However, it is well worth the effort and will reward you with some of the most dramatic views around! After you have enjoyed the views the walk continues on the Mam Tor Circular Walk down the great ridge to Hollins Cross with views all the way, before returning back to the car park on the old Castleton Road. This is the shortest of our three circular walks to Mam Tor, and whilst short it does involve a couple of climbs.

What's left of the road is still there, however impassible by cars, blocked by a wooden gate.This iconic walk starts at the National Trust Mam Nick Car Park and takes you to Mam Tor, one of the best known hills in Derbyshire. The strip of tarmac that once weaved its way through the valley and up the mountain is now just a buckled ribbon of broken tarmac. and was bypassed by the Winnats Pass new road. It was 3.21km (2.0 miles) long, with steep parts, hitting a 10% of maximum gradient through some of the ramps. The road, locally known as Broken Road or The Shattered Road, was totally paved.

The costs of repair eventually led to the road being abandoned in 1979 and permanently closed to traffic. In 1977, the road was restricted to single-lane traffic. Because of numerous landslides, the road saw constant repairs and reconstruction the following 160 years. Due to the local geology the road began to subside almost as soon as it was built. The former road crossed the main body of the landslide twice. Located near Castleton, at the western end of the Hope Valley, the frequent landslips gave Mam Tor its name of Shivering Mountain. Built in 1819, using spoil from the nearby Odin mine, was set at an easier gradient than the earlier Winnats Pass route and crossed the Mam Tor landslide.

The first road through Mam Tor -the Shivering Mountain-, was called A625 ('The New Road') and was running from Manchester to Sheffield. What's left of the road is still there, however impassible by cars. Located in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England, old Mam Tor is the name of an abandoned road in 1979, after years of landslips.

Mam tor 1709