The Steel Cotton Rail Trail is a linear long-distance footpath in England, through the Peak District. The trail runs from Sheffield station to Manchester Piccadilly station, following the Hope Valley Line. It is split into 14 legs, each starting and finishing at a railway station. In the first half of the 20th century, workers from "Steel City" Sheffield and "Cottonopolis" Manchester escaped their polluted cities to reach the clean air of the Peak District, travelling by train on the Hope Valley Line.
The trail was launched on , the anniversary of the opening of the first passenger railway – Stockton and Darlington – on .
Route
+ Leg Start Finish Distance Total 1 Sheffield Dore & Totley 2 Dore & Totley Grindleford 3 Grindleford Hathersage 4 Hathersage Bamford 5 Bamford Hope 6 Hope Edale 7 Edale Chinley 8 Chinley New Mills 9 New Mills Strines 10 Strines Marple 11 Marple Romiley 12 Romiley Hyde Central 13 Hyde Central Guide Bridge 14 Guide Bridge Manchester
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