Middleton Top Countryside Centre
The Middleton Top Countryside Centre is situated on the High Peak Trail, Middleton by Wirksworth.
Middleton Top, as you might expect, is at the top of a hill and offers delightful views of the surrounding countryside.
This site has a visitor centre, gift shop and cycle hire centre, car park, toliets and picnic area. Whether on foot, horse or bike it is an ideal place to start your visit along the beautiful High Peak Trail.
It houses the restored steam engine house built in 1829 by the Butterley Company to haul wagons up the Middleton incline.
The Middleton Top Engine House is open to the public on certain afternoons. Check the links for full details of opening times and operating days, along with details of the magnificent Leawood Pumphouse on Cromford Canal.
The countryside centre sells a range of books, maps, leaflets and gifts, along with hot and cold drinks, ice creams and snacks. There are plenty of places nearby to enjoy a scenic picnic including Redhill Quarry Nature Reserve located behind Middleton Top. Here you will find wild flowers growing in abundance in the summer, including several species of orchid.
Middleton Top Countryside Centre
Middleton by Wirksworth
Derbyshire
DE4 4LS
Tel: 01629 823204
Facilities available
- Footpath
- Bridleway/Horseriding trail
- Picnic area
- Woodland with public access
- Wildlife area
- Museum
- Light refreshments
- Parking
- Toilets
- Easy access for all
- On-site information
- Camping/Caravan site
- Children's play area
- Gardens
- Nature trail
- Events area
- Cycle path
Contact details
- Address
- Unknown
- Telephone
- Call Derbyshire 08 456 058 058
- countrysideservice@derbyshire.gov.uk
Related documents
The following documents are in Portable Document Format (PDF). You can download the PDF software for free from the Adobe website (opens in a new window)
- Middleton Top opening hours (700KB)
- Leawood Pumphouse and Middleton Top Engine House - 2011 opening times (623KB)