The road from the eastern entrance intersects from the east. It then winds up by interconnected paths to cliff-edge viewpoints. The route to the summit of the Tor from the lane to Starkholmes passes behind the Heights of Abraham cable-car station (1984), built on a former tennis court, and below the derelict quoit ground. The suspension bridge has been demolished only the bridge piers survive in the wall beside the A6 road near the former High Tor Hotel. The entrance from the west is no longer in use. The southern approach links with a footpath running south to Matlock Bath railway station. The pedestrian entrance from the south is close to the Heights of Abraham cable-car station and leads to a winding path through steep woodland to the top of the Tor. A gated vehicular entrance from Starkholmes on the east side of the site leads to a metalled road running west to the summit.
A viewpoint, Little Switzerland, c 400m up the slope, offers the first dramatic glimpse of the scenery over the gorge to the west.
On the north side of the site there is a C19 gateway with stone gate piers at the west end of Pic Tor Lane which leads to a track called the Grand Walk leading to the summit. The grassy summit of the c 9ha site slopes back away from the cliff edge to a largely C19 fenced boundary with agricultural land on the east side, dips to the north to a boundary with Pic Tor Lane and falls away more steeply to the south through woodland to a walled boundary with the lane from Matlock Bath to Starkholmes. The western boundary of the site is the foot of the line of limestone cliffs which tower above the east bank of the River Derwent. LOCATION, AREA, BOUNDARIES, LANDFORM, SETTING The site has group value with the Heights of Abraham, Derwent Gardens, Lovers' Walk, and Willersley Castle, a group of parks and pleasure grounds with common origins in the exploitation of the dramatic scenic qualities of the gorge of the River Derwent. Nineteenth century pleasure ground which exploited the dramatic qualities of the Derwent valley. For the most up-to-date Register entry, please visit the The National Heritage List for England (NHLE): Cliff and gorge The following is from the Register of Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest.
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