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News, events and discoveries from our edge of the Peak District. Covering the latest developments in cycling, walking, active travel, transport, countryside access and more around the area where Derbyshire, Cheshire and Greater Manchester meet.

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20th November 2024

Monsal Trail could be safeguarded by new Peak District Local Plan

Safeguarding the multi-user Monsal and Longdendale trails purely for recreation, rather than railway reinstatement, is proposed as part of the Peak District National Park Authority’s Local Plan Review. To make the change, and to improve other policies to prevent car-centric development, you need to have your say.
27th February 2024

Roman Old Road to Buxton to close for remedial works

The old Roman Road around Combs Moss north of Buxton will be closed for up to two months to improve a notoriously deteriorated section of the signposted Pennine Cycleway and Midshires Way.
30th January 2024

Lyme Park to withdraw harmful car park plans

National Trust property Lyme has just announced that the planning application it made nearly a year ago to relocate and massively expand its car parking will be withdrawn.
15th October 2023

National Trust’s Lyme causes two-mile A6 traffic queues

The National Trust’s Lyme Park, on the Cheshire edge of the Peak District, caused over 2 miles of queuing traffic on the A6 this Sunday morning — not for the first time.
6th October 2023

Marple active travel plans: a good start but not a strategy

Stockport Council is running a long-awaited consultation on cycling and walking proposals for Marple, on the south eastern edge of Greater Manchester, which needs your feedback by this Monday, 9th October.
2nd September 2023

Tour of Britain tours Stockport cycling blackspots

This year’s Tour of Britain cycling race returns to our corner of the country again, with its opening stage on Sunday 3rd September arcing across Stockport on its way from Altrincham to Manchester.
16th May 2023

Five day Snake Pass closure heralds new mass cycle ride

The spectacular, sweeping climb up the A57 Snake Pass road out of Glossop will be a low-traffic space once again for five days in late May, prompting a new organised cycle ride to the summit.
5th May 2023

Lyme Park adds new cycling signs, extra bookshop space

You may be aware there is currently a bit of a thing ongoing with Lyme Park, a disaster which many hope can be averted. In the meantime, here’s two positive new moves from the National Trust property.
26th April 2023

Shallcross Incline: Whaley Bridge greenway rebuild finally begins

Work to rebuild the Shallcross Incline Greenway in Whaley Bridge has finally begun, more than three years after the already-poor surface was severely damaged in 2019’s rain storms.
24th March 2023

Half of High Lane A6 cycle link could be created with one road filter

Stockport Council has trialled a single closure point to stop queue-jumping on a residential road off the A6 at the High Lane — a move which, if made permanent, could also provide up to half the length of a safe cycling route along this busy travel corridor.