I personally have many favourite places in the Peak; Castleton, Bakewell, Burbage, Paddley Gorge, Grindleford, Fox House..the list is endless.

What I want to know is where your favourite place(s) is?

Higger Tor, Salt Cellar Stones, Headstone, Wyming Brook, Burbage Brook, Stanage Edge - all favourites.

Looking to explore some of Howden Moor soon...by moonlight!

top of mam tor, especially on a windy day!

i love burbage moor, stanage edge, and mam tor

No single favourite. All of the above mentioned so far.
Surprised no one has mentioned Froggat/Curbar Edge though.

Nomme

(Phan - delete some of your PMs please)

At this precise moment in time I love Wyming Brooke and the Hallam moors.
I don't know half the names of places I have been to. There is a loverly place out near Parson House Farm.

Moon

Any one of the White Peak dales suits me, but I really enjoy the 'trails' such as Monsal, Tissington and High Peak.

The moors above Ladybower and Derwent Reservoirs are pretty awesome in summer as well.:thumbsup:

That bit as you go round the corner over Surprise from Ringinglow and the vista just opens up below... Awesome!

Marsden Moor is pretty good, wild cotton and reservoirs and windswept wutheringness

My favourite place in the Peaks is Winnats Pass near Castleton. I live abroad and whenever I'm home in Sheffield I always have to go there to know what I'm missing.

Monsal HEAD, Carl Wark, Kinder Scout :thumbsup:

:thumbsup: I love Monsal Dale, and going round the old railway sites.

Trek.

My very bestest favouritest bit is from the Mill Dale station car park track to Monsal Head. Its got everything. Geology, Archeology, wildlife, riverside tracks, hillside tracks, a pub at each end, takes about 5-6 hours round walk at a stroll and spectacular views.:thumbsup:

If you haven't tried it yet, give it a go. Its absolutely fantastic.

Originally posted by markham
My very bestest favouritest bit is from the Mill Dale station car park track to Monsal Head. Its got everything. Geology, Archeology, wildlife, riverside tracks, hillside tracks, a pub at each end, takes about 5-6 hours round walk at a stroll and spectacular views.:thumbsup:

If you haven't tried it yet, give it a go. Its absolutely fantastic.

Got a route? Map references or obvious landmarks would do. Ta.

Nomme

No probs nomme.

Give us a bit of time to find (or scan) the map/route etc and I'll get it to you.:thumbsup:

POSTED FOR GENERAL INFO ON PEAK DISTRICT

Here it is nomme.

Millers Dale is at grid SK 1673

By car

If you approach from Tideswell, go under the viaducts at the bottom of Tideswell Dale then turn off sharp right for ‘Wormhill’. Up the hill about ¼ mile turn left into car park (pay and display).

KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN ALL THE WAY OR YOU MIGHT MISS SOMETHING

Join old rail track bed and take short detour along track to right and after a few hundred yards look at old lime kilns.

Return along track through station and walk across twin viaducts.

Just after viaducts look on your right and there are more lime kilns.
Walk on and admire view on left across the Wye.

There is a nature reserve on the right which makes a pleasant detour.

Carry on the track and look out for info sign explaining volcanic outcrop on the right.

Just before sealed tunnel, follow track dropping to left into Litton Mill.

As you cross footbridge, look for trout in river.

After bridge turn right at road and follow path through the mill.

Follow riverside track all the way to Cressbrook. Look across river at hills opposite, you’ll be returning over them.

Just before Cressbrook you pass Water-cum-Jolly and the stark white climbing face.

Keep left and walk past Cressbrook Mill and turn right on road, (along side fields on right) then follow this to a crossroads.

Turn right here and cross river by bridge and follow track uphill and under an arched bridge.

After bridge, go left and rejoin trackbed. Follow this till you cross Monsal Viaduct.

After viaduct go through small gate on left and steep climb up to Monsal Head and a pint!!

RETURN

Go back down to the viaduct and cross it.

DON’T drop back down under the bridge, but carry on along the track bed and you’ll be walking along the hills you saw earlier.

As you come to a sealed tunnel fork off to the right (and look out over Cressbrook).

CAUTION, there’s a sheer drop below at some points!!!
Follow the sheep track ahead of you, uphill, and just follow the contours.

You’ll see the river below, and a large hall on the opposite hill.

As you walk over the scree, look up to the left and there are calcite workings to explore.

Eventually you’ll come to collapsed walls. Carry on till you meet a track which takes you back onto the trackbed.

Turn left on the track and return to the Millers Dale car park.

Fancy another pint? Descend the road into Millers Dale and take the right fork. On the left (car park on right) is The Angler’s Rest. CHEERS!!!!

Try this
http://www.derbyshireuk.net/millers.html

My favourite place is just off the burbage main footpath, down the hill to the brook. There is this wonderful little stone arch bridge across the brook. Its an incredible little structure and must have taken some serious work to build.
If you go down there on a quiet, sunny day it is the most serene and peaceful place. You really can forget you are in this crazy, pain filled world for a short time.

Does anyone know anything about the history of this bridge?

You could drop me anywhere in the peaks and I would be happy but any walk that starts or ends at Grindleford cafe is my idea of heaven. Pint mug of tea and a chip butty.

