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

Kinder ScoutPhoto Greg Willson / Unsplash

Places to explore near New Mills Newtown StationNew Mills

41 places within 10 km — the standouts first, nearest first within each group. 3 are national icons.

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Worth the tripnational icons and local highlights within reach

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

Peak District

National Park near Castleton

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

2.2 km SW

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.

3.3 km NE · spans 6 counties

Photo of Bugsworth Basin, a landmark near Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Bugsworth Basin

Landmark near Chapel-en-le-Frith

The largest surviving inland canal port in the country, a scheduled monument where the Peak Forest Canal met the tramway down from the limestone quarries.

3.5 km SE

Photo: Goyt Valley, a viewpoint near Chapel-en-le-Frith, Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Goyt Valley

Viewpoint near Chapel-en-le-Frith

Wooded reservoir valley west of Buxton, with the ruins of Errwood Hall and moorland walks up to Shining Tor.

3.7 km SE

Photo of Lyme Park, a Grade II* registered house & garden near Bollington in the Peak District, Cheshire, north west England.Iconic

Lyme Park

House & garden near Bollington

Palladian mansion and moorland deer park.

3.9 km SW

Photo of Marple Locks, a landmark in Greater Manchester, north west England.Highlight

Marple Locks

Landmark near Marple

Flight of sixteen canal locks and a towering stone aqueduct where the Peak Forest Canal climbs out of the Goyt valley.

5.3 km NW

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.

8.5 km E · spans 8 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.

9.4 km E

Photo of White Nancy, a folly near Bollington, Cheshire, north west England.Highlight

White Nancy

Folly near Bollington

Whitewashed sugar-loaf folly on Kerridge Hill above Bollington, built to mark Waterloo, with wide views over plain, Pennines and Wales.

9.4 km SW

Also nearbygood places nearby, nearest first

Photo of the Peak Forest Canal, a 15-mile canal running from Dukinfield Junction to Bugsworth Basin, England.

Peak Forest Canal

Canal

Climbing out of Manchester's fringe to Whaley Bridge and Bugsworth Basin, once the transhipment point for Peak limestone.

0.1 km NW · Greater Manchester, Derbyshire & Cheshire

Photo along the Gritstone Trail, a 35-mile long-distance path running from Disley to Kidsgrove, England.

Gritstone Trail

Long-distance path

Along the Peak District's western gritstone edges from Disley to Kidsgrove, with the Cheshire Plain spread below.

2 km SW · Cheshire & Staffordshire

Lyme Valley Park

Country park near Bollington

A country park in Cheshire.

2.5 km SW

Photo: Mellor Moor, a 328m hill near Marple, Greater Manchester, north west England.

Mellor Moor

County top near Marple

A hill in Greater Manchester.

2.6 km N

Photo of the Macclesfield Canal, a 26-mile canal running from Marple Junction to Hall Green, England.

Macclesfield Canal

Canal

A high-level canal along the Peak District's western edge, carried on Telford-school embankments past silk-town wharves.

4.2 km NW · Cheshire, Greater Manchester & Staffordshire

Photo of South Ridge Farm, a country estate near Hayfield, Derbyshire, central England.

South Ridge Farm

Country estate near Hayfield

A National Trust place in Derbyshire.

4.2 km E

Photo of Lantern Pike, a country estate near Hayfield in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Lantern Pike

Country estate near Hayfield

A National Trust place in Derbyshire.

4.5 km NE

Photo of The Pack Horse, a pub near Hayfield, Derbyshire, central England.

The Pack Horse

Pub near Hayfield

Village gastropub at the foot of Kinder Scout, ranked among Britain's top gastropubs for its Peak District cooking.

4.8 km NE

Photo of Hayfield, a village in Derbyshire, central England.

Hayfield

Village

Pretty gritstone village at the foot of Kinder Scout, starting point of the 1932 Mass Trespass that won the right to roam.

4.8 km NE · Derbyshire

Everything else within 10 km (23) — 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.