Wednesday 19 September 2012

To the oldest surviving railway workshops in the world !

After bringing in the New Year ... 2011 started with an easy walk along the Cromford Canal from Cromford Wharf to High Peak Junction and back.

It was still damp underfoot   

Cromford Wharf to High Peak Junction and back

It was also fairly quiet ...


Cromford Wharf to High Peak Junction and back

Perhaps everybody was keeping their heads down ...

Cromford Wharf to High Peak Junction and back

The buildings shown below are at High Peak Junction where Cromford Canal meets [or should I say met] the Cromford & High Peak Railway.

An interesting fact is that these outbuildings are "the oldest surviving railway workshops in the world" ~ that's what it says on the County Council information panel nearby.

Cromford Wharf to High Peak Junction and back  

Walking back the way we had come it was so dull I had to use flash to get a reasonable image.

Cromford Wharf to High Peak Junction and back

The short walk featured above was followed on the 1st January 2011

Length of walk ~ 2.2 miles *

Total mileage walked so far in 2011 ~ 2.2 miles

Total mileage between the 1st September 2009 and the 1st January 2011 ~ 531.25 miles

1 of 2011


* distance calculated on Ordnance Survey's Getamap


6 comments:

  1. I always like your canal walks, Charlie. Does the information panel state just how old those workshops are?

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    1. The information panel didn't say but having done a little bit of research it seems that the Cromford & High Peak Railway opened in 1831 so it seems likely that the workshops date back to that time.

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  2. Good to see they are looking after the buildings,it looks as if it has been added on to.Ann

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    1. It would be interesting to have a look round sometime. I think parts of it are open but I've never been in except the shop there.

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  3. I love the shot of the swans bums up. At least I hope they were swans. You are making me wish I had started to record my wanderings over the years. I measure in time outside while moving, not miles.

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    1. Yes, they are swans Karyn. It's never to late to start recording ...

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