Cable car · Matlock, United Kingdom
Heights of Abraham Cable Car
Heights of Abraham Cable Car is a cable car near Matlock, United Kingdom. It climbs 131 m over 504 m, from 107 m to 238 m above sea level. Between its 4 pylons, the cable runs up to about 67 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
60/100 · Moderate
By the numbers, Heights of Abraham Cable Car is scarier than 60% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 1 of 6 in the United Kingdom.
- Highest above the ground: about 67 m, as high as a 22-storey building, 132 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 252 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 22°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 119 m of the 504 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Heights of Abraham Cable Car is near Matlock, United Kingdom, at 107 m above sea level (53.12434° N, 1.55670° W). From there it runs 504 m up to the top station at 238 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
- Per cabin
- 6 people
- Ride time
- about 10 min
Nearby lines
- Skyride, Uttoxeter, 185–185 m gondola · 26.6 km away · rises 0 m
- Skyride, Uttoxeter, 185–188 m gondola · 26.9 km away · rises 4 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.