Photo of Alport Valley, a country estate near Edale in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England. — © Andrew Hill / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Alport Valley

Open accessNational Trust land — free to wander

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Alport Valley is a National Trust estate in Derbyshire, open land that's free to roam. The Albion Guide charts 26 National Trust places in the county; this is one of them. It sits within the Peak District National Park. There's more within reach — stop off at Alport Castles, or picnic by Derwent Reservoir.

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More places to visit near Alport Valley

Photo of the Peak District, a National Park in England.

Peak District

You’re inside itNational Park near Castleton

Britain's first national park: gritstone edges in the Dark Peak, limestone dales in the White.

Photo of Alport Castles, a rock formation near Edale in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Alport Castles

Rock formation near Edale

Thought to be Britain's largest landslip, over half a mile long, its gritstone towers looking like a ruined castle above remote Alport Dale.

0.9 km NE

Photo of Derwent Reservoir, a reservoir near Edale in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Derwent Reservoir

Reservoir near Edale

The middle of three Derwent Valley reservoirs in the Peak District, its stone dam a Dambusters training ground below Bleaklow.

3.5 km E

Photo: Kinder Scout, a 636m hill near Edale in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Kinder Scout

Hewitt · Nuttall near Edale

Peak District's highest plateau, site of the Mass Trespass.

6.1 km SW

Photo of Ladybower Reservoir, a reservoir near Hope in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Ladybower Reservoir

Reservoir near Hope

Dambusters crews trained over the dams and drowned villages of this Derwent Valley reservoir in the Peak District.

6.3 km SE

Photo: Mam Tor, a viewpoint near Edale in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Mam Tor

Viewpoint near Edale

The 517m 'Shivering Mountain' above Castleton, an Iron Age hillfort crowning the great Hope Valley ridge walk.

7.4 km S