Cycling the most Southerly loop of the Trans Pennine Trail

Cycling the Trans Pennine Trail – Most Southerly Loop from Chesterfield

Join Lisa as I as we explore the hidden gems of the Trans Pennine Trail – the most southerly loop starting and finishing in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. This scenic ride combines off-road tracks, canal paths, old railway lines, and quiet country lanes, offering a perfect mix of nature, history, and adventure.

Along the way, we pass through charming villages, ride beside the Chesterfield Canal, and enjoy panoramic views of the Derbyshire countryside. Whether you’re planning your own TPT ride or just love watching UK cycle touring content, this video gives you a real taste of the trail’s southern stretch.

🗺️ Route highlights:

Chesterfield Canal towpath

Old railway trails & gentle climbs

Return loop through peaceful farmland

📌 Distance: 10.8 miles (depending on route taken)
⏱️ Duration: a few hours
💡 Tips on terrain, route conditions & navigation included!

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route:
https://www.komoot.com/tour/2385157176?share_token=afQQWU2NhtlNLRmRmt62s1Tlv04Lc2U60OTouk27XFY4pwbsXl&ref=wtd

Strava:
https://www.strava.com/routes/3377342253686474352

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Morning. Welcome back to another bike ventures. We’re in Chesterfield again today. Just doing a very short loop. Chestfield Canal behind me. Look, this is Tapton Lock Visitor Center. Not open today. It is a Monday, so that’s perhaps why. And we’re going to do a slightly different loop. We’re going to go up the Chestfield Canal towards Polls Brook Country Park. And then we’re going to head down what was the old GCR towards uh Arkrite Town. And then the Transpanine Trail is a tiny little loop as part of the Transpanine Trail. It’s about 11 miles from here or anywhere on the loop to be fair. So we’re going to do that quick 11 miles route today and I’ll show you that. Uh 90% off road. There’s a couple little quiet roads to estates, but I just thought I’d show you that. We had a big ride planned today and we just didn’t feel like it. So, just got on the bike, said, “Come on, let’s just go and do a quick ride.” So, hope we enjoy it and see you on the toe path and trails. [Music] [Music] Heat. Heat. [Music] [Laughter] [Music] Heat. Heat. N. [Music] Look [Applause] [Music] at this. Canal looking absolutely beautiful today. Love it. Oh, look at this. Of course, it’s just awesome. Look [Music] just come past. Kate’s cafe at Katie’s Cafe at Hollywood Pubed into one of my channel subscribers who I have known for a while. But hello Dar. Nice to see you. [Music] [Applause] [Music] Well, there’s the new building. Look at Staveley Basin. Finally completed cracking. It’s awesome. Now, there is supposed to be a cafe at some point coming in here, but I don’t know when that’ll be. There you are. Looks better than that, doesn’t it? Yeah. Yeah, we’re just going to sit and have a bite to eat on these new benches and then we’ll crack on and head in that direction to Poolsbrook and further on down the Transpanine Trail. See you in a bit. Right. So, we’re heading towards Pools Rock Country Park now. One mile, which I think is a little bit more than that, you know, but we’re not going there today. So, We’ve done nine miles dead. So when we get to the Pools Brook Country Park turning, which is another.3 of a mile from the turning, let’s see how far we’ve gone. [Music] We just come over that lovely new bridge that’s been put in. Having sat and had a bite at Staveley Basin which is another part of the Chestfield Canal restoration. Next phase is the puddle banks. Next phase is the puddle banks which is just the other side of that bridge. are on our left as we went over is where the canal originally went before it joined up near Renie Shore and followed the path of the old great central railway which is the bit I’ve shown you in a lot of videos. It’s my favorite bit. Old canal and old railway side by side. [Music] Alex, [Music] hey. All [Music] right. So, if you uh you keep going along the trail there, probably only two miles, it it finishes Arkrite Town. Now, if you’ve never heard of Arkrite Town, have a Google. It’s a town that got moved. It’s a whole town. It was built next to an old collery. There was a colony on part of the site of the village and um they found in the ‘9s that there was toxic gas leaking from the