History comes to life when you follow the stone sleepers of Bugsworth's Peak Forest Tramway. There's more history at Chapel Milton with its double railway viaduct and ancient chapel, then a final climb up Eccles Pike will blow the cobwebs away.
LOCATION: East of Whaley Bridge
START: Bugsworth Basin, signed from A6, park near Navigation Inn
Grid ref: SK023822 Postcode: SK237NJ
DISTANCE: 6 (or 4) miles
GRADE: Moderate
TIME: 3 hours
MAP: Explorer OL - Dark Peak Landranger 110
REFRESHMENTS: Navigation Inn & Cross Keys
EN ROUTE: Lidgate cottages, Buxworth
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News