The
Pride of the Peak Walk was developed to commemorate the 40th
anniversary of the Peak National Park . It is a delightful circular
walk that takes in some of the finest scenery of the Peak District
- gentle green hills, drystone walls, crystal-clear streams,
wooded dales, attractive stone-built villages and gritstone edges
bordering heather-covered grouse moors.
Highlights of the trail include the glorious
views from Longstone Moor, Monsal Head, Froggatt Edge and Curbar
Edge; the wildflowers in Tansley Dale, Tideswell Dale and Water-cum-Jolly
Dale; the charming little market town of Bakewell, with its
ancient five-arched bridge, wonderful church, welcoming inns
and fragrant pudding shops; Chatsworth, the 'noblest house
in England', and its magnificent gardens; the isolated and
ghostly remains of the Magpie Mine, the finest reminder of
the once great lead industry of the Peak; the huge church of
St John the Baptist, the 'Cathedral of the
Peak'; and the villages of Hassop, Wardlow, Calver, Froggatt,
Baslow, Litton and Edensor, a pretty village built to house the
inhabitants of the villages of Chatsworth and Langley, whose
homes were demolished to improve the views from the 'grand house'.
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Longshaw Estate © Britain on View |

Monsal Dale © Britain on View |