The Peak District National Park has so much to offer walkers, tourists and adventure seekers. It has some of Britain’s finest protected landscapes, and all in an area, the size of Greater London.

Nestled between Derby to the south, Sheffield to the West, Manchester to the East and Huddersfield to the North it is 1,437 square kilometres of adventure playground. It has a lot to offer all visitors with shopping visits to Hathersage, Glossop and Buxton or hillwalking around the highest peak, Kinder Scout around the Edale area.

Edale can be considered the spiritual heart of the Peak District with good access via train from Manchester and an easy drive over (although be careful coming over Mam Tor in bad weather!). It has a number of great walks, all starting within a few metres of a pub with the Old Nags Head and Rambler providing refreshment. There are walks for all ages and abilities with grade one scrambles up Crowden Clough or nice easy pathed routes around the plateau. Be careful though, in fog and bad weather the navigation can get very challenging!

The Derbyshire caves, not far from Edale are well worth a visit with the Blue John Cavern providing great views and witness the mining of the Blue John Stone. Underground

boat excursions to see rock formations are available at the Bottomless Pit in Speedwell Cavern and they’re stunning. The Peak Cavern in Castleton offers something quite different with a unique trip back in time and an opportunity to witness the devils arse!

For the less adrenaline fuelled there is a trip to Buxton or Bakewell, the latter particularly well known for its cake! The Buxton opera house offers something different, an Edwardian theatre where the Buxton festival is held. Its well known for its comedy. Check out Matlock Bath and the heights of Abraham cable car ride.

Bakewell is a good choice for a visit (cake, cake, cake!). Haddon Hall, said to be the most perfect house to survive the middle ages is a movie location with pride and prejudice amongst others having been filmed there. Feast on Bakewell Pudding – it is the Peak District’s world delicacy. You can wash it down with Buxton natural mineral waters in St Ann’s Well of the town.

Discover the village of Eyam, where when plague struck in 1665 the locals decided to stay and quarantine themselves rather than letting it spread!