Description
The wild Pennine moorlands are of international importance for their populations of breeding birds and mosaic of habitats. Sites of particular interest include Mam Tor, with spectacular views, landslip and prehistoric settlement, the famous Snake Pass and Alport Castles in Alport Valley. Kinder Scout, where the Mass Trespass of 1932 took place, is the highest point in the Peak District and is the location for a lot of our current conservation work in the High Peak.The Trust also owns the Dalehead Bunkhouse, Upper Booth Campsite and several farms in the beautiful Edale Valley. Edale village marks the start of the National Trail, the Pennine Way, that crosses three National Parks.
If you are looking for Best National Parks in Edale , Derbyshire then you can visit Kinder, Edale and the Dark Peak. Kinder, Edale and the Dark Peak is one of the places in Edale Derbyshire for day out with kids and families. More details can be found on the website for this place.
Features
- Free
- Host birthday parties: No
Features
On Site Parking
On Site Toilet
Countryside
The High Peak, includes Kinder National Nature Reserve, the Vale of Edale and along the Snake moors to the Derwent edges. The countryside boasts heather moors, high gritstone edges and monumental windswept tors. The footpaths and bridleways can make an exhilarating day out, whatever the weather. You may spot the delicate deep pink flowers of bilberry bushes, or hear call of the curlew, and other moorland birds.
Monument
The iconic Mam Tor, is a protected Scheduled Monument that was once a hilltop fortress in the bronze age.
Kinder National Nature Reserve
This iconic place is important for climate, nature and people. Restoration work here has turned once bare peat into a landscape covered in moorland vegetation to rewet the moors and create healthy peat bogs. This is helping to store carbon, improve water quality and prevent flooding. You can follow the route of the 1932 Mass Trespass onto Kinder National Nature Reserve, retracing the steps of those early champions of access to wild places.
12.92 miles
