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Recommended towns & villages near Peak District National Park

The Plague Cottages, Eyam, Derbyshire

Eyam

(1.1 miles, 1.8 km)

Setting its chilling history to one side, this is a village with a lot to offer. It is hidden away in a matchless location above the limestone peaks of Middleton Dale in the Peak District...

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Below Stanage Edge

Hathersage

(3.0 miles, 4.9 km, direction NE)

The town now takes advantage of its superb position, operating mostly as an attractive place for tourists...

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Cressbrook Mill, Cressbrook, Derbyshire

Cressbrook

(3.4 miles, 5.5 km, direction SW)

Set amidst the dramatic scenery of the glorious Peak District National Park, Cressbrook offers visitors breathtaking views from the road winding through this deep river valley. .....

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Tideswell Church, known as 'Cathedral of the Peak'. The centre piece of the village.

Tideswell

(3.5 miles, 5.6 km, direction W)

Tideswell is famous for its superb, large church, known as the "Cathedral of the Peak"...

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Packhorse Inn, Little Longstone, Derbyshire

Little Longstone

(3.6 miles, 5.8 km, direction S)

Little Longstone is a small hamlet situated in the Peak District National Park near to the beautiful Monsal Head. The village contains a 17th century manor house, some old village.....

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Baslow, Derbyshire

Baslow

(4.2 miles, 6.8 km, direction SE)

Set amidst the stark loneliness of the High Peak the village of Baslow is surrounded by some of the finest historic properties to be found in Derbyshire...

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Cottage Row, Miller's Dale

Miller's Dale Village

(4.5 miles, 7.2 km, direction SW)

A picturesque village amongst the Peak District Dales..

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Ashford in the Water

Ashford in the Water

(4.6 miles, 7.4 km, direction S)

The village was a centre for candle making, noted for lead mining and made famous by the discovery of Ashford marble which was first quarried by Henry Watson in 1748...

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Castleton in the Peak District

Castleton

(4.8 miles, 7.7 km, direction NW)

Castleton is one of the Jewels of the Peak District. It is a famous centre for caverns where you will find four of the countries most famous show caves. It is also the home of.....

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Edensor, Derbyshire

Edensor

(5.4 miles, 8.7 km, direction SE)

It was the 6th Duke of Devonshire who looked out of his window one day from Chatsworth House, and realised that the magnificent view of the park in front of him was blocked by a.....

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Eyam Hall

Eyam Hall

(0.9 miles, 1.4 km)

A fine example of a Jacobean manor house with splendid walled gardens. Eyam Hall was opened to the public in 1992 and is the.....

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Peter's Stone, Cressbrook Dale

Cressbrook Dale

(2.9 miles, 4.7 km, direction SW)

Part of the Derbyshire Dales National Nature Reserve..

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The River Wye, Miller's Dale, Derbyshire

Miller's Dale

(3.5 miles, 5.6 km, direction SW)

A picturesque limestone Dale near the village of the same name...

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Water-cum-Jolly, Cressbrook, Derbyshire

Water-cum-Jolly Dale

(3.7 miles, 5.9 km, direction SW)

Water-Cum-Jolly is a picturesque Dale and beauty spot along the path from Cressbrook Mill, in the Derbyshire Peak District...

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A view looking down Monsal Dale onto the River Wye - Peak District

Monsal Head

(3.7 miles, 6.0 km, direction S)

Monsal Head is a famous beauty spot offering beautiful views down Monsal Dale and up the Wye valley...

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Longshaw Estate

(4.1 miles, 6.6 km, direction E)

Excellent walking country with ancient woods and tumbled rocks. Part of the Peak District...

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Mam Tor in Hope Valley, Derbyshire

Hope Valley

(4.3 miles, 6.9 km, direction NW)

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The Keep at Peveril Castle

Peveril Castle

(4.7 miles, 7.6 km, direction NW)

Built to be impregnable, the ruins of Peveril Castle stand on a steep ridge with dramatic views in all directions, giving the.....

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Monk's Dale

(4.7 miles, 7.6 km, direction SW)

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Inside the entrance to Peak Cavern Cave, in Castleton, Derbyshire

Peak Cavern

(4.8 miles, 7.7 km, direction NW)

Peak Cavern is one of the finest of the many underground caverns of this area. It lies beneath Peveril Castle at the centre of.....

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