Middleton Top Engine House – Harboro' Rocks loop from Wirksworth

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Middleton Top Engine House – Harboro' Rocks loop from Wirksworth

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Middleton Top Engine House – Harboro' Rocks loop from Wirksworth

06:31

24.5km

250m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 15, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Peak District National Park

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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390 m

Middleton Incline

Highlight (Segment) • Structure

Middleton Incline is a former railway incline in Middleton, Derbyshire once part of the Cromford and High Peak Railway. The incline was one of six gradients along the entire line …

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1.33 km

Middleton Top Engine House

Highlight • Historical Site

Very interesting piece of railway history containing the world's oldest working
steam lift. Take the time to go a little further to theSteeple Grange Light Railway or brave the Sheep …

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1.43 km

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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3.81 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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5.12 km

Harboro' Rocks

Highlight • Viewpoint

Harboro' Rocks is a dramatic outcrop of Dolomitic limestone to the north east of the village of Brassington. From its 1,243-foot (379 m) summit are excellent views over nearby Carsington …

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5.52 km

Golconda Lead Mine Ruins

Highlight • Historical Site

The mine dates back to the 1700s and the mine shaft is over 100 metres (330 ft) deep.
After closing in 1913, the mine was reopened in 1915 to mine baryte until 1953.

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10.8 km

Old Quarry and Machinery in Peak District National Park

Highlight • Historical Site

10.8 km

Minninglow Quarry and Crane

Highlight • Structure

Mr. Glossop's siding for Minninglow Quarry stretches for most of the length of the Quarry. The siding runs parallel to a shelved part of the quarry, which was probably used …

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12.5 km

Chapel Plantation

Forest

24.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.4 km

1.08 km

< 100 m