Walking route · LWN
The Steel Cotton Rail Trail
The Steel Cotton Rail Trail: 8.0 km walking route from Chinley to New Mills.
- 8.0 km
- 63 m ascent
- 208 m high point
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At a glance
- Distance
- 8.0 km
- Ascent
- 63 m
- Descent
- 125 m
- Lowest · highest
- 136 m · 208 m
- Steepest kilometre
- 4 % descent (-35 m) from km 6.3
- Start
- Chinley
- End
- New Mills
- Type
- Walking route
- Sections
- 1
Surface: 70% paved · 27% unpaved · 3% unknown
About this route
The Steel Cotton Rail Trail runs 8.0 km from Chinley to New Mills, a walking route mapped from OpenStreetMap data.
The route climbs roughly 63 m in total and tops out at 208 m.
Around 70% of the surface is paved. It lies within Derbyshire.
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Below Kinder Scout: A Circular Walk Around Kinder Reservoir, High Peak
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Nearby places
- Peak District National Park
- Whaley Bridge Canal Basin
- Eccles Pike · 370 m
- Chinley Churn (South) · 451 m
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