Having worked at parson house farm OPC we got just about everywhere in the peak, all the crags and faces for climbing, all the white & dark peak for walking, reservoirs and matlock for canoeing, all over for caving but castleton was a big favourite cos giants & P8 were brilliant systems, the monsal viaduct for abseiling, and of course we started every day at the grindleford cafe before collecting our groups and heading off for the days activities. Even on days off or quiet days we would still go and try a climb/walk/cave we did not normally do.
But must admit a particular fondness for ashford in the water for a superbly tranquil spot to watch the trout and crayfish scuttling about.

Originally posted by Moon Maiden
At this precise moment in time I love Wyming Brooke and the Hallam moors.
I don't know half the names of places I have been to. There is a loverly place out near Parson House Farm.

Moon

Try this Moon Maiden...

Stanton Moor near Birchover. When you're up there, the whole place has the most incredible atmosphere...peaceful

I could never choose a particular favourite - it all depends on my mood.
But I do love sitting on the side of Mam Tor watching the 'floaty people' go past - it's really surreal.

Cosy

Firstly let me say how sorry I am to yak on about my love of the Peaks.
Having had around 99 visits to place's like Millers & Monsal dale, the head, Ashford, Bakewell, you name it.
Oheck, I would have loved to walk...

I know it gets busy these days, but I still love the walk around the top dams at Derwent from Fairholmes to Kings Tree - I tend to get the bus up then walk back.

Go into Youlgreave, and opposite the church turn right, follow the road for around half a mile and turn right again, this takes you down a lane into the valley, you can't get all the way to the river in the car, but you can get to within fifty yards or so. Walk down to the river and just enjoy the world going by, oh and if you take a loaf of bread with you, just watch the trout do acrobatics chasing the slices.

Alternatively carry on through the village, being careful because the road narrows, and go on to Fridon, and up to Newhaven where there is an almost derelict farm and hotel, from there the world's your lobster, turn right towards Buxton, or left to Ashbourne, either way you are in God's country........just relax and realise life is good to you after all.

Grinah Stones, feels far more remote than it is, could be a hundred miles from civilisation, actually you're just an hour's walk!

Must be the most secluded area in the park.

The view from the edge of Bleaklow Stones is even more impressive, and is probably the best view in the Peaks. Spoilt a bit by the Manchester Road, means you don't feel as isolated as at Grinah.

The end of Carl Wark.

Sit on the one of the stones at the end early one morning.

Get the flask out and pour a coffee.

Take in the view over burbage and longshaw and absorb the peace.

Ahh

Walked along stanage edge early one foggy Autumn morning with my large black dog - Lucy. Group of young Army or RAF cadets just climbed over the edge of the rocks, you could see the look in their eyes 'How the f... did you get there with that dog!



Dragon

I like Kinder on clear bright winter's days - when the lying snow glistens with the frost or Alport Castles when its raining in summer - perfect.

Say Burbage, Mam Tor, Grindleford, Stanage, Fox House, Frogatt etc etc but they are not in the PEAKS....sorry but that term gets my goat

Although I've not been there for a few years I can still remember the cave on Stanage Edge, I believe it is called 'Robin Hoods cave' Sitting on that natural balcony with a steaming cup of coffee, what could be better?
We're so lucky in Sheffield having such a lovely area virtually on our doorstep.

My House!

Near Winscar, and Langsett. In the winter when it snows it looks awesome, some great walks and pubs. Cant wait for those long cold days! :-)

Edale and Kinder Scout.

On a winters day with plenty of snow climb up Blackden Brook from the Snake Pass side.
They're are some great frozen waterfalls to climb if you are lucky.
Walk the northern edge to Fairbrook Naze descend to Snake Inn, or carry on to Mill Hill and descend via Snake Path to Snake Inn.

My fave though has to be climbing up Crowden Clough from the Edale side to Crowden Tower, muck about scrambling.
Find the very centre of Kinder Scout, you can't see anything on the horizon in any direction just moorland.
Then carry on through the Kinder Gates to Kinder Downfall.
Have lunch, return via the western edge ( Pennine Way ) down Jacobs Ladder and back to Edale for a drink in the Nags Head.

For something not so common, why not try Dovestone Reservoir.
This is near the Oldham district, get to it via the A635 through Holmfirth.
Their is 3 reservoirs to walk by then climb to the edges
( Saddleworth Moors ) at Greenfield reservoir.
Walk south along the edge via the famous Ravon Stones to Chew Reservoir, this is actually on the moor itself.
You can then either cut across the moor in a south, eastern direction to Crowden on the Woodhead rd or descend back to Dovestone.
Because of all the water, forrests and high grags it very much resembles the Lake District and not the peaks.

I love heights of abraham- matlock bath

Sitting with a mug of tea on Stanage having just done a good gritty climb, with your fingers scratched to bits...

I love standing on the edge of a wide valley and looking down and acoss it. So my fav place is at the top of Ringing Rodger near Edale, to the north east of Grindsbrook. Another place is near Kinder Downfall esp when the wind blows the waterfall up hill.

I love ALL of the afore mentioned places!

do i know you? lol!

Winnats Pass does it for me.

No matter how hard I try I nearly always end up having to stop when I try to cycle up it!

Slippery Stones.

My garden <smug>

Originally posted by andyb
Say Burbage, Mam Tor, Grindleford, Stanage, Fox House, Frogatt etc etc but they are not in the PEAKS....sorry but that term gets my goat

Why?

From Matlock to Buxton and then to Bakewell before stopping off at Ashford in the water and Monsal head.