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Location notes
Peak Forest is on the freight only line diverging from the Hope Valley route at Chinley and continuing to Tunstead, Buxton and Dowlow. it is in the 'High Peak' of Derbyshire, close to Buxton.
Railway type and traffic
There are regular trains emanating from the various quarries, including RMC at Peak Forest. There is also a regular Enterprise trip working from Dowlow to Warrington.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Peak Forest
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Environment
The locations is a road bridge overlooking the sidings at Peak Forest. This is the railway name for the location though Peak Forest itself is some distance away and the area is actually known as Peak Dale. The road is fairly quiet.
Road directions
From the A6 between Buxton and Chapel-en-le-Frith, there are two roads which converge at the bridge, the first from the moors above Buxton, the second from near Dove Holes Station.
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Peak Forest map co-ordinates
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Peak Forest map co-ordinates
Parking
There are a few spaces to park round and about the location.
Public transport
For those flying in to the location, there is a regular hourly bus service from Manchester Airport direct to Peak Dale. Trent service 199 operates every 30 minutes (though only one of those journeys divert via Peak Dale) between Manchester Airport, Stockport, Chapel-en-le-Frith and Buxton.
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Amenities
There are no amenities in the area.
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Peak Forest
Streetmap links
Peak Forest general view map
Peak Forest close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Peak Forest
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Peak Forest
Googly map
Peak Forest general view map
Peak Forest close up map
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Photographic notes
The light is best here for trains heading from the main line at Chinley towards Peak Forest, Tunstead, Buxton and Dowlow. Trains terminating at Peak Forest either use the sidings to the south of the bridge or for RMC traffic in the terminal to the north. The line is mechanically signalled.
Links to photographs at this location
UK Railpics - Peak Forest
General views - All photographs © Mark Bearton unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
Fig 2 - Looking south
Fig 3 - Looking south
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
