Welcome to the Monkeyspoon.com guide to mountain biking tracks & trails in Peaks District, in particular covering descents in North Derbyshire and the Hope Valley.

There’s nothing quite like mountain biking in the Peak District with it’s beautiful scenery and challenging and technical natural tracks. In the north of the Peak District is the Dark Peak which features gritstone and peat, gritstone providing good grip in the wet and dry, whereas the south, or White Peak, features limestone which is quite smooth and very slippery in the wet.

Below is a list of our pages about tracks in the Dark Peak area. They are all either Bridleways or BOATs (normally “Other Public Access Routes” on the OS map legend). For more information about tracks with access rights for MTBers or riding the Peak District, see our Mountain Biking in the Peak District Information page.

Track	Ratings Technical | Speed | Fun	Height Descent | Length
Aston  -  Near: Hope	| |	110m   |   1.78km
Blackley Hey  -  Near: Alport, Snake Pass (aka Potato Alley)	| |	150m   |   2.03km
Bradwell Edge  -  Near: Bradwell	| |	100m   |   0.75km
Brinks Road  -  Near: Hope (aka The Roman Road)	| |	50m   |   1.61km
Cave Dale  -  Near: Castleton	| |	220m   |   2.3km
Chapel Gate  -  Near: Edale	| |	200m   |   2.22km
Cutthroat - Ladybower  -  Near: Ladybower	| |	65m   |   1.29km
Derwent Edge  -  Near: Ladybower, Derwent	| |	160m   |   2.33km
Doctor's Gate  -  Near: Glossop, A57 Snake Pass	| |	290m   |   4.34km
Gores  -  Near: Derwent, Fairholmes (aka Lockerbrook, Screaming Mile)	| |	100m   |   1.08km
Hagg Tor  -  Near: Ladybower & Derwent (aka Hagg Farm)	| |	130m   |   0.61km
Hollins Cross - BackTor Bridge  -  Near: Edale, Castleton	| |	160m   |   1.39km
Hollins Cross - Castleton  -  Near: Edale, Castleton	| |	140m   |   1.29km
Hollins Cross - Greenlands  -  Near: Edale, Castleton	| |	80m   |   1.05km
Hope Brink  -  Near: Hope & Aston	| |	100m   |   1.36km
Hope Cross  -  Near: Hope, Edale & Ladybower (aka The Beast of Hope Cross, The Beast)	| |	100m   |   1.2km
Jacob's Ladder  -  Near: Edale	| |	170m   |   1.1km
Mam Tor - Greenlands  -  Near: Edale, Castleton (aka Toboggan Run)	| |	160m   |   0.99km
Pin Dale  -  Near: Hope, Castleton & Bradwell (aka Black Rabbit)	| |	100m   |   0.8km
Roych Clough  -  Near: Chinley & Edale	| |	90m   |   0.75km
Rushup Edge  -  Near: Chinley & Edale	| |	60m   |   0.85km
Stanage Plantation  -  Near: Hathersage	| |	130m   |   0.9km
Whinstone - Cutthroat  -  Near: Ladybower & Derwent	| |	100m   |   1.7km

Below are minor tracks, which are of less interest or with limited information to show.

Track

Brough Lane  -  Near: Brough, Bradwell & Abney

Dirtlow Rake  -  Near: Hope

Hope Roman Road (Middle)  -  Near: Hope

Jaggers Clough  -  Near: Hope, Edale

Mam Tor  -  Near: Castleton, Edale

Offerton Moor  -  Near: Bamford, Hathersage

Stanage Causeway  -  Near: Bamford, Hathersage

Lady Canning’s Plantation Trails

2 short purpose built MTB trails in a small pine copse located between Hathersage and Sheffield.

Local Maps

It's strongly recommended that you carry a decent map when you're out riding in the Peak District. The Ordnance Survey Explorer maps have great detail and clearly show rights of way and elevation. There are two Explorer maps covering the Peak District; Dark Peak area (OL1), including the Hope Valley and north, and White Peak (OL24) area, covering south of the Hope Valley.

Local Bike Shops

There are two bike shops in the Hope Valley; Bike Garage in Bamford, which also offers mountain bike hire, and 18 Bikes in Hope.

For more information about the area and visiting see the websites list on our Links page.

Some statistics on legal riding in the Peak District

Bridleways account for only 12% of paths (footpaths & bridleways) in the Peak District, so for every 7.3 kilometres of footpath there is only 1 kilometre of bridleway.* 36%, 524 kilometres square, of the Peak District is open access land (normally only allowing access by foot).**
^{(Statistics calculated from a 2008 Peak Park document: *2001 **2005)}

_{Please note: These pages are intended to be a guide to local tracks, they have been created to the best of our knowledge at the time of writing. You are responsible for yourself and so use any information given in these pages at your own risk.}