Cycling in the Peak District. Chiz Dakin

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      Sustrans National Cycle Network routes

      These are abbreviated to, for example, NCN68 for National Cycle Route 68 or NCN54 for National Cycle Route 54. (This has been brought into line with commonly used standards since the first edition.)

      Former railway lines

      Many of these are now used as cycle trails, and major waymarked cycle routes are abbreviated in many places throughout the guidebook:

       HPT – High Peak Trail

       TT – Tissington Trail

       TPT – Transpennine Trail

       MW – Middlewood Way

       TdPD – Tour de Peak District

       TVW – Tame Valley Way

       WPL – White Peak Loop

       PBW – Pennine Bridleway

      ‘To’ or ‘towards’ a place

      Where a signpost or route description says ‘to’ a place, the route directly goes there without further directions. However, if ‘towards’ is used, the place is either off-route or yet to be reached with further directions.

      Key waypoints

      Place names are shown in bold in the descriptions if they are identifiable on the route maps provided and are close to the route, giving you an ‘at-a-glance’ checklist of key waypoints on the route.

      View over Peak District hills at dusk, near Hathersage (TdPD Day 1)

      DAY RIDES

      Quiet country lane above Bakewell (Routes 10 and 11)

ROUTE 1

      Ashopton loop via Derwent Reservoir