old mine um and basically they had to move the entire village. So they demolished the village, moved them all across the road. So there’s still a bit of railway infrastructure on the old site. You can walk around it now, but it’s all been landscaped. But yeah, there’s all new houses on one side. So have a Google and have a look up on that about 2 mile that way. We’re going to go that way, a couple of little quiet roads and brideways and head back towards Chesterfield now. So, this is Remington Common through Incasole Green. Let’s crack on. Right. So, you come up through that housing estate. Keep your eyes peeled. On the left, there is a transpine trail sign. It’s quite well hidden by bushes. Cuz the road bends around to the right after the last house. Sharp left turn where the green is. You’ll see it big open field. This paths alongside it. pretty overgrown [Music] and not a part of the transparent trail I’ve done before. This one nor cut through a bridal way too that way. [Music] That’s where we normally come up. Yeah, I’ll just show you these. Look, these two. No idea what they are. We’ll do a bit of research. Yeah, the cool. We normally go down the trail a bit further and come out from up there and down that way. Uh but you’re only adding a short stretch on and it just takes you down a brideway and brings you back up here. But that section through the the little estate’s all right. Okay. So, this is quite steep downhill. Use your brakes, love. You won’t walk. Come on. Use your brakes. Quite a nice surface this. So, you’re not a very keen descender. It’s fine. You just got to control your speed. You’ve got your brakes, remember. Just make sure you slow down enough of this little kink at the bottom here. Look. Oh, look how dry that little stream is. Hardly anything in it. And make sure you got a nice easy gear. This little uphill afterwards. And the last time I came up here, which I think was Oh, I want to say springtime, early spring, the uh this wood is absolutely carpeted in blue bells. It was stunning. Oh. Tell you what, you can feel the difference on climbs when you’re not loaded. Oh, Lisa’s right behind me, so she obviously did just ride it all. Good job. But where we just turned off little railway line at Inksil Green to Brimmington Common there where I stopped and uh showed you the old GCR line that went down to Argrite. That is the most southerntherly point of the Transpenine Trail. And obviously that bit of trail did carry on but it’s not the transpine trail there. We’re still on the transpine trail. [Music] [Music] I nearly missed it again. Yeah, but there’s a sign. Look, it just appears. Don’t want to be going that way. Not sure where that goes. It does continue. And it looks like it continues down to a road, but you want to take that down there. Looks worse than it is. It’s not too I’ll leave the camera on. [Music] [Music] [Music] Watch out for these little have them little bumps. Guess it was designed to slow you down. Tarmac wants to have been So, the trick with anything like this, if you’re not super confident, level pedals, both things come your brakes, push your weight to the rear of the bike, keep the weight on the back wheel, improve traction. There you go. Very short. A little fishing leg just down here. [Music] Let’s see how Lisa comes down it, shall we? There she is. Look, Lisa is not the most confident descender, but she’s managed that lovely look. All right. You did. I was just saying. You’re riding down it. So, you’re doing well. Woo! Cold air pads. Yeah. So, there’s that little fishing pond. There’s a transparent trail sign. Make sure you got your gears. It’s not steep, but you do feel it. And then look at that little view. Awesome. Now that’s the canal and rivers trail. Is that one of the other ones that they use for Yeah. All right. There we go. Back at Tapton 11 miles. Nice little route that love it. Yeah. So, there you go. If you’re in the area, you’ve got hour to spare to ride or a couple hours with a calf. Perfect little route for you there. So, thanks for watching. I’m Rob. That’s Lisa. Next video you might see after this one is possibly L jog. Not sure if we got time to get out and do another one between now and then, but we’ll see. But thank you for watching. Thanks for subscribing. 172 subscribers now. Mega, thank you very much. And yeah, keep liking, commenting, and we’ll keep doing the videos. See you on the next one. Thank you very much.