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Walking · Derbyshire

The Steel Cotton Rail Trail

A 8.0 km point-to-point route near Chinley, with 16 m of mapped climbing and an estimated time of 1.7 hours.

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Distance8.0 kmClimbing16 mEstimated time1.7 hrDifficultyeasy

Route overview

What the mapped record shows.

The Steel Cotton Rail Trail is a complete walking route mapped from OpenStreetMap. It covers 8.0 km as a point to point route.

Route shapepoint-to-point
ActivityWalking
SurfaceAsphalt
Descent73 m

Mapped surface mix

Paved71% Compacted21% Gravel6% Natural1%

Before setting out

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Stay near the route

Named campsites near The Steel Cotton Rail Trail.

UK campsite A–Z
Hayfield CampsiteCamp Site · 4.2 km from the mapped route startNewfold Farm CampsiteCamp Site · 8.9 km from the mapped route startFieldhead CampsiteCamp Site · 9.1 km from the mapped route startYHA Castleton Losehill HallCamp Site · 11.5 km from the mapped route startBeech Croft Farm Camping & Caravan ParkCamp Site · 13.5 km from the mapped route startEden Tree Caravan ParkCaravan Site · 13.5 km from the mapped route start

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