Monsal Trail Gravel Path – Monsal Trail Stone Arch Bridge loop from Rowsley

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Monsal Trail Gravel Path – Monsal Trail Stone Arch Bridge loop from Rowsley

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Monsal Trail Gravel Path – Monsal Trail Stone Arch Bridge loop from Rowsley

02:02

21.9km

530m

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 accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 27, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 11.8 km for 74 m

After 16.8 km for 82 m

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

1.51 km

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Highlight • Climb

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Highlight • Viewpoint

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Monsal Trail Gravel Path

Highlight • Trail

Just delightful GRVL along the Monsal Trail - with a few little stunt humps along the way!

Tip by

11.7 km

Hassop Station and the Monsal Trail

Highlight • Parking

The former railway station, now it's a cafe/gift shop and there is bike hire so you can cycle on the Monsal Trail. We parked here and hired bikes to cycle part of the 8 mile long trail. Going from here to Bakewell is ever so slightly uphill, meaning it's downhill on the way back!

Tip by

11.9 km

Hassop Station Café & Cycle Hire

Highlight • Parking

The spacious, elegant Old Station building boasts a cafe, bookshop, bicycle hire and opportunity for and ice cream and lots more. It's nice place to stop if you are hiking the trail.

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15.4 km

Monsal Trail Stone Arch Bridge

Highlight • Cycleway

The Monsal Trail is a traffic-free trail for walkers, cyclists, horse riders and wheelchair users. A former railway line, the trail runs for 8.5 miles (13.7 km) between Blackwell Mill in Chee Dale, and Coombs Road in Bakewell. The compacted gravel trail – which is relatively easygoing and is perfect for all ages and abilities – winds through some of the Peak District's most picturesque limestone dales and heads through characterful tunnels.

The trail follows a section of the former Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway, which was built in 1863 to link Manchester with London. The line was closed in 1968 and remained unused for 12 years before being taken over by the Peak District National Park.

Tip by

17.6 km