Above: Dating back to the 1680s, Magpie Mine only closed in the 1950s, making it the last working lead mine in Derbyshire. Starting from the picture-postcard village of Ashford-in-the-Water, this fairly easy 8-mile walk takes in a short stretch of the Monsal Trail...
Above: The picturesque path alongside the River Wye between Litton and Cressbrook Mills can get muddy and water-logged at the far end. A fairly easy 5-mile walk from Monsal Head and along the Trail before dropping down to Litton Mill. The route also passes Cressbrook...
Above: The view from Monsal Head across to Monsal Dale is truly breathtaking. This walk will take you over the small footbridge just visible in the far distance. At just under two miles, this walk is the shortest on the website. It also doesn’t touch the Monsal...
Above: The line boasted some marvels of Victorian engineering, including the impressive Headstone Viaduct across Monsal Dale which prompted Victorian artist and critic John Ruskin to complain… The valley is gone, and the Gods with it; and now, every fool in...
Above: 2F 0-6-0 no.58228 puffing hard alongside Bakewell’s northbound platform on 17th June 1958. The arrow shows where the photo was taken on a map dating back to the 1890s. Bakewell Station opened on 1st August 1862, some 13 years later than planned. The line...
Above: Hassop Station in its prime, taken from the southbound platform sometime around 1910. London Midland’s Ambergate to Buxton line reached what would become Hassop Station in 1862. Situated about a mile south of Hassop village, it became a temporary terminus...
