Cycling – The Old Chapel Wetton

Cycling

Ladybower Reservoir

One of the most famous and beautiful sites in the Peak District. It is a large Y-shaped reservoir in the Upper Derwent Valley, at the heart of the Peak District National Park, also renowned for the drowned villages of Derwent and Ashopton that lie beneath its waters.

Up near to the Derwent Dam, by the Upper Derwent Visitor Centre, you can hire bikes.

Ladybower is surrounded by miles of hiking and cycling routes, and you can even take a boat trip across its blue waters. Trout fishing is also available.

Distance from The Old Chapel - 28 miles

Get Directions from The Old Chapel to Castleton

Monsal Valley Trail

Headstone Viaduct viewed from Monsal Head

The Monsal Trail tunnels offer one of the most spectacular leisure routes in Britain for cycling, walking and horse riding.
The Monsal trail is an old Railway line that runs between Blackwell Mill and Bakewell, and takes cyclists, walkers, horse riders and wheel chair users through some of the Peak District’s most spectacular limestone dales.

The trail passes through six tunnels and over the impressive Headstone Viaduct, at Monsal Head. The trail runs along the former Midland Railway line for 8.5 miles between Blackwell Mill, in Chee Dale and Coombs Road, at Bakewell. Quite a few people make it part of a day trip to Bakewell.

The Monsal Trail

Distance from The Old Chapel - 16 miles

Get Directions from The Old Chapel to Hassop Station