Mostly split between the gritstone of the Dark Peak and the limestone area of the White Peak, the Peak District National Park became the UK's first national park in 1951.

Tourism had been growing since the advent of the railways, with visitors attracted by the spa towns of Buxton and Matlock Bath, Castleton's show caves, and Bakewell, the national park's only town. The stunning landscape accessed by an extensive network of public footpaths now draws outdoors enthusiasts from far and wide.

Glossop and the North
Alderman's Hill
Black Hill
Bleaklow
Kinder Scout
Derwent Edge and Back Tor
Crook Hill
Lantern Pike

Castleton and the Heart of the Peak District
The Great Ridge
Win Hill
Castleton
Shatton Moor
High Neb and Stanage Edge
Hathersage and Offerton Moor
Eyam and Stoney Middleton

Buxton and the West
Lyme Park and Sponds Hill
Goyt Valley and Shining Tor
Tegg's Nose Country Park
Macclesfield Forest and Shutlingsloe
Chelmorton and Wye Dale
Upper Dove Hills
Hitter Hill and High Wheeldon
Gradbach and Lud's Church
Hen Cloud and The Roaches

Bakewell and the East
Monsal Head
Birchen Edge and Nelson's Monument
Bakewell and Manners Wood
Chatsworth Park and Edensor
Monyash and Upper Lathkill Dale
Over Haddon and Lathkill Dale
Elton and Robin Hood's Stride
Matlock and Bonsall

Ashbourne and the South
Hartington Three Dale Loop
Minninglow Hill and Roystone Grange
Grindon Moor
Wetton Hill and Thor's Cave
Alstonefield and Shining Tor
Harboro' Rocks and Carsington Pasture
Thorpe Cloud and Bunster Hill
Ilam and the Manifold Valley
Thorpe and Okeover Park