An off road capable mobility scooter, available for hire. There are also a... (more)

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Now the High Peak Trail, this was until 1967 the first incline at the southern... (more)

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The embankment on the left carried the original line of the Cromford & High... (more)

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An upside down wagon boiler formerly used as a water tank. There is another... (more)

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Former Cromford and High Peak Railway. There is a plentiful supply of limestone... (more)

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A 1 in 8 incline on the High Peak Trail on the trackbed of the former Cromford... (more)

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At the eastern end of the Cromford & High Peak Railway near the foot of the... (more)

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An original curve of the Cromford & High Peak Railway is in the background,... (more)

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The rail above is on the Cromford & High Peak Trail and the wall below is... (more)

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Railway signal and signage at the top of the cable-hauled section on the... (more)

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A railway workers' hut on the Cromford & High Peak Railway, now the... (more)

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High Peak Trail - former Cromford and High Peak Railway The NW portal

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A section of the former Cromford and High Peak Railway.

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A wooded section of the former Cromford and High Peak Railway.

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High Peak Trail - former Cromford and High Peak Railway. There is a plentiful... (more)

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At the top of Sheeps Pasture incline, on the High Peak Trail it housed a steam... (more)

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The Trail, which here is also the Pennine Bridleway and the Midshires Way, is on... (more)

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The trail is the track bed of the former Cromford & High Peak Railway.

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What I take to be the skeleton of a locomotive once used on the adjacent... (more)

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The trail, which follows the track bed of the former Cromford and High Peak... (more)

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A cold and misty December morning on the trackbed of the former Cromford &... (more)

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Now part of the High Peak Trail, originally part of the Cromford and High Peak Railway.

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The buildings ahead are where goods were once transshipped from wagons on the... (more)

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The rails left in-situ can still be seen peeping through the turf on the line of... (more)

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This is where a tramway from Blakemoor Clay Pits met a short siding off the... (more)

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The gradient post, in the foreground, belongs to the London & North Western... (more)

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When the Cromford & High Peak Railway first opened in 1831, this was the... (more)

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The engine house is situated at the top of the Middleton incline on the Cromford... (more)

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A view from near the bottom of the southernmost of the inclines on the Cromford... (more)

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This former station house on the Cromford and High Peak Railway now has a large... (more)

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The viaduct carries the mineral railway from the quarries to the south of Buxton... (more)

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This was built at the bottom of the Sheep Pasture Incline to catch runaway... (more)

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Towards Nene Quarry from the High Peak Trail at the top of the Sheep Pasture Incline

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A view across the huge limestone quarry from the Star Disc viewpoint in Stoney... (more)

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Whaley Bridge Wharf was built in 1801 as a wharf and transhipment warehouse for... (more)

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The track in the foreground is on the line of the original 1759 Buxton to... (more)

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The railway, here, was re-routed in the 1890s, to replace the tight curve of the... (more)

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