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Over Haddon

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The small but very pretty Peak District village of Over Haddon is set peacefully amidst the rolling fields of the White Peak, overlooking the beautiful Lathkill Dale. 

Over Haddon is full of twisty lanes lined with pretty stone cottages. It boasts two churches and a wonderful pub, The Lathkil Hotel, but otherwise the main attraction of the village has to be those glorious views that stretch for miles. 

There is no shortage of lovely walks from the village down to beautiful Lathkill Dale, and the routes down are all well sign-posted. From Lathkill Dale the River Lathkill runs to join with the River Wye.

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Beautiful Peak District Villages

Over Haddon is also within easy walking distance of the pretty market town of Bakewell and the stunning country estate of Haddon Hall, from which it takes its name. 

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Lathkill Dale

Close to Lathkill Dale is Conksbury, a deserted medieval village. Conksbury was already a recorded settlement in Anglo-Saxon times and was noted in the Domesday Book of 1086, then known as Cranchesberie.  It was one of seven outlying hamlets of the royal manor of Bakewell, and is likely to have been inhabited until the 16th Century. 

The remains today are well preserved and include houses and a medieval mill, as well as a road, a bridge, walls and fences.

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Beautiful Peak District villages: Medieval bridge at Conksbury

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