Whaley Bridge - town and civil parish in Derbyshire, England

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

• By rail on the line between Buxton and Manchester (timetable)
• By bus including the 199 Skyline bus running from Manchester Airport to Buxton (timetable (dead link: January 2023))
• Car parking at Tom Brad's Croft near the Canal Basin.

Get around

See

• Peak Forest Canal.
• Goyt Valley.
• Toddbrook Reservoir, 53.326029°, -1.99222°. Site of Special Scientific Interest
• Whaley Bridge Memorial Park, 53.325196°, -1.987478°. Recreational park
• Roosdyche, 53.324994°, -1.978173°. 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:

• Cock Inn, 22 Buxton Road, 53.325992°, -1.984712°, +44 1663 733384. Beer from Robinsons.
• Memories of India, 37 Buxton Road, 53.327842°, -1.983828°. Indian restaurant
• The Village Kitchen, 30 Market Street, 53.32955°, -1.983848°, +44 1663 719122.
• Zayka, 29 Market Street, 53.329616°, -1.984143°, +44 1663 719555. An Indian restaurant in town centre

Drink

• The Goyt, 8 Bridge Street, SK23 7LR, 53.330298°, -1.983408°, +44 1663 732840. Popular back-street local on Bridge Street with beers from the Punch Taverns range.
• The Railway, 33-35 Market Street, SK23 7AA, 53.329747°, -1.984173°, +44 1663 732245. Beer from Robinsons. Function room. Live music & film showings.
• The White Hart, Market Street, SK23 7HN, 53.328954°, -1.983339°.
• The Shepherd's Arms, SK23 7HR, 7 Old Road, 53.327938°, -1.982996°, +44 1663 732384. Very popular small traditional pub. Extensive range of beers from Marstons. Beer garden.
• The White Horse, 141 Buxton Road, SK23 7HX, 53.3228°, -1.9850°, +44 1663 732617. At the south end of the town at the junction of the A5004 and B5470
• The Shady Oak, Fernilee, 53.307647°, -1.977092°, +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

• Kinrara Bed and Breakfast, Macclesfield Road, 53.32212°, -1.997155°, +44 1663 734587. With views over Toddbrook reservoir and the High Peak.
• Springbank, 3 Reservoir Road, 53.329515°, -1.985216°, +44 1663 732819.

Go next

• New Mills
• Chapel-en-le-Frith
• Buxton