Whaley Bridge

Whaley Bridge is a small town in Derbyshire, surrounded by the Peak District National Park, at the head of the Peak Forest Canal.

Understand

It is a popular place to start walking along the Goyt Valley.

Get in

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Map of Whaley Bridge

By rail on the line between Buxton and Manchester (timetable)
By bus including the 199 Skyline bus running from Manchester Airport to Buxton see (High Peak Buses)
Car parking at Tom Brad's Croft near the Canal Basin.

Get around

See

53.366-2.0541 Peak Forest Canal.
Goyt Valley.
53.326029-1.992222 Toddbrook Reservoir. Site of Special Scientific Interest
53.325196-1.9874783 Whaley Bridge Memorial Park. Recreational park
53.324994-1.9781734 Roosdyche. A complex of banks and ditches, probably formed through glacial melt but may also have some early human usage and modification.

Do

Buy

Eat

Cafés and restaurants include:

53.325992-1.9847121 Cock Inn, 22 Buxton Road, ☏ +44 1663 733384. Beer from Robinsons.
53.327842-1.9838282 Memories of India, 37 Buxton Road. Indian restaurant
53.32955-1.9838483 The Village Kitchen, 30 Market Street, ☏ +44 1663 719122.
53.329616-1.9841434 Mediterranean Steak wine, 29 Market Street, ☏ +44 1663 732218. A steakhouse restaurant in town centre. (updated Jun 2023)

Drink

53.330298-1.9834081 The Goyt, 8 Bridge Street, SK23 7LR, ☏ +44 1663 732840. Popular back-street local on Bridge Street with beers from the Punch Taverns range.
53.329747-1.9841732 The Railway, 33-35 Market Street, SK23 7AA, ☏ +44 1663 732245. Beer from Robinsons. Function room. Live music & film showings.
53.328954-1.9833393 ^{[dead link]} The White Hart, Market Street, SK23 7HN.
53.327938-1.9829964 The Shepherd's Arms, SK23 7HR, 7 Old Road, ☏ +44 1663 732384. Very popular small traditional pub. Extensive range of beers from Marstons. Beer garden.
53.3228-1.9855 The White Horse, 141 Buxton Road, SK23 7HX, ☏ +44 1663 732617. At the south end of the town at the junction of the A5004 and B5470
53.307647-1.9770926 The Shady Oak, Fernilee, ☏ +44 1663 733658. A Marston's country pub about 2 miles south of the town centre on the A5004 at Fernilee in the Goyt Valley. Food. Rooms. The start and end point of many good walks in the Goyt Valley.

Sleep

53.32212-1.9971551 ^{[formerly dead link]} Kinrara Bed and Breakfast, Macclesfield Road, ☏ +44 1663 734587. With views over Toddbrook reservoir and the High Peak.
53.329515-1.9852162 Springbank, 3 Reservoir Road, ☏ +44 1663 732819.

Connect

As of March 2024, Whaley Bridge and its approach roads have 4G from all UK carriers. 5G has not reached this area.

Go next

Routes through Whaley Bridge

Manchester ← New Mills ←

NW

SE

→ Buxton → Bakewell

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