70 Best Days Out in the Peak District
The Peak District National Park was founded on 17 April 1951, the first national park ever to be created in the UK. It covers 555 square miles of the most beautiful parts of Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Cheshire, Yorkshire and even parts of Greater Manchester.
To celebrate the 70th birthday of our very favourite place, we’ve collected together what we consider to be the 70 Best Days Out in the Peak District to inspire you to visit more of this wonderful area. Have a browse through our collection below to get suggestions for entirely new spots to discover, or to remind yourself to revisit old favourites.
You’ll find all the region’s best attractions in here, as well as the most popular beauty spots and a few hidden gems as well, not to mention some wonderful little villages and many of the vibrant towns on the borders.
Join us in celebrating the very best that the Peak District has to offer, not just in this special birthday year but in every year to come!
The little Peak District village of Flash in Staffordshire has the distinction of being the highest village in England, and anyone who has ever visited on a snowy or windy day will be able to confirm that wholeheartedly! Flash is surrounded by wild open countryside on the southern slopes of Axe Edge Moor, south west of Buxton. It's also close to the popular beauty spot of Three Shire Heads, where Derbyshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire meet at a collection of picturesque pools, waterfalls and stone bridges.
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The village of Rowsley lies on the eastern edge of the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire. It’s a peaceful, pretty place, surrounded by beautiful rolling countryside. The village is located where the River Wye meets the River Derwent, and as you might expect there are many fabulous riverside walks starting from and passing through the village, including the long-distance footpath the Derwent Valley Heritage Way.
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The village of Monyash in the White Peak is a wonderful place, with pretty limestone cottages on quiet lanes, a village green, a duckpond and a lovely country pub. It’s surrounded by stunning scenery and is located at the head of the beautiful Lathkill Dale. At 4 miles long, our circular walk that starts and ends in Monyash is a great way of seeing the area.
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The pretty Peak District village of Longnor lies in the Staffordshire countryside, situated on a high ridge south of Buxton. It’s a village full of history, with pretty stone houses lining narrow streets and a wealth of interesting buildings, including an ancient cobbled market square and market hall.
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Dating back to the Bronze Age, around 4,000 years ago, the stone circle known as the ‘Nine Ladies’ stands in a clearing on Stanton Moor in the Derbyshire Peak District. It's a place of myth and mystery, surrounded by clusters of ash, silver birch and beech trees. According to popular legend, the stones are believed to represent nine ladies who were turned to stone for dancing on the Sabbath. The King Stone represents the fiddler who provided the music for their revelry.
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The pretty village of Edale is a great place to spend a day. It's surrounded by arguably the most stunning scenery in the whole of the Peak District National Park, with the towering slopes of Kinder Scout to the north, the Great Ridge of Mam Tor to the south, Win Hill to the east and Dalehead to the west. Edale is well known to many as being the start or end point of Britain’s most famous long distance hiking trail, the Pennine Way, which starts right next to The Old Nag's Head pub and runs for 268 miles to Kirk Yetholm in the borders of Scotland.
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Full of history and character, the beautiful town of Ashbourne in Derbyshire is known as the Gateway to the Peak District. Situated on the southern edge of the Peak District, it boasts beautiful architecture, independent shops and lovely cafés, and it's the perfect base from which to explore the spectacular White Peak countryside.
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