High Peak Trail – High Peak Trail loop from Hartington Middle Quarter CP
High Peak Trail – High Peak Trail loop from Hartington Middle Quarter CP
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High Peak Trail – High Peak Trail loop from Hartington Middle Quarter CP
04:25
50.8km
420m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.
Last updated: July 28, 2026
Tips
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Waypoints
Start point
Parking
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2.09 km
View of Peak District National Park Countryside
Highlight • Viewpoint
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10.9 km
Chapel Plantation
Forest
18.3 km
View of Harboro Rocks
Highlight • Viewpoint
The rocks are a dramatic outcrop of Dolomitic limestone.
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21.5 km
Middleton Top Engine House and railway wagon
Highlight • Historical Site
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22.4 km
Ruins
Ruins
25.4 km
Sheep Pasture Incline
Highlight (Segment) • Climb
Great way though to gain the height and then travel further along the High Peak trail.
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30.6 km
High Peak Trail
Highlight • Cycleway
This means that most of the route is nice and flat but with inclines that will often mean pushing uphill. These include Cromford High Peak junction westwards (1:9 for about a mile), Middleton Top (1:8 with a surface including drainage channels across the track, so beware when descending especially as there are very steep drop-offs to the side), and Hopton (1:14 for about 500 yards or 457 metres).
You can get a good speed up downhill but be careful as surface is very loose.
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30.8 km
High Peak Trail
Highlight (Segment) • Trail
Great for families so long as you are careful on the downhill sections. There are refreshments at each end and at Middleton Top, the National Stone Centre and others along the way. Can be used as part of a circular route including the Tissington Trail and a link route between the Tissington Trail and Carsington Reservoir.
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47.3 km
Junction of National Cycle Route 54 and Tissington Trail
Highlight • Cycleway
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47.6 km
Parsley Hay Visitor Centre and Bike Hire
Highlight • Cycleway
The snack bar doesn't have inside facilities so you'll have to use the picnic tables outside. These can be cold in winter as you're about 1,100 feet (335 m) up. There's some cover from the rain. and toilets facilities.
The bike hire centre offers various kinds of bikes including ones modified for disabled users and electric bikes.
Tip by
50.8 km
End point
Parking
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
49.5 km
1.31 km
Surfaces
34.3 km
15.3 km
1.31 km
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Elevation
Highest point (350 m)
Lowest point (140 m)
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Comments
I'd planned this route a couple of weeks ago. A challenging route to complete before the summer holidays end. I asked my dad if he'd like to join us, and he jumped at the opportunity.
Day 1 took us up and up and along the High Peak trail …
Unfortunately our plan was thwarted by a closed footbridge and non cycleable diversion. Plan-B, backtrack to Black Rocks and start there where sadly the Badger Batista kiosk is no more 🙄🙄
Almost immediately …
Many many people out and about, walking, cycling and on horse including one poor chap whose chain had come off the chain ring and got stuck between it and the frame. Judicious amount of …
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