Five Pits Trail

Image: © Alan Walker Taken: 29 Nov 2007

This southerly facing photograph¹ is of the Pilsley-Tibshelf section of the Five Pits Trail as it approaches Tibshelf. In the foreground the trail is levelling off after a short but steep climb from Westwood Beck (behind the viewpoint). At the metal barrier ahead the trail is met from the left (easterly) by a Image The track leads to an area of allotments but the footpath goes on to connect with a point close to Image Some 50metres beyond the barrier the trail meets Church Lane where it crosses Image (the grassy area ahead) but which was once a cutting carrying the Great Central Railway. The church tower on the left belongs to St John the Baptist Church² and the adjacent houses are on High Street, Tibshelf (B6014). To see another photograph of the trail taken from the same viewpoint but facing in the opposite (south south-easterly) direction, click here Image To see a more southerly (ahead) photograph of the trail, click here Image To see a more north north-westerly (behind the viewpoint) photograph of the trail, click here Image ¹ A focal length of some 70- to 80mm was used to compress the foreground and background. In reality, therefore, the church and houses are not quite as close as they appear in the image. ² St John the Baptist Church http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Tibshelf/DARGNotes.html is in the Alfreton deanery of the Church of England.

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