Peak District National Park
Peak District National Park is a park in Edale, High Peak District, England and has about 35,900 residents. Peak District National Park is situated nearby to the hamlet Barber Booth, as well as near the village Upper Booth.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Park
- Description: national park in the United Kingdom
- Also known as: “Peak District”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mam Tor and Giant’s Hole.
Mam Tor
Peak
Mam Tor is a 517 m hill near Castleton in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. Its name means "mother hill", so called because frequent landslips on its eastern face have resulted in a multitude of "mini-hills" beneath it.
Giant’s Hole
Cave
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Giant's Hole is a well-known cave near Castleton in Derbyshire, consisting mostly of large passages. It is a stream-way cave, and part of the Karst topography of the area.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Barber Booth and Sparrowpit.
Sparrowpit
Hamlet
Photo: Dave Dunford, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sparrowpit is a small village between Chapel-en-le-Frith and Peak Forest in the High Peak area of the Peak District, Derbyshire, England. The name is derived from 'spar row pit' from the fluorspar mines. Sparrowpit is situated 2½ miles southwest of Peak District National Park.
Castleton
Photo: sidibousaid, CC BY 2.0.
Castleton is a small town in the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire. Its two main claims to fame are the 12th-century Peveril Castle and a series of four show caves, where minerals including Blue John, unique to this area, have been mined.
Peak District National Park
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Swedish—“Peak District National Park” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Peak District National Park”
- Cornish: “Park Kenedhlek Ranndir an Bleynyow”
- Dutch: “Nationaal park Peak District”
- French: “parc national du Peak District”
- French: “Parc national du Peak District”
- German: “Peak-District-Nationalpark”
- Hebrew: “הפארק הלאומי מחוז פיק”
- Icelandic: “Peak District-þjóðgarðurinn”
- Italian: “parco nazionale del Peak District”
- Lithuanian: “Pik Distrikto nacionalinis parkas”
- Slovenian: “Narodni park Peak Disley”
- Slovenian: “Peak District National Park”
- Spanish: “Parque nacional del Distrito de los Picos”
- Swedish: “Peak District National Park”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Upper Booth and High Peak.
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Highlights include Lord’s Seat and Edale railway station.
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