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Peak District

The Peak District's ready accessibility from the major population centres of the north and west midlands make it England's most visited National Park.

In the centre is the White Peak, with deep dales and undulating fields characteristic of limestone country. Around the north, east and west is the Dark Peak, a more sombre area of peat moorland, with edges of precipitous millstone grit, where heather and bracken predominate.
 
The market town of Bakewell is the Park's largest settlement, with a fine church and bridge. Castleton has show caves and Longnor is an old market town with craft shops. Memories of the plague are preserved at Eyam, while at Tissington and other limestone villages "well dressing" takes place each year.
 
Great houses, such as Chatsworth and Haddon Hall, are among the Park's notable attractions, and Magpie Mine near Sheldon is evidence of former lead working. More ancient are the Iron Age hillfort at Mam Tor and Arbor Low stone circle near Monyvash.
 
Access agreements cover more than 207 sq km of the northern and eastern moors. Along the crags of the Eastern Edges, and in the limestone dales, rock climbing is popular. Four old railway lines have been converted into attractive paths. The Park runs a residential study centre at Losehill Hall near Castleton.