Walks in the Ancient Peak District
Title | Walks in the Ancient Peak District PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Harris |
Publisher | Sigma Press |
Pages | 188 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9781850588221 |
Contains a collection of walks visiting the well-known and hard-to-find prehistoric monuments and sites of the Peak District. Divided into four sections, this book includes - the White Peak with its familiar limestone plateau and deep-cut dales, and the high gritstone moorland of the Dark Peak, and the Western, and Eastern Moors.
Walking in the Peak District - White Peak East
Title | Walking in the Peak District - White Peak East PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Besley |
Publisher | Cicerone Press Limited |
Pages | 277 |
Release | 2023-04-25 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 178362826X |
This guidebook to walking in the Peak District details 35 day walks and 7 longer trails in the eastern part of the White Peak, part of the Peak District National Park, Derbyshire. This volume includes walks near Bakewell, Matlock and Eyam, the plague village, as well as the Monsal Trail, Tissington Trail and White Peak Circular. Ranging between 4 and 12 miles in length and largely following well-marked paths over gentle landscapes, these walks are suitable for walkers of all abilities. Walking in the Peak District is enjoyable all year round although the famous limestone landscapes can be slippery in or after wet weather. Walks are illustrated with extracts of 1:50,000 OS mapping, while the longer walks and trails are covered by 1:100,000 scale mapping. Free GPX files available to aid navigation. Walkers can use the longer trails to link day walks into longer routes or explore the area on the three-day White Peak Circular, starting in Birchover. While geologically fascinating with its layers of limestone and gritstone, the White Peak is also a landscape rich in history and art. These walks visit sites including medieval churches, the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Cromford Mill, and Eyam, a village devastated by plague in the 1660s. Out on the hills are stone circles and ancient sites such as the Neolithic burial site of Arbor Low.
Walking in the Peak District - White Peak West
Title | Walking in the Peak District - White Peak West PDF eBook |
Author | Paul Besley |
Publisher | Cicerone Press Limited |
Pages | 252 |
Release | 2021-08-15 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1783628707 |
This guidebook is the ideal companion for walkers who want to explore the western section of Derbyshire's White Peak area. Starting in towns and villages including Castleton, Ilam, Buxton, Tideswell, Hartington and Longnor, these day walks are perfectly suited for year-round trips to the Peak District and are suitable for walkers of all abilities. Across 40 day walks, this guidebook offers a range of routes that showcase the best of the Peak District landscape: rolling green hills rising up to limestone ridges, deep dales with meandering rivers, and limestone caves and pinnacles. There is plenty of history to explore too, with many walks visiting historical sites from Neolithic, medieval and industrial periods. Most of the walks range between 4 and 9 miles and can be enjoyed in 2-4 hours walking. As several start from the same car park or village, many walks can be combined for longer days out. Each walk features clear OS mapping and detailed route description interspersed with insights into the area's history, geology, art and culture, making this a brilliant guide for both navigation and learning about the Peak District.
Best Tea Shop Walks in the Peak District
Title | Best Tea Shop Walks in the Peak District PDF eBook |
Author | Norman Buckley |
Publisher | SIGMA Press |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 2004-05 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9781850588207 |
Talks about walks in Derbyshire and the Peak District. This guidebook contains 26 walks suitable for all the family. It describes them with instructions, sketch maps and photographs. The walks are spaced throughout the Peak District.
A History of the Peak District Moors
Title | A History of the Peak District Moors PDF eBook |
Author | David Hey |
Publisher | Wharncliffe |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2014-01-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1783462817 |
The moors of the Peak District provide some of the finest walking country in England. The pleasure of rambling across them is enhanced by a knowledge of their history, ranging from prehistoric times and the middle ages to their conversion for grouse shooting and the struggle for the 'right to roam' in modern times. This distinctive landscape is not an untouched, natural relic for it has been shaped by humans over the centuries. Now it is being conserved as part of Britain's first National Park; much of it is in the care of The National Trust. ??The book covers all periods of time from prehistory to the present, for a typical moorland walk might take in the standing stones of a prehistoric stone circle, a medieval boundary marker, a guide stoop dated 1709, the straight walls of nineteenth-century enclosure, a row of Victorian grouse butts, a long line of flagstones brought in by helicopter, and very much more besides. Some of this physical evidence remains puzzling, but most of it can be explained by assiduous research in local record offices. The author has not referenced the documents, as that would have made the book twice as long, but the bibliography provides leads to where the information may be found.??As featured in the Buxton Advertiser, Buxton Today and Peak Courier.
Rocky Rambles in the Peak District
Title | Rocky Rambles in the Peak District PDF eBook |
Author | Frederick Munro Broadhurst |
Publisher | Sigma Press |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 2001 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 9781850587507 |
Peak District Natural History Walks
Title | Peak District Natural History Walks PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Mitchell |
Publisher | Sigma Press |
Pages | 192 |
Release | 2010-05 |
Genre | Natural history |
ISBN | 9781850588771 |
A practical guide featuring 18 walks exploring the living landscape of the Peak District. This guide encourages the walker to slow down and take in the details of the surrounding habitats.