This book is one of a popular and exciting series that seeks to tell the story of some of Britain's most beautiful landscapes.
??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 ...
And in a Peak District distinctly lacking in peaks, you'll find some great exceptions in the pointed Shutlingsloe, Parkhouse Hill and Chrome Hill, all highly recommendable little climbs. Other bucolic longdistance walks in the southwest ...
However , it is possible to make use of public transport in the Peak District . No route details or timetables are given in this book because such details are always subject to change . However information about public transport is ...
... this is the finest motte and bailey castle in the Peak, see here 8 Peveril Castle, Castleton – this 11th-century stronghold still lords it over the planned township which took its name, see here 9 Peak District Lead Mining Museum, ...
Hall's Croft From the almshouses, it's a brief stroll to Stratford's most impressive medieval house, Hall's Croft ... the recent application of a coat of preservative has made it very blotchy (locals are assured the effect will wear ...
The High Tatras The Mountains of Romania Walking in Bulgaria's National Parks Walking in Hungary The Wales Coast ... Ferratas of the French Alps Walking in Provence – East Walking in Provence – West Walking in the Ardennes Walking in ...
John Carr's Buxton Crescent (Walk 8) The Peak District National Park visitor centre is situated in the centre of Castleton: www.peakdistrict.gov. uk/visiting/visitor-centres/castleton. THE WALKS When I set out the way to cover the whole ...
In Haddon Hall there's an apartment called the 'Prince's Chamber', which is where PrinceArthur sleptwhen hestayed in Derbyshire.Prince Arthur was Henry VII's eldest son, so he was heir to the English throne; the future Henry VIII was ...
From the South followtheB5053to the village Earl Sterndale isa pleasing, unspoilt, working village, lying at 1,100ft above sea level, surrounded by someof the most picturesque countryside in the Peak National Park.