Walking Holidays in the Peak District
Find your ideal trail amongst our walking holidays in the Peak District. Explore gritstone moors, famous riverside paths and fabulous manor houses.
Walking Holidays in the Peak District
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Explore England’s oldest National Park with a self-guided walking holiday in the Peak District. There’s a wide range of trails to choose from, visiting country houses, gritstone edges, wide open moors and wooded ravines, with some real treats for walkers like stepping stones, caves, and very good cake.
Find Your Holiday:
Across the White Peak • Around the White Peak • Ramble Through History • Passing Through the Peaks
Cross the limestone plateau of the White Peak on a point-to-point trail between famous friendly villages.
The Limestone Way crosses the White Peak from south to north, taking in green fields and dells, limestone cliffs and old stone walls. On this self-guided walk, you'll visit several fascinating villages, pass close by the Contours Holidays office, and crown your hike with a wander through Cave Dale and past Peveril Castle.
Explore the White Peak portion of the Peak District on a circular self-guided walking holiday and get a more complete view of this historic, dramatic landscape.
The White Peak Way bridges the craggy landscapes and ornate architecture of the Peaks. Between gritstone edges, limestone cliff faces and rivers crossed by hewn stone steps, the walk takes you to the Georgian spa town of Buxton, the manicured gardens at Chatsworth, and Bakewell with its famous tarts.
Delve into the rich history of the Peaks, including the well-preserved mills of the industrial revolution, spa towns that grew up for Victorian tourism, and rural villages beset by the Black Death.
From Ladybower Reservoir, follow the River Derwent south through the stunning landscapes of the Peak District and out into Derbyshire to visit the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site, with stately homes, a steam railway and a wealth of museums to visit along the way.
This low-level walk follows the River Dove through limestone dales, woodland and green fields between the churches of the Peak District, with an optional ascent on the final day up to dramatic gritstone edges. It concludes in Eyam, sometimes referred to as the Plague Village: a settlement in the Peak District hills that chose, once infected with the plague, to isolate themselves and prevent it from spreading.
The epic scale of these long-distance trails takes them further than through the Peak District alone, providing contrast to their stunning routes through the park.
The Pennine Way scrawls south to north from the Peak District all the way up and over the Scottish border. Starting at Eyam, the trail clambers through the Dark Peak, visiting famous sites like Jacob's Ladder, Kinder Low and Black Hill, with reservoir and moorland views.
