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Four Circuit Walks from Middleton Top Matlock, Derbyshire DE4 3AG. www.derbyshire.gov.uk August 2013. August www.derbyshire.gov.uk 3AG. DE4 Derbyshire Matlock, admission charge. admission Designed and produced by Derbyshire County Council, County Hall, Hall, County Council, County Derbyshire by produced and Designed separate literature or visit our website. There is an an is There website. our visit or literature separate the summer months. For dates and times see our our see times and dates For months. summer the public_transport The Engine House is open some weekends during during weekends some open is House Engine The log on to www.derbyshire.gov.uk/transport_roads/ to on log For more details on public transport in Derbyshire Derbyshire in transport public on details more For Cromford and High Peak Railway. Railway. 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Make no unnecessary noise. unnecessary no Make Trail is just off the B5035 between Wirksworth and and Wirksworth between B5035 the off just is Trail Take special care on country roads. country on care special Take Easily accessed from Middleton Top, the High Peak Peak High the Top, Middleton from accessed Easily Protect wildlife, plants and trees. and plants wildlife, Protect Help to keep all water clean. water all keep to Help How to Find Us Find to How Take your litter home. litter your Take Leave livestock, crops and machinery alone. machinery and crops livestock, Leave Use gates and stiles to cross fences and walls. and fences cross to stiles and gates Use sells refreshments and stocks gifts and information. and gifts stocks and refreshments sells Keep to public paths across farmland. across paths public to Keep summer and weekends only in the winter, the shop shop the winter, the in only weekends and summer Keep your dogs under close control. close under dogs your Keep circuit walks that start here. Open every day in the the in day every Open here. start that walks circuit Leave all gates as you find them. find you as gates all Leave workshops or explore further using another set of four four of set another using further explore or workshops Guard against all risk of fire. of risk all against Guard High Peak Trail, you can visit these former railway railway former these visit can you Trail, Peak High Middleton Top Middleton and work. and Site at the junction of the Cromford Canal with the the with Canal Cromford the of junction the at Site Four circuit walks from walks circuit Four Enjoy the countryside and respect its life life its respect and countryside the Enjoy Situated within the Derwent Valley World Heritage Heritage World Valley Derwent the within Situated High Peak Trail Peak High High Peak Junction Peak High Follow the Country Code Country the Follow 2 High Peak Trail Four circuit walks from Middleton Top From left: View from the High Peak Trail, Hopton Tunnel on the High Peak Trail and Ryder Point bridge carries the trail over the road. Follow the fence over the rise D (passing the old with Hopton Wood Quarry on the right, to a stile in MIDDLETON TOP TO Bradwell lead mine shaft, now capped). Lead had a the wall. Go left under the former railway through 1 variety of uses from pipes to pigments in paint, and an arched bridge. F The beautifully crafted MIDDLETON MOOR was used in cosmetics. Many of these uses have since stonework on the arch and embankment is well stopped due to the highly toxic nature of lead. Then worth a look. Walk down through a wooden gate Distance: 1.5 miles (2.5kms). Time: 1 hour. carry on downhill to a farm track. E The buildings on and through Armless Farm’s yard and cross the Short, easy walk. the opposite side of the valley are the Hopton Works road. G BEWARE OF TRAFFIC. of Ryder Point Processing. Mineral extraction and From the rear of the Visitor Centre, cross the trail to processing are still very important to the local From the road go straight on up the hill, (keeping the Middleton Moor finger post. Go up the steps, economy. Turn left along the track and on until you close to the wall) to a stile. Turn left here, over through a gate and turn right through the kissing come to the yard of Moor Farm. another stile and then on to pick up the boundary gate. Go left up the track to the top of the rise. fence H of the old mineral lagoons, now A Behind you are impressive views southwards This is the turning off point for the Hopton Top circuit. established wildlife habitats. Follow the fence over towards Derby. Carry straight on until you meet To return to Middleton Top, turn left through the two fields and then up the hill to join a wide quarry Raines Lane. B On the way you will pass a large farmyard, follow the lane to where it is crossed by the track. I This is a Roman built route known as the hollow caused when part of the roof of Middleton High Peak Trail and turn left along the trail to your Portway (locally called the Chariot Way). It ran from Limestone Mine collapsed several years ago. There is starting point. Brough on Noe in the north to Little Chester, near no danger however, as there are massive pillars of Derby, in the south, via Wirksworth. Turn right and the rock left to support the ground you are walking MIDDLETON MOOR TO follow it up the hill past a few trees struggling to on! 2 survive on the exposed hilltop. Drop down to the HOPTON TOP first gateway J taking in lovely views of the Turn left on Raines Lane and follow the track via a limestone White Peak area ahead and the top of series of stiles beside gates and be ready to leave it Distance: 4.5 miles (7 kms). Time: 2.5 hours. Harboro Rocks to your left. as you approach a solitary hawthorn tree. The next A pleasant walk with one steep climb. stile is in the left hand corner of the field and not by This is the turning off point for the Hopton Top a gate. Once over this stile, continue straight ahead Turn right into Moor Farm’s yard and right again over circuit. To return to Middleton Top, turn left before beside a wire fence which forms the boundary with a stile beside a gate at the first finger post. The path the gate, onto the bridleway and follow the wall the now abandoned Intake Quarry. C The stone follows the wall on the right for some 25 metres and until you meet a track. Carry on straight ahead, as from this quarry was taken away for many years by then slightly veers away from it, but still heads straight Carsington Water comes into view, until you reach the Cromford and High Peak Railway (now the High on. A waymarking post will soon come into view in the High Peak Trail at Hopton Cottage. Turn left Peak Trail). front. Pass this and head straight on down the hill, along the Trail to Middleton Top. Four circuit walks from Middleton Top Around the High Peak Trail From left: The Portway, Harboro’ Rocks and a ‘kneetrapper’ type stile. M The path from here can be harder to follow as it passes through fields, sometimes growing tall barley or silage grass for livestock feed.
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