If safe = few cars then It'll be interesting to see if anybody comes up with something better than this:
https://cycle.travel/map/journey/109849
If safe = few cars then It'll be interesting to see if anybody comes up with something better than this:
If you don't fancy rough stuff, you can click paved / unpaved at the top left,
That looks like a good route. If you want a bit of variation any of the minor roads to the West of the A6 are relatively quiet. However, that would involve some decent climbs.
If you're going to Rowsley then you must visit the water mill there as it has an ace cafe. For added workout before going up Rowsley bank, buy a couple of kilos of flour from the mill!
Any of the minor roads in that area are fab, and it's great to cycle through Chatsworth House grounds as well.
You can cycle through Chatsworth grounds, there's an entry/ exit off the B6012 at Edensor. The road through the grounds is fully tarmacced.I'll have nowhere to carry the flour, but don't worry, I have my own built in ballast to slow meThanks for the heads up on the water mill cafe
My planned route does take me near Chatsworth House, but couldn't see a through road so was thinking of cycling on the B6912 from Pilsley through to Beeley
I'm picking off climbs that are listed on the regional version of 100 greatest climbs, can do 6 in a 30 mile ride round thereIf you like climbing around that way, Bent Lane from Darley Dale up to Chesterfield Road is beautiful (although the views will be to your back), then down the hill into Rowsley and up Peaktor Lane. Not the most direct route granted, but the journey rather than the destination is always the adventure.
Link works.I'm picking off climbs that are listed on the regional version of 100 greatest climbs, can do 6 in a 30 mile ride round thereLink to list of climbs on veloviewer (if it works) https://veloviewer.com/100Climbs/Midlands/Derbyshire
The maps* at work show that the cycle track that parallels the narrow gauge railway between the edge of Matlock and Rowsley is now all a good crushed limestone Sustrans surface. The track over the hill between Rowsley and Bakewell looks good too (seems farm track rather than Sustrans, and hence may be a bit less smooth).If safe = few cars then It'll be interesting to see if anybody comes up with something better than this:
https://cycle.travel/map/journey/109849
I'm picking off climbs that are listed on the regional version of 100 greatest climbs, can do 6 in a 30 mile ride round thereLink to list of climbs on veloviewer (if it works) https://veloviewer.com/100Climbs/Midlands/Derbyshire
Good selection of climbs there although I've never done the ones near Matlock.
I did the one out of Low Bradfield you did. Forgotten how tough that really is