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Peak District Attractions and Places to Visit

The Peak District is a treasure trove of different sights and places to visit. There are numerous historic houses, old churches, dams and reservoirs, museums, theme parks and even castles. Natural wonders include caverns, rocky gorges, gritstone edges and fine rivers.

Black Rocks Country park, Cromford, Derbyshire, EnglandBlack Rocks Country Park

Black Rocks Country Park, Cromford, Derbyshire, is an outcrop of sculpted gritstone rock which offers a spectacular situation above the Derwent Valley at Cromford.

 good for exercise good views
Dovedale, spectacular limestone gorge between Derbyshire and StaffordshireDovedale and Thorpe Cloud

Dovedale is the name given to the section of the Dove valley between Milldale and Thorpe Cloud on the bounday between Derbyshire and Staffordshire. Famous for its scenery and fishing.

 good for children good for exercise good views
Eldon Hole, Peak Forest, Derbyshire, Peak District, England, UKEldon Hole

Eldon Hole is one of the seven wonders of the Peak. It is the deepest local pothole; an alarming, evil-looking chasm in the side of Eldon Hill to the north of the village of Peak Forest, Derbyshire.

 good for exercise good views
Harboro Rocks near BrassingtonHarboro Rocks

Harboro Rocks are an edge of magnesian limestone near Brassington, offering rock climbing and fantastic scenery. Harboro Cave was inhabited from the Ice Age.

historic interest good for exercise good views
High Tor is a lofty limestone crag which towers over Matlock Bath, DerbyshireHigh Tor, Matlock

High Tor is a lofty limestone crag which towers over Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. There is a public park on top.

 good for exercise good views
Lud\'s Church - natural rock cleft near Gradbach, Staffordshire, Peak DistrictLud's Church

Lud's Church is natural rock cleft near Gradbach, Staffordshire. It was once a worshipping place for Lollards and inspired the poem 'Gawain and the Green Knight'

historic interest good for exercise good views
Monsal Head, a famous Derbyshire Peak District beauty spot.Monsal Head

Monsal Head, a famous Derbyshire Peak District beauty spot with a magnificent view down Monsal Dale and up the Wye valley.

 good for exercise good views
Robin Hood\'s Stride, Harthill Moor, Derbyshire Peak DistrictRobin Hood's Stride

Robin Hood's Stride is a spectacular tor of gritstone rocks perched on a ridge between Harthill Moor and the Alport-Winster road in the Derbyshire Peak District.

historic interest good for exercise good views
Stanage Edge, Hathersage, Derbyshire - longest gritstone edge in EnglandStanage Edge

Stanage Edge, Hathersage, Derbyshire. Stanage is the largest and most impressive of the gritstone edges. It is a famous location for rock-climbing and a popular spot for walkers

 good for exercise good views
The Roaches, Hen Cloud and Ramshaw Rocks, staffordshire gritstone cragsThe Roaches

The Roaches, Hen Cloud and Ramshaw Rocks, are Staffordshire gritstone crags not far from the town of Leek.

 good for exercise good views
Thor\'s Cave is the most spectacular sight of the Manifold valleyThor's Cave

Thor's Cave is the most spectacular sight of the Manifold valley, Staffordshire, a large cave with a fine view, which was inhabited in the Stone Age.

historic interest good for exercise good views
Winnats Pass, Castleton, is a collapsed limestone cavernWinnats Pass

Winnats Pass, Castleton, Derbyshire, is a long collapsed limestone cave system which now forms a steep sided and craggy valley.

 good for exercise good views
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