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  Walking the Five Pits Trail loop around Holmewood and Williamthorpe Image : Previous – (6 of 21) - Next : Image This northerly facing photograph of the trail was taken on the approach to Williamthorpe Nature Reserve from Devonshire Terrace (behind the viewpoint). An OS map surveyed in 1914 and published in 1921 shows that the trail at this point is following the trackbed of the Great Central Railway's route from the south, via Tibshelf, that continued on toward Staveley with a branch via Chesterfield. Beyond the trees on the right of the viewpoint is a small recreation area accessed from Bracken Avenue in Heath.

This row of eight railway cottages was adjacent to Heath railway station (closed 1963).

On the A6175, on the way to Heath and the M1 motorway.

  Walking the Five Pits Trail loop around Holmewood and Williamthorpe Image : Previous – (5 of 21) - Next : Image This north-westerly facing photograph was taken from the Devonshire Terrace bridge as it crosses Park Road. Ahead are some of the buildings of the Holmewood Industrial Park, which is built on the site of Williamthorpe Hall and Wood and the subsequent Williamthorpe Colliery. A few metres to the right an access ramp takes the Five Pits Trail back onto the former trackbed of the Great Central Railway to continue toward the ponds and nature reserve at Williamthorpe. See also this photograph by Roger Temple:- Image - - - An OS map surveyed in 1914 and published in 1921 shows that what is now Devonshire Terrace was the original route for Heath Road. At this point a bridge (now replaced by this newer version) carried the road over the tracks of the Great Central Railway. These tracks, part of the railway's Derbyshire Lines, were part of a route from the south, via Tibshelf that continued on toward Staveley with a branch via Chesterfield.

This bridge used to carry the main road (now the A6175) over a railway line which has now closed. The line has been replaced by the road in the picture.

The bridge used to carry the main road (now the A6175) over the (now dismantled) railway and is part of the 5 pits trail. The road has since been straightened.

  Walking the Five Pits Trail loop around Holmewood and Williamthorpe Image : Previous – (4 of 21) - Next : Image This northerly facing photograph of the trail was taken on the site of the Great Central Railway's Heath Station and shows the Five Pits Trail as it approaches Devonshire Terrace (the original route for Heath Road) in Holmewood. To the right of the viewpoint is Park Road, which provides access to The Holmewood Industrial Park. The Holmewood Industrial Park is built on the site of Williamthorpe Hall and Wood and the subsequent Williamthorpe Colliery. Ahead the trail joins Devonshire Terrace for a short distance to cross Park Road via a road bridge to continue toward the ponds and nature reserve at Williamthorpe. - - - An OS map surveyed in 1914 and published in 1921 shows that the trackbed at this point carried the tracks of the Great Central Railway. These tracks, part of the railway's Derbyshire Lines, were part of a route from the south, via Tibshelf that continued on toward Staveley with a branch via Chesterfield.

  Walking the Five Pits Trail loop around Holmewood and Williamthorpe Image : Previous – (7 of 21) - Next : Image This north-westerly facing photograph of the trail was taken at the point where the trail enters the Williamthorpe Nature Reserve. The trail at this point is following the trackbed of the Great Central Railway. - - - The Great Central Railway's route from the south, via Tibshelf, continued on toward Staveley with a branch, at Heath Junction, onto the Chesterfield Loop line.