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The Peak District is made up of two areas The White Peak which is a limestone plateau of green fields with rolling hills and many dales and The Dark Peak (or High Peak) which is a series of higher, wilder and boggier grit stone moorlands. The Peak Distric
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SETTING UP TRIPOD
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AUTUMN COLOURS
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Monsal Head, directly above Monsal Dale, is one of the most famous and photographed viewpoints in Derbyshire. The combination of the winding River Wye at the bottom of the steep dale, the famous Headstone viaduct, Fin Cop hill and Hob's House cave are all
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COTTAGE IN THE HILLS
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LITTON MILL, VERY OLD ROCKS INFO.
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NARROW PATH AND ROCKS
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FERNS AND MOSSES
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RAILWAY BRIDGE ALONG THE TRAIL
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AUTUMN SHADES
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SIDE OF BRIDGE AND STONE WALL
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STONE STEPS UP TO BRIDGE
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The countryside is quite magnificent, dense wooded areas offer opportunities for birding and at Water-cum-Jolly, a wonderful river gorge attracts climbers to its fantastic limestone cliffs. This is a paradise for fishermen and walkers, there are numerous
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TREE LINE AVENUE
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The Monsal Trail is a traffic free route for walkers, cyclists, horse riders and wheelchair users through some of the Peak District's most spectacular limestone dales.
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GOLDEN LEAVES
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Monsal Dale is a valley formed from an uplift of limestone in the centre of the sandstone and shale’s, having long ago been under water, known as the Derbyshire Dome or the White Peak. Monsal Dale is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest,
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LITTON MILL BUILDINGS
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CYCLISTS APPROACHING LITTON TUNNEL
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MONSAL TRAIL INFO.
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The Monsal Trail tunnels offer one of the most spectacular leisure routes in Britain for cycling, walking and horse riding. It is the first time the public have been able to go through the tunnels since the former Midland Railway Line closed in 1968.
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Four of the longer tunnels are lit during daylight hours, dawn to dusk, to make them safe to use. They are operated by a light sensor, so in winter when the hours of daylight are less, the lights in the tunnels will switch off earlier in the day - around
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LIMESTONE PEAKS AND TREES
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NATURES PATTERNS
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RIVER GORGE
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ACROSS THE VALLEY
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HOUSE ON THE HILL
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POPULAR WITH CYCLISTS
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Cressbrook Tunnel, structure number 68, follows an S-shaped alignment, extending for 471 yards. Neither approach cutting is long thanks to the steeply rising hillside although, in both cases, the south side features an impressive near-vertical rock face.
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CRESSBROOK MILL
