Although the Peak District is chiefly in Derbyshire it spills over into 5 adjoining counties. (See map). With pretty villages, historic sites, market towns, limestone caves and rugged moorland, the Peak District is an area of vastly contrasting scenery.
- The Dark Peak in the
north is harsher and wilder with moorlands on harsh gritstone,
while the more pastoral White Peak in the south has green
fields patterned with drystone walls, divided by deep - cut dales.
- The Pennine Way has its southern end at Edale whilst other parts of the Peak are criss - crossed with cycling and walking trails along the now disused railway lines.
