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

© Peter Barr / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Ashbourne

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Ashbourne is a handsome Georgian market town at the southern gateway to Dovedale. Every Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday it stages Royal Shrovetide Football, a mass game hugged and heaved through the streets and the Henmore Brook between goals set three miles apart. Away from the mayhem, cobbled St John Street climbs to St Oswald’s, whose tall spire rises over the rooftops.

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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.

2.1 km N

Photo: Manifold Valley, a viewpoint near Ilam in the Peak District, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Manifold Valley

Viewpoint near Ilam

Winding limestone valley where the River Manifold vanishes underground in summer, followed by a traffic-free trail on the old light railway.

5.2 km NW

Photo of Dovedale, a gorge near Ilam in the Peak District, Staffordshire, central England.Iconic

Dovedale

Gorge near Ilam

Celebrated limestone ravine on the River Dove, its famous stepping stones crossing below the cone of Thorpe Cloud.

5.6 km NW

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

Tissington

Village

Picture-book estate village around a Jacobean hall, celebrated for its six ancient wells dressed with flower petals each Ascension.

5.7 km N · Derbyshire

Photo of Ilam, a village in the Peak District, Staffordshire, central England.Highlight

Ilam

Village

Estate village at the foot of the Peak District, its Swiss-style Gothic cottages clustered below Ilam Hall where the Manifold and Dove valleys meet.

7.6 km NW · Staffordshire

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.

10.1 km NE · spans 6 counties