The beautiful Peak District sits in the very heart of England, and is replete with screensaver scenery, from limestone gorges and sprawling wildflower grasslands, to thundering river valleys and ancient broadleaf woodland. It’s no wonder it became Britain’s very first national park back in 1951.
The Peak District covers an area about the size of Greater London, and although its mostly in the county of Derbyshire, it also reaches into areas of Staffordshire, Cheshire, Greater Manchester and South and West Yorkshire. Fortuitously, this exceptionally pretty part of the planet can be easily explored on foot. Plus, there are plenty of safe, traffic-free cycling trails, including former railway lines, such as the Monsal.
