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

© Brian Deegan / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Foolow

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Foolow gathers around a village green with a duck pond, a medieval cross and an iron bull ring once used for the grim sport of bull-baiting. It’s one of the neatest of the White Peak villages, a compact huddle of limestone cottages away from the main roads. The Bull’s Head faces the green.

More places to visit near Foolow

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

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 Longstone Moor, a Site of Special Scientific Interest near Foolow in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.

Longstone Moor

SSSI near Foolow

A Site of Special Scientific Interest in Derbyshire.

2.5 km S

Photo of Eyam, a village in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.Iconic

Eyam

Village

The gritstone 'plague village' that quarantined itself in 1665-66, its cottages still marked with the names of the dead.

3 km E · Derbyshire

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

Tideswell

Village

Large upland village built on wool and lead, its 14th-century church so grand it is called the 'Cathedral of the Peak'.

4.2 km SW · Derbyshire

Photo: Monsal Head, a viewpoint near Ashford-in-the-Water in the Peak District, Derbyshire, central England.Iconic

Monsal Head

Viewpoint near Ashford-in-the-Water

The classic view down Monsal Dale to the 1863 Headstone Viaduct — reviled by Ruskin, listed by the state, walked by everyone on the Monsal Trail.

5.2 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.

5.6 km W · spans 6 counties