Tissington Trail

The Tissington Trail is a bridleway, footpath and cycleway in Derbyshire, England, along part of the trackbed of the former railway line connecting Ashbourne to Buxton.

The elevated nature of the line (at Parsley Hay, it is over 1,000 feet (305 m) above sea level) means that it affords good views, but it is exposed in poor weather.

Hartington signal box, beside the trail although some distance from the village, has been converted to an information centre, which is open in summer on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays.

The bridleway has two southern starting points, with another at Middleton Top, near Cromford, on the High Peak Trail.

The line for a time also carried a through-service (i.e. without changing carriages) for passengers from London Euston (via Nuneaton, Uttoxeter and Ashbourne) to Buxton and Manchester.