River Sett
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The River Sett is a river that flows through the High Peak borough of Derbyshire, in north western England. It rises near Edale Cross on Kinder Scout and flows through the villages of Hayfield and Bir
The Sett passes under the A624 Hayfield "bypass". The tower of St. Matthew's church can be seen through the trees in the background, and in the foreground are the scanty remains of Walk Mill.
Source of the River Sett
Hayfield branch
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The Hayfield Branch was a 2+1⁄2-mile single-track branch line that ran along the Sett Valley from the Hope Valley Line near New Mills Central to Hayfield, via one intermediate stop, Birch Vale. It pas
River Sett
…Kinder is a right tributary of the Sett, joining the river at Bowden Bridge above Hayfield. The 2.5-mile Sett Valley Trail follows the trackbed of the former railway line along the valley between Hayfield and New Mills. The river's Environment Agency pollution classification changed from good to moderate in 2014…
Summer 1961 timetable – the 8.00am train was steam worked until 1964. Its truncated modern diesel equivalent from New Mills is slower.
Hayfield station in September 1966
The former Birch Vale railway station in 1965
Torr Side, New Mills, where the railway crossed the River Sett