Derwent Dam – Derwent Reservoir and Dam loop from Derwent

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Derwent Dam – Derwent Reservoir and Dam loop from Derwent

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Derwent Dam – Derwent Reservoir and Dam loop from Derwent

03:21

42.9km

830m

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: August 7, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 4.00 km for 89 m

After 13.5 km for 76 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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2.65 km

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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3.24 km

Derwent Dam

Highlight • Structure

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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4.00 km

Derwent Reservoir and Dam

Highlight • Lake

Beautifully situated reservoir with two barrages and architecturally impressive dams. A path (for pedestrians and bikes) cycle path leads around the lake.

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5.24 km

Derwent Reservoir

Lake

7.42 km

View of Derwent Dam

Highlight • Lake

Lovely view across dam and down reservoir

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9.22 km

Westend River crossing at Ladybower Reservoir

Highlight • Bridge

Here, the quiet single carriageway tarmac road that runs along the western edge of Ladybower Reservoir crosses from one side of the valley to the other, passing over where the …

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10.6 km

Howden Reservoir

Lake

12.7 km

View of River Derwent from the Stone Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

nice area for a little pit stop and sit down, overlooking the lake. regardless of the way you arrived you will have gone down a lovely hill so prepare yourself to go up another.

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12.9 km

Slippery Stones Bridge

Highlight • Viewpoint

This is a wonderful place to wild swim. A path brings you to a group of stones that emerge from the young Derwent River to create small waterfalls and a …

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13.6 km

Cut Gate Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

Cut Gate is a trail that links Slippery Stones and Mickleden Edge via wonderfully-wild moorland. Rough, rocky, rutty and testing even on full suspension, Cut Gate is pure MTB territory. …

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