Karen Lee's Pictures of Peak District National Park

Giant Lego bricks, Peak District National Park

Local council yard in Chapel-en-le-Frith appear to be building walls with giant Lego bricks,

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Peak District National Park, Derbyshire

Taken from the road to Stoneyford with storm clouds rolling in, luckily they missed us.

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Ford Hall, Peak District National Park,Derbyshire

The hamlet of Ford The oldest part of Ford Hall dates back to at least the reign of Henry lll [1216-1272]. The hamlet of Ford is believed to be the oldest part in the parish of Chapel-en-le-frith. It was on the route of a Salt Way from Cheshire to Yorkshire.

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Peak District National Park

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The hamlet of Malcoff from Bowden Wood

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Taken above Chapel-en-le-Frith

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The highest pub in Derbyshire, the Barrel Inn dated 1597, was once a small farmhouse on Bretton Edge, the main bridleway through the peak district, it offered shelter and food for travellers. Overlooking Hope Valley and surrounded by the Peak District National Park.

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Catching the thermals above Hope Valley

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Hope Valley,Peak District National Park

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Winder at the Magpie Mine,Peak District National Park

The mine is first recorded in 1795, though the site may be much older. At the end of the Second World War a new winder and steel headgear was installed,it's really a ships winch fitted with a diesel engine. Even with this more sophisticated equipment no more large areas of ore were mined, the mine closed in 1954 (information taken from Derbyshire Heritage)

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Magpie Mine,Cornish engine pump house,Peak District National Park

The mine is first recorded in 1795, though the workings are probably much older. It finally ceased operations in 1958, though the working in the 1950s mined little actual lead. The heyday of the mine was in the mid 19th Century. Though the mine was very profitable in the early 1840s, it closed from 1846 to 1868, and when it was re-opened a large Cornish pumping engine was installed in the engine house which is now the major building on the site.

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The Magpie Mine, Peak District National Park

The Magpie Mine, just South of Sheldon, was one of the most famous lead mines in the Peak District and is the only one with a significant part of its building still standing, having been taken into the care of the Peak District Mines Historical Society in 1962. The mine is first recorded in 1795, though the workings are probably much older. It finally ceased operations in 1958, though the working in the 1950s mined little actual lead. The heyday of the mine was in the mid 19th Century. The proximity of other mines often led to disputes, and the Magpie Mine and the Red Soil mine disputed the working of the Bole Vein on which they both lay. In 1833 this led to the deaths of 3 miners from the Red Soil Mine who were suffocated underground when the Magpie miners lit a fire to try to drive out the men from the opposing mine. Three miners were tried for murder, but acquitted. However, it was said afterwards that the Magpie was cursed by the widows of the 3 men, and it never really prospered thereafter. (courtesy of Peak District information leaflet)

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Dale Head, Peak District National Park

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Beresford Dale, Peak District National Park

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Wolfscote Dale, Peak District National Park

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Hen Cloud and the Roaches, Peak District National Park

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View from the Beer Garden ,Allgreave

Taken from the beer garden of the Rose and Crown Inn, on the A54 between Congleton and Buxton, Allgreave, Wildboarclough

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