After a long delay sorting out issues of crossing the Peak Rail railway line, the route from Matlock to Rowsley is now officially open. This is part of the White Peak Loop and will form part of the Matlock to Baslow Derwent Valley Cycleway.
Great bit of route well built by Derbyshire County Council.
Planning permission for the Belper West Bank section of the Derwent Valley Cycleway was granted subject to 17 conditions. Work now turns to resolving those conditions, fundraising and assembling the people and skills needed to deliver the route.
Back to news and articles ← Toyota Manufacturing UK Charitable Trust, TMUK Charitable Trust have generously awarded £2,000 to the Derwent Valley Trust’s Wyver Lane project, boosting funding received from their ‘Fiver for Wyver’ Campaign.Benefiting both Belper, and the overall Derwent Valley Cycleway, the money helps toward the goal of raising £26,400 for completing the…
Back to news and articles ← The Derby Cycling Group (a supporter of the Derwent Valley Cycleway) have published a “tube” map showing the quality of existing cycle routes in the Derby area. The latest version of the map can be found here Of particular interest to the Derwent Valley Cycleway is the obvious lack…
Back to news and articles ← The Derwent Valley Trust is very pleased that the Highways England project to build a traffic light controlled (toucan) crossing for pedestrians and cyclists across the A61 near Breadsall is now complete (subject to a test period of correct operation). This crossing addresses a long term concern of Breadsall…
Back to news and articles ← A Strengthened Working Group, joined by two Interns! We are very pleased to report a strengthened structure for the cycleway working group, with dedicated roles for chair (Tanya Spilsbury), fund-raising (Clive Pegg), marketing (Dawn Spendlove), project lead (Tim Wilmshurst), and secretary (Ian Scott). All of this is under the…
Back to news and articles ← Over the past month, Love to Ride Derby in a collaboration with local filmmaker Hardy D. Saleh have produced this brilliant short video, that brings together your stories of cycling in Derby at this extraordinary time. From fewer cars to freedom, you told us what cycling during lockdown has…