Cromford High Peak Trail

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  • Walking
    Activity: Walking
  • ↔
    Distance: 18.43 km
  • ◔
    Calculated time: 6h 35 
  • ▲
    Difficulty: Not specified
  • ⚐
    Return to departure point: Yes
  • ↗
    Vertical gain: + 465 m
  • ↘
    Vertical drop: - 458 m
  • ▲
    Highest point: 332 m
  • ▼
    Lowest point: 80 m
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Description

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Waypoints

  1. S/E : km 0 - alt. 81 m - Start on
  2. 2 : km 0.03 - alt. 81 m - Turn left
  3. 3 : km 0.05 - alt. 82 m - Turn sharp right
  4. 4 : km 0.15 - alt. 82 m - Keep right
  5. 5 : km 0.23 - alt. 82 m - Turn right
  6. 6 : km 0.24 - alt. 80 m - Turn left
  7. 7 : km 0.52 - alt. 89 m - Turn right onto A6
  8. 8 : km 0.92 - alt. 90 m - Turn left onto South End
  9. 9 : km 0.94 - alt. 94 m - Turn left
  10. 10 : km 1.05 - alt. 130 m - Turn sharp right
  11. 11 : km 1.06 - alt. 132 m - Turn left
  12. 12 : km 2.42 - alt. 228 m - Turn slight right
  13. 13 : km 2.5 - alt. 222 m - Keep right
  14. 14 : km 2.9 - alt. 216 m - Keep right onto Church Street
  15. 15 : km 3.06 - alt. 202 m - Turn sharp left onto Yeoman Street
  16. 16 : km 3.08 - alt. 200 m - Turn left onto Yeoman Street
  17. 17 : km 3.1 - alt. 200 m - Turn right
  18. 18 : km 3.48 - alt. 258 m - Keep right
  19. 19 : km 3.69 - alt. 265 m - Turn left onto Uppertown Lane
  20. 20 : km 3.7 - alt. 264 m - Turn right
  21. 21 : km 3.86 - alt. 264 m - Turn left onto Moor Lane
  22. 22 : km 4.47 - alt. 290 m - Turn left
  23. 23 : km 5.06 - alt. 288 m - Turn slight right
  24. 24 : km 5.29 - alt. 294 m - Turn left onto Blakemere Lane
  25. 25 : km 6.57 - alt. 322 m - Keep left onto Tophill Lane
  26. 26 : km 6.73 - alt. 307 m - Turn left
  27. 27 : km 7.17 - alt. 261 m - Turn left onto Tophill Lane
  28. 28 : km 7.52 - alt. 236 m - Turn left onto B5056
  29. 29 : km 7.53 - alt. 235 m - Make a U-turn onto B5056
  30. 30 : km 7.55 - alt. 236 m - Turn right onto Grange Dale
  31. 31 : km 7.61 - alt. 239 m - Turn right
  32. 32 : km 7.93 - alt. 283 m - Turn slight right onto Grange Lane
  33. 33 : km 9.08 - alt. 272 m - Turn left
  34. 34 : km 10.07 - alt. 184 m - Turn left onto Via Gellia, A5012
  35. 35 : km 10.13 - alt. 178 m - Turn right onto New Road, B5023
  36. 36 : km 11.11 - alt. 264 m - Turn left
  37. 37 : km 11.57 - alt. 281 m - Turn left
  38. 38 : km 12.34 - alt. 323 m - Turn left
  39. 39 : km 13.07 - alt. 292 m - Turn slight right onto Water Lane
  40. 40 : km 13.1 - alt. 289 m - Keep right
  41. 41 : km 13.15 - alt. 285 m - Turn sharp right onto Main Street, B5023
  42. 42 : km 13.93 - alt. 251 m - Keep left onto Main Street, B5023
  43. 43 : km 14.21 - alt. 242 m - Turn left
  44. 44 : km 14.24 - alt. 238 m - Turn slight right onto High Peak Trail
  45. 45 : km 15.07 - alt. 225 m - Turn left
  46. 46 : km 15.1 - alt. 225 m - Turn left onto High Peak Trail
  47. 47 : km 16.94 - alt. 182 m - Turn sharp left
  48. 48 : km 16.97 - alt. 188 m - Turn left
  49. 49 : km 17.03 - alt. 179 m - Turn sharp left onto Intake Lane
  50. 50 : km 17.64 - alt. 141 m - Keep right onto Intake Lane
  51. 51 : km 18.05 - alt. 95 m - Turn sharp right onto A6
  52. 52 : km 18.05 - alt. 95 m - Turn left
  53. 53 : km 18.15 - alt. 84 m - Turn right onto Mill Road
  54. 54 : km 18.3 - alt. 83 m - Turn right
  55. S/E : km 18.42 - alt. 82 m

Useful Information

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