Nestled beneath imposing limestone cliffs, this is the quirky Peak District village that draws visitors by their thousands - and even the occasional Hollywood star. Stoney Middleton in Derbyshire boasts some rare and unusual dining options while the cliffs and quarries around the village were used by film icon Tom Cruise for the filming of his Mission Impossible 7 movie last summer.
Sitting in the Middleton Dale valley around 13 miles from Buxton, Stoney Middleton was a village that developed and was near carved out from the dramatic scenery all around it. Limestone quarrying was extensive here for a centuries and until fairly recently still remained at the Dalton Quarry where Tom Cruise flew over in a helicopter as he engineered a dramatic stunt that saw a train carriage driven off the cliffs.
But it was far from the first drama to have played out on these cliffs over the years. One of the most famous stories of this Peak District village is that which gives the name to the imposing rock faces as you drive in - the Lovers Leap cliffs.
