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

Mam TorPhoto Ian Cylkowski / Unsplash

Places to explore near Edale StationEdale

Edale Station sits inside the Peak District National Park. 65 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 5 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

Photo of Edale, a village in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Edale

Village

The southern start of the Pennine Way, tucked in a green valley below the brooding plateau of Kinder Scout.

0.1 km N · Derbyshire

Photo along the Pennine Way, a 268-mile National Trail running from Edale to Kirk Yetholm, England and Scotland.Highlight

Pennine Way

National Trail

The first and toughest of them all — 268 miles along England's rocky spine from the Peak to the Cheviots.

0.6 km N · spans 8 counties

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

Mam Tor

Viewpoint near Edale

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

1.8 km S

Photo of Blue John Cavern, a cave near Castleton in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Blue John Cavern

Cave near Castleton

Natural show cave in the hillside above Castleton, one of the only places on earth where the banded Blue John stone is mined.

2.3 km S

Photo of Treak Cliff Cavern, a cave near Castleton in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Treak Cliff Cavern

Cave near Castleton

Show cave prized for its stalactites and richest Blue John veins, still worked for a few hundred kilos of the stone each year.

2.6 km SE

Photo of Winnats Pass, a gorge near Castleton in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.Iconic

Winnats Pass

Gorge near Castleton

Dramatic limestone cleft climbing out of Castleton between towering pinnacles, its name a worn form of 'wind gates'.

3.1 km SE

Photo of Speedwell Cavern, a cave near Castleton in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Speedwell Cavern

Cave near Castleton

Flooded former lead mine at the foot of Winnats Pass, reached by an underground boat trip to a vast Bottomless Pit.

3.1 km SE

Photo of Castleton, a village in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Castleton

Village

Hope Valley village ringed by four show caves and the ruined Peveril Castle, the only place Blue John stone is mined.

3.6 km SE · Derbyshire

Photo of Peak Cavern, a cave near Castleton in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Peak Cavern

Cave near Castleton

Long known as the Devil's Arse, it has the largest cave entrance in Britain and once sheltered a whole rope-makers' village.

3.7 km SE

Photo of Peveril Castle, a ruined castle near Castleton in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.Iconic

Peveril Castle

Castle near Castleton

Norman keep perched above Castleton and Cave Dale.

3.8 km SE

Photo of Cave Dale, a gorge near Castleton in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Cave Dale

Gorge near Castleton

Dry limestone gorge cut into the hill behind Castleton, overlooked by the keep of Peveril Castle.

3.9 km SE

Photo along the Pennine Bridleway, a 205-mile National Trail running from Middleton Top or Hartington to A683 at Cote Moor, England.Highlight

Pennine Bridleway

National Trail

The Pennines for horse and bike — old packhorse trails and drovers' roads.

4.2 km SW · spans 6 counties

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

Kinder Scout

Hewitt · Nuttall near Edale

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

4.4 km NW

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

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.

6.5 km N

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

Ladybower Reservoir

Reservoir near Hope

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

6.9 km E

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

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.

7.2 km NE

Photo: Bamford Edge, a viewpoint in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Bamford Edge

Viewpoint near Bamford

Gritstone edge high above Bamford, giving one of the most celebrated views over Ladybower Reservoir and the Hope Valley.

8.8 km E

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of Old Nag's Head, a pub near Edale in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Old Nag's Head

Pub near Edale

The official start of the Pennine Way, a 16th-century inn with log fires and hikers heading up Kinder Scout from the door.

0.6 km N

Photo of Edale, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Castleton in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Edale

SSSI near Castleton

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Derbyshire.

1.4 km SW

Photo of Castleton, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Edale in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Castleton

SSSI near Edale

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Derbyshire.

1.6 km SE

Photo of Edale, a country estate near Castleton in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Edale

Country estate near Castleton

A National Trust place in Derbyshire.

3.2 km SW

Photo of Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Inn, a pub near Castleton in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese Inn

Pub near Castleton

Rambling 17th-century coaching inn in Castleton, well placed for the show caves and the ridge to Mam Tor.

3.7 km SE

Photo along the Limestone Way, a 46-mile long-distance path running from Castleton to Rocester, central England.

Limestone Way

Long-distance path

Through the White Peak's dales and plateau pastures from Castleton to Rocester on the Staffordshire border.

3.8 km SE · Derbyshire & Staffordshire

Photo of Alport Valley, a country estate near Edale in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Alport Valley

Country estate near Edale

A National Trust place in Derbyshire.

5.7 km N

Photo along the Derwent Valley Heritage Way, a 55-mile long-distance path running from Ladybower Reservoir to Shardlow, central England.

Derwent Valley Heritage Way

Long-distance path

Ladybower to the Trent down the Derbyshire Derwent, through the mill valley where the factory system began.

7.4 km E · Derbyshire

Photo of Yorkshire Bridge Inn, a pub near Bamford in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Yorkshire Bridge Inn

Pub near Bamford

Award-winning family-run country inn in the Hope Valley, named for the old packhorse bridge below Ladybower Dam.

7.8 km E

Everything else within 10 km (39) — reserves, earthworks & places to check before travelling

Ordered by how far each place is worth travelling for, then by distance. Distances are straight-line to the nearest edge of each place — paths wind, of course.