The Roaches is a stunning gritstone ridge that rises up from moorland close to Leek in Staffordshire, on the south west edge of the Peak District. At its highest point the ridge reaches 505m and provides spectacular views over Staffordshire, Cheshire and even into Lancashire and Wales. it's a great place to spend a day in the Great Outdoors, with more than 975 acres of rocky upland to explore, providing a perfect playground for walkers and climbers.
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70 Best Days Out in the Peak District: A Pub Walk
The Peak District is a brilliant place to get out for a walk in the countryside, whether you want a gentle riverside stroll or a full day hiking in the hills. By happy coincidence, the Peak District is also well known for its many rather marvellous pubs, from cosy, two-roomed country inns to luxury gastro pubs. And what better way to set yourself up for a Best Day Out than with a bracing walk followed by a hearty meal and a local tipple?!
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70 Best Days Out in the Peak District: Coombs Dale
The Peak District National Park is full of the most wonderful dales, but Coombs Dale is a particularly special gem. For a start, it's virtually unknown - to most visitors and even to many residents of the neighbouring villages - so you’re almost guaranteed to find peace and quiet here.
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70 Best Days Out in the Peak District: Birchover and Rowtor Rocks
The lovely village of Birchover lies on the south eastern border of the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire, surrounded by the most stunning scenery. Although only five miles out of the town of Matlock, it stands amid the most magnificent open moorland that's steeped in history. On the edge of the village you'll find the mysterious cave complex of Rowtor Rocks, consisting of numerous interlinked tunnels, passages, viewpoints and caverns, some man-made. Many of the rocks have been carved with symbols and pictures, including serpents, circles and cups. The modifications and carvings reputedly date from the 17th Century and are the handiwork of a...
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70 Best Days Out in the Peak District: Monyash
The lovely village of Monyash in the Derbyshire Peak District is gorgeous, a place to stop for a while and enjoy the village life, with pretty stone cottages lining quiet lanes and a country inn overlooking a village green.
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70 Best Days Out in the Peak District: Hope
The pretty Peak District village of Hope in Derbyshire is often overshadowed by its near neighbour Castleton, but it has loads to offer the visitor, with a range of lovely shops, cafés and pubs. As the name suggests it’s located in the heart of the Hope Valley and it's surrounded by stunning scenery, overlooked by the slopes of Win Hill and Lose Hill.
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70 Best Days Out in the Peak District: The High Peak Trail
The High Peak Trail offers 17 miles of almost traffic-free bliss for walkers, runners, cyclists and horse-riders, stretching between Dowlow near Buxton and High Peak Junction near Cromford. It follows the route of the former High Peak Railway Line, opened in 1831, and runs through stunning limestone countryside and rolling hills, passing close to the ancient site of Minninglow.
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70 Best Days Out in the Peak District: Hartington
This very pretty Peak District village is situated towards the south of the Peak District National Park, and can be combined with a visit to Dovedale if you have the time. Hartington has everything you could hope for from a Peak District village: a duck pond in the centre, houses of mellow stone on twisty lanes, great country pubs … and even a famous cheese shop!
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70 Best Days Out in the Peak District: The Monsal Trail
A walk or ride along the traffic-free Monsal Trail is the perfect way to see the glorious White Peak countryside of this part of the Peak District. It runs for 8.5 traffic-free miles from Bakewell to Chee Dale. It is flat, level and well-maintained, so it's not just perfect for walkers and cyclists, but also runners, horse-riders and wheelchair-users.
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Please Don’t Feed Other People’s Horses!
These rather handsome ginger ears would like to bring you a simple but really important message: when you're out and about on your travels in the countryside, please don't feed a horse that doesn't belong to you! He'd like to tell you why, with a little help from his able human assistant... Please Don't Feed Other People's Horses! Yes we're irresistible, and yes we sometimes do a great job of looking sad and hungry, but after a tragic increase in horse and pony deaths over the past year, I thought it might be timely to share some information as to why us horses and other...
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