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Author: Robert Harris Publisher: Sigma Press ISBN: 9781850588221 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 188
Book Description
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.
Author: Robert Harris Publisher: Sigma Press ISBN: 9781850588221 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 188
Book Description
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.
Author: Paul Besley Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited ISBN: 1783628707 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 252
Book Description
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.
Author: Paul Besley Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited ISBN: 178362826X Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 277
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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.
Author: Dennis Kelsall Publisher: Pathfinder ISBN: 9781780590424 Category : Peak District (England) Languages : en Pages : 96
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'More Peak District' contains 28 circular walks exploring the wide range of landscapes offered by the UK's most popular National Park.
Author: Norman Buckley Publisher: SIGMA Press ISBN: 9781850588207 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 148
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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.
Author: Vivienne Crow Publisher: ISBN: 9781908632203 Category : Lake District (England) Languages : en Pages : 64
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Ten of the finest walks through the historic landscapes of the Lake District. This guide includes an overview and introduction for each walk, numbered directions, large scale Ordnance Survey maps, panoramic photographs, and interpretation of points of interest along the way. Featured walks include Castlerigg stone circle, Moor Divock stone circle, Carrock Fell hillfort, and Stott Park Bobbin Mill.
Author: David Hey Publisher: Wharncliffe ISBN: 1783462817 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 218
Book Description
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.
Author: Paul Besley Publisher: Cicerone Press Limited ISBN: 1783624647 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 265
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This guidebook describes 35 circular walking routes in the Dark Peak - the wilder northern area of the Peak District distinguished by its dark gritstone. The walks range between 4 and 13.5 miles in length (6.5km to 22km), varying in terms of difficulty: some involve steep ascents and descents, uneven ground and pathless terrain, and demand a good level of navigational competence. The book also outlines 5 longer routes (3 linear; 2 circular) of 15 to 28 miles (25-45km) for those wishing to explore the area further, including a classic 'skyline' circuit of the Kinder Scout plateau. Detailed route description and 1:50,000 OS mapping are provided for each route, along with information on nearby points of interest and facilities. Icons of the Dark Peak - such as Kinder Scout, Stanage Edge, the Roaches and Mam Tor - are included, however, the focus is on exploring the lesser-known corners of the region. The routes take in striking gritstone edges, distinctive rock formations, open moorland, steep-sided valleys and hidden waterfalls. The Dark Peak features a wild landscape of sweeping moorland and big skies. Easily accessible from Sheffield, it boasts a wealth of natural, geological, historical and cultural interest - and some great walking.
Author: Collins Maps Publisher: HarperCollins UK ISBN: 0007555067 Category : Travel Languages : en Pages : 96
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Recommended for colour tablets only. This ebook is not suitable for reading on black and white eink devices. All content downloaded to device, making maps and text available at all times. The Peak District, with its gentle limestone White Peak and the wilder more dramatic gritstone Dark Peak, offer some superb walking areas.
Author: Robert Harris
Author: Robert Harris
Author: Paul Besley
Author: Paul Besley
Author: Dennis Kelsall
Author: Norman Buckley
Author: Vivienne Crow
Author: David Hey
Author: Frederick Munro Broadhurst
Author: Paul Besley
Author: Collins Maps