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Chapel-en-le-Frith

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Chapel-en-le-Frith is a small market town long nicknamed the ‘Capital of the Peak’ for its position among the hills. The cobbled market place keeps its old cross and a set of stocks beside the parish church, which was founded by foresters of the Royal Forest of the Peak in the 13th century. It makes a workaday base between Buxton and the High Peak.

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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.

0.9 km S

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.

4.3 km NE · spans 6 counties

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.

4.8 km NW

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.

4.9 km NW

Photo of Buxton, a village in Derbyshire, central England.Highlight

Buxton

Village

Elegant spa town of Georgian crescents and a domed Opera House, England's highest market town, built on its warm mineral spring.

5.9 km S · 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.

7.1 km N · spans 8 counties