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Derbyshire Dales

Hopton Tunnel loop from Wirksworth

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Derbyshire Dales

Hopton Tunnel loop from Wirksworth

Easy

5.0

(1)

28

hikers

Hopton Tunnel loop from Wirksworth

01:30

5.52km

80m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 22, 2026

Waypoints

A

Start point

Parking

1

116 m

Middleton Top Engine House and Visitor Centre

Highlight • Parking

The Cromford and High Peak Railway was one of the world's first, transporting minerals and goods from the Cromford Canal to the Peak Forest Canal.

The terrain and gradients it …

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2

1.03 km

Hopton Tunnel

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

Hopton Tunnel is a former railway tunnel in Hopton, Derbyshire. Located on the former Cromford and High Peak Railway. The tunnel was closed along with the line in 1967 and is now in use for the High Peak Trail.

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3

1.51 km

Hopton Wood Winding Engine Site

Highlight • Monument

Alongside the main run of the High Peak Trail, near the bottom of Hopton incline, is this boiler, which used to be for the winding engine for the nearby Hopton Wood incline to Hopton Wood Quarry.

source: steane.com/gallery/picture.php?/2558/category/179

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4

2.50 km

Railway Holiday Cottage and Hopton Top

Highlight • Settlement

The Hopton Incline was the steepest stretch of conventional, adhesion-worked standard gauge railway in the UK. The incline was situated in sparsely populated, exposed limestone uplands in the Peak District.

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5

2.80 km

Wind Turbines in the Countryside

Highlight • Structure

B

5.52 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.98 km

266 m

140 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.12 km

274 m

< 100 m

< 100 m

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