Eccles Pike

Open accessNational Trust land — free to wander

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Eccles Pike is open-access countryside in the care of the National Trust in Derbyshire. The Albion Guide maps 26 National Trust places in the county; this is one of them. Make a day of it: head out into the Peak District, or follow the towpath along Peak Forest Canal. The nearest railway station is Chinley, about 1.3 km to the north.

More places to visit near Eccles Pike

Iconic

Peak District

National Park near Castleton

Britain's first national park: gritstone edges in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White.

1.4 km N

Highlight

Bugsworth Basin

Landmark near Chapel-en-le-Frith

The largest surviving inland canal port in the country, a scheduled monument where the Peak Forest Canal met the tramway down from the limestone quarries.

2.5 km W