It takes up an overall of 1,438 square km of land. Founded in 1951, the Peak District National Park is situated in the southern end of the Pennines covering most of northern Derbyshire as well as parts of Cheshire, Yorkshire, and Staffordshire. The area, due to its natural and historic importance, is the first established national park in the British Isles, thus it is the first in England. If the name itself cannot straight away connect you to its fascinating look, many of you surely have already come across a bottle of Buxton mineral water, some Bakewell ’pudding’, Ashbourne gingerbread, Derbyshire oatcakes, Hartington Stilton, or Derby sage cheese – these are all famous produce of the Peak District. The Peak District may be known by many people in Britain and elsewhere for its outstanding natural beauty, where moorlands meet limestone hills, and where green valleys host picturesque human settlements. Where a hill shivers and the land slides: Mam Tor and its surroundings Written by Laszlo Bokor First published on

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