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The '''Longdendale Trail''' is a walking route six and a half miles long in the north of the [[Peak District]], following the former Woodhead railway line through northernmost [[Derbyshire]]. It begins in [[Hadfield]] in [[Derbyshire]] and finishes by the mouth of the disused [[Woodhead Tunnel]].<br />
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The railway line ran between [[Manchester]] in Lancashire and [[Sheffield]] in Yorkshire, up [[Longdendale]], the valley of the [[River Ethrow]], and across the [[Pennines]] through the Woodhead Tunnel. The line closed east of Hadfield in 1981. The walking route follows this line up Longdendale on the south side of the dale, the river being the border between Derbyshire to the south and [[Cheshire]] to the north. It passes above the shining string of reservoirs which fill the dale, and finishes on the river at the head of the dale, or strictly speaking just north of it by the porrtal to the sealed tunnel.<br />
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The path has shallow gradients and a smooth surface that makes it popular with families and cyclists.<br />
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==Location and context==<br />
*Location map: {{wmap|53.47930|-1.91469}}<br />
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The Trail opened in May 1992. It forms part of the longer [[Trans Pennine Trail]], (which is also the [[National Cycle Route]] NCR 62) which runs from coast to coast across [[Great Britain]] from [[Southport]] in Lancashire to [[Hornsea]] in Yorkshire.<br />
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==Outside links==<br />
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*[https://www.padfieldvillage.co.uk/longdendale-trail.html Pathfinder Village: The Longdendale Trail]<br />
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[[Category:Footpaths in Derbyshire]]<br />
[[Category:Rail trails]]</div>RB