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Derwent Dam – Potato Alley Descent loop from Derwent Reservoir

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Derwent Dam – Potato Alley Descent loop from Derwent Reservoir

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Derwent Dam – Potato Alley Descent loop from Derwent Reservoir

02:52

31.3km

760m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 7, 2026

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After 23.2 km for 659 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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167 m

Fairholmes Visitor Centre

Highlight • Trail

Ideal starting point for various walks. You have to be early to park your car there. You can buy drinks and food without using the toilet.

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764 m

Derwent Dam

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Derwent Dam, is a stunning neo-Gothic construction that far transcends function alone. Built between 1902 and 1916, it is 340 m in length and 35 m high.

The dam is …

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2.59 km

Remains of the Flooded Village at Ladybower Reservoir

Highlight • Lake

A village was flooded in 1940 in order to create the reservoir and residents forced to move. When the water levels are low, the building remains can be seen

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4.41 km

Ladybower Reservoir — Gravel Cycle Path

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Along the eastern edge of Ladybower Reservoir, the track is gravel rather than a single lane road as is found on the opposite side. It's fairly flat with only gentle …

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6.58 km

Ladybower Reservoir

Lake

6.79 km

Bridge End Pasture and Crook Hill Bridleway

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

lovely stretch of grassy track across moorland that runs along the ridge of the pasture, good in both directions. Very ridable on a gravel bike.
We rode it north to …

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23.1 km

Jaggers Clough Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

One of the most memorable sections of trail anywhere in the Peak, Jaggers Clough is a stony banked chute down which you can ride full throttle, splash through the stream …

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24.6 km

Potato Alley Descent

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

A top tip here is never to ride up it unless you really, really have to! But ridden downhill, this is always a grin inducer. Some hate the feeling of …

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30.6 km

Tip the Dog Memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

Commemorative stone for Tip the dog who stayed with the body of his owner on the Howden Moors for fifteen weeks in the winter of 1953/54.

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31.3 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.0 km

7.95 km

4.88 km

1.32 km

925 m

189 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

14.0 km

8.51 km

6.91 km

1.92 km

Elevation

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Highest point (380 m)

Lowest point (170 m)

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Derwent Dam – Potato Alley Descent loop from Derwent Reservoir

Fairholmes Visitor Centre

Derwent Dam

Remains of the Flooded Village at Ladybower Reservoir

Ladybower Reservoir — Gravel Cycle Path

Bridge End Pasture and Crook Hill Bridleway

Jaggers Clough Trail

Potato Alley Descent

Tip the Dog Memorial

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