page_title: Tissington Trail
hierarchical_section_title: Tissington Trail
caption_attribution_description: English: Tissington Trail. Looking north up the Tissington Trail towards the cutting before Parsley Hay Station
context_page_description: The Tissington Trail is a bridleway, footpath and cycleway in Derbyshire, England, along part of the trackbed of the former railway line connecting Ashbourne to Buxton. It takes its name from the village of Tissington, which it skirts. Opened in 1971, and now a part of the National Cycle Network, it stretches for 13 miles from Parsley Hay in the north to Ashbourne in the south.
  At Parsley Hay, a small settlement to the north-east of Hartington, it is joined by the High Peak Trail, another rail trail which is 17 miles in length from High Peak Junction near Cromford, Matlock, to Dowlow, near Buxton.
  The trail has a firm crushed-limestone surface suitable for cyclists, walkers and wheelchair users. It has easy level access at many points along its route. The elevated nature of the line means that it affords good views, but it is exposed in poor weather. The trail runs gently downhill from Parsley Hay southwards, but about ¹⁄₄ mile north of the cycle hire centre at Mapleton Lane, Ashbourne, the trail dips down and up where a viaduct has been removed; both slopes are about 130 feet long with gradients of 1:9.
context_section_description: The Tissington Trail is a bridleway, footpath and cycleway in Derbyshire, England, along part of the trackbed of the former railway line connecting Ashbourne to Buxton.  It takes its name from the village of Tissington, which it skirts. Opened in 1971, and now a part of the National Cycle Network, it stretches for 13 miles (21 km) from Parsley Hay (53.1706°N 1.7828°W) in the north to Ashbourne (53.0196°N 1.7397°W) in the south. 
  At Parsley Hay, a small settlement to the north-east of Hartington, it is joined by the High Peak Trail, another rail trail which is 17 miles (27 km) in length from High Peak Junction near Cromford, Matlock, to Dowlow, near Buxton.
  The trail has a firm crushed-limestone surface suitable for cyclists, walkers and wheelchair users. It has easy level access at many points along its route.  The elevated nature of the line (at Parsley Hay it is over 1,000 feet (305 m) above sea level) means that it affords good views, but it is exposed in poor weather.  The trail runs gently downhill from Parsley Hay southwards, but about ¹⁄₄ mile (400 m) north of the cycle hire centre at Mapleton Lane, Ashbourne, the trail dips down and up where a viaduct has been removed; both slopes are about 130 feet (40 m) long with gradients of 1:9.
  Hartington signal box, beside the trail although some distance from the village, has been converted to an Information Centre, open in summer on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. The National Park Authority operates cycle hire at both ends of the trail.
  From Hartington station northwards, the route is part of the Pennine Bridleway, a 130-mile (209 km) leisure route which includes 73 miles (117 km) through Derbyshire to the South Pennines.  The bridleway has two southern starting points, and another at Middleton Top, near Cromford, on the High Peak Trail.
caption: The Tissington Trail just south of Parsley Hay
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