A visit to the Peak District

Accommodation, activities and attractions of the Peak District of the UK

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The Peak District contains a wealth of towns and villages, each with their own unique character. In the past, lead mining and agriculture were the principal sources of income, tourism has perhaps taken over from the mining but agriculture still supports many local inhabitants.

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How to get here - Transpennine Express, Virgin and Midland Mainline trains, National Express coaches.

External sites ...

For images of past times in Derbyshire and the rest of the North East Midlands, visit the Picture the Past project.

Tansley - A fabulous site about this interesting village near Matlock. History, photographs, old newspaper articles and much more.

Ashbourne, Ashbourne Shrovetide Football Match

Birchover

Bollington - Bollingtoncam. Digital images from a dramatic landscape. Top quality photographs updated daily.

Buxton

Cromford - a comprehensive and well put together web site about this important Derbyshire Village.

Eyam - information about the ‘plague village’, how about purchasing the Eyam Map, produced by the villagers.

Great and Little Longstone - news and information about the Longstones area.

Hartshorne

Hassop

Leek - Just about everything you need to know about this historic Market Town.

Monyash village web site

New Mills - NewMillsweb is a comprehensive site set up for the community of New Mills with information about shops, industrial history, services, travel and much more.

Old Glossop - Ivan Bell’s brilliant web site about Old Glossop.

Pentrich - ’A Village full of history’. This site is a well researched and comprehensive historical resource. Lying slightly outside of the Peak District but worth a visit to follow the revolution trail.

Warslow

Wensley - when visiting the Peak District, why not take a walk round the area of Wensley and Wensleydale. Visit the Wensley site to whet your appetite.

Whaley Bridge - is an attractive small town in the High Peak. We call ourselves the Gateway to the Goyt Valley, the area of outstanding natural beauty which is a magnet for walkers, tourists and those seeking adventure.

Click here to find out how you can see these towns from the air in a Hot Air Balloon.

Pages on this web site ...

Well Dressings - when and where to see this Derbyshire custom.

Places to eat - restaurants and pubs offereing food in and around the Peak District.

Pubs in and around the Peak District.

Estate agents in and around the Peak District.

Alport - peaceful and clean village with a toxic history.

Ashford-in-the-Water - a village that was well known in the past for its decorative marble.

Bakewell - a fine market town with Saxon carvings at the church, the Bakewell Pudding and ducks galore to feed.

Bamford - situated on the side of moorland with extensive views of the hills surrounding the Hope and Edale valleys.

Baslow - occupied since the Bronze Age and convenient for Chatsworth House.

Belper - information about one of the key locations of the Derwent Valley World Heritage site. Not actually in the Peak District but is not far away!

Beeley - close to Chatsworth Park with a history that goes back to the Bronze Age.

Birchover - continuous occupation of the village site since Saxon times, nearby stone circles, a great eating pub and plenty of walks makes Birchover well worth a visit.

Buxton - an elegant Georgian & Victorian spa town high in the Derbyshire hills.

Castleton - big holes in the ground, a 12th century castle and a shivering mountain (Mam Tor).

Dovedale - a popular destination with tourists since Victorian times. Spectacular limestone cliffs and a crystal clear river teeming with trout.

Edale - a group of five hamlets and the start of the Pennine Way.

Eyam - a grisly history with 350 deaths in 2 years plus a fascinating church with a Saxon cross.

Glossop - Old and new.

Hartington - home of Stilton Cheese and fine ales from a Derbyshire microbrewery.

Hope - centre of the 13th century ‘Royal Forest of the Peak’

Hope Valley - wide, fertile and with a high concentration of caves at its head.

Ilam - Peak District ‘model’ village

Lathkill Dale - mining, fishing, walking and rare flowers.

Longnor - quiet former market town.

Monyash - quiet village at the head of Lathkill Dale.

Tissington - Saxon village associated with well dressings.

Winster - mining, murder, suicides and Morris Men but no soap opera (yet)!

Wirksworth - 2000 years of continuous occupation, lead mining and a brilliant heritage centre to show it all off.

Youlgrave - market town with a mining history and ‘The Fountain’

More pages to be added over the coming months. If you wish to contribute either text, photos or both, please contact us.