Peak District local interests
Things to do and see
Featured below are just a few of the many attractions Derbyshire has to offer. Taken from www.highpeak.co.uk, the following have been selected for proximity to the Old Hall Inn's Peak District accommodation.
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things to do:Chatsworth House
Distance: 20.6 mi (about 45 mins) // show on a map
One of the finest of the great houses of England, standing in a spacious and beautiful park, and filled with treasures of many kinds - paintings, sculptures, tapestries, fine furniture - far too numerous to describe here. The house and gardens are open to visitors and have been since 1840. Since it was built in the 16th century, Chatsworth has been the home of the Cavendish family who were the first Earls and then Dukes of Devonshire.
Derwent
Distance: 11 mi (about 30 mins) // show on a map
Derwent Reservoir was built in 1916, filling the dale for another 1.5 miles. The dam is of huge overflow and when the river is high it comes over the top in a splendid foaming, feathery blanket of white water. A road crosses below the dam which is easily approached. Anglers fish in the troubled race at the foot.
Castleton
Distance: 9 mi (about 25 mins) // show on a map
A centre for Hope Valley, this large village is renowned for its ancient castle and some of Europe's most spectacular caverns which are open to the public.
Peveril Castle, ruined and incomplete though it is, has sufficient of its structure remaining to make the steep walk up to it from Castleton well worth while and it is the largest castle of its period to survive in the county. Besides the shell of the keep, much of the curtain wall survives, and within it the foundations of other buildings can be traced. The site, which belongs to the Duchy of Lancaster, is in the care of English Heritage which repairs and maintains the castle in an exemplary fashion.
Kinder Scout
Distance: 2.2 mi (about 10 mins) // show on a map
Kinder Scout is a magnificent plateau full of strange stones encountered along the path around its edge. This is probably the most beautiful walk in this area with changing countryside newly revealed at every turn. The Kinder plateau is full of groughs and crossing them in a direct line, even with a compass, is a most difficult procedure. A favorite way on to Kinder is taking Jacob's Ladder from the village of Edale.
Edale
Distance: 8.6 mi (about 35 mins) // show on a map
Edale Moor, Kinder Scout and the other high altitudes of the Peak District are best observed and attacked from a base at Edale. The present church is the third built upon the site; the register dates from 1633, when a chapel was built by the people of Edale to avoid the long walk over Mam Tor to the parish church at Castleton.
The Vale of Edale is a charming, unspoiled area with a special appeal to walkers and climbers. Great cloughs cut into the Kinder hills and moors, each with its own stream and varied crags and cliffs. Crowden Head (2,070 feet) is the highest point visible from Edale, and around the Valley are Lose Hill, Win Hill (with its Roman road and Hope Cross - a pillar of stone, dated 1737), Mam Tor, Rushup Edge, Mount Famme, and others.
Stanage Edge
Distance: 20.0 mi (about 50 mins) // show on a map
Overlooking the village of Hathersage lies this stunning gritstone edge. The edge walk is glorious and well used. It is easily approached from Hathersage and has become a mecca for climbers because of its many varied climbs.
Hathersage
Distance: 20.0 mi (about 50 mins) // show on a map
A village redolent of literary associations and legend. Its fine church stands high above the houses and has a collection of brasses to the Eyre family which once owned several houses in the vicinity. In the churchyard is an inordinately long grave reputedly that of Little John.
Curbar Edge
Distance: 17.3 mi (about 35 mins) // show on a map
One of the gritstone edges north of Froggatt Edge dominating the Derwent valley. The walk along it allows stunning views of the Derwent valley and these edges are also used by climbers throughout the area.
Buxton
Distance: 8.7 mi (about 20 mins) // show on a map
Buxton is the Bath of the North. Its warm springs were appreciated by the Romans who referred to Buxton as Aquae Arnemetiae. Much later Elizabethan courtiers made the hazardous journey across the Pennines to drink and bathe in the waters. Over the passage of time many celebrities from Mary Queen of Scots (who came here for 'tine cure' while in Lord Shrewsbury's custody) to Noel Coward have come to Buxton on account of the healing properties of its spring waters.
Pennine Way
Distance: 8.6 mi (about 35 mins) // show on a map
An upland way along the Pennines from Edale, Derbyshire to Kirk Yetholm, Scotland (250 miles long). The first 33 miles are included in the Peak District National Park which contain passages over Kinder Scout, Bleaklow and Black Hill. In the opinion of many, these 33 miles are the most difficult and dangerous stretch of the entire Way. Few people attempt the whole distance and fewer still complete it, but sections of the way are walked by many.
Dovedale
Distance: 25 mi (about 50 mins) // show on a map
The valley of the Dove, together with that of its neighbour, the Manifold, forms part of the Peak District Nafional Park. In Dovedale the river Dove runs through a narrow limestone gorge where steep tree-covered walls rise high above the stream. In places the action of water has worn away the rock into curious formations like the Lion's Head and the natural archway in front of Reynard's Cave. There are fine views from the heights, such as Thorpe Cloud and Bunster, which overlook the valley.
