Walks in the Peak District

Walks in the Peak District – Cycle Ways in the Peak District, White Peak, Dove Dale, Tissington, Hartington & Manifold Valleys.

Our Bed and Breakfast in the Peak District offers walkers two distinct types of scenery and wildlife – which surprisingly follows from the underlying type of rock. The Dark Peak is defined by the darker gritstone – from which the National Park’s gritstone mill wheel logo is derived. The gritstone is acidic and allows heathers, bilberries and other acid-loving plants to thrive – along with the insects and animals that feed on them. By contrast, the White Peak around Dove Dale is a whiteish grey limestone which is alkaline and soluble – giving rise to spectacular caves, pinnacles, gorges and underground water courses. The following walks start and finish where the Tissington Trail crosses the turn off from the A515 towards Biggin. This is the ideal location to access Eaton, Biggin, Alsop, Wolfscote, Beresford and Mill Dales, the Tissington Trail and, via the footpaths in them, Dove Dale and The High Peak Trail. Parking is possible at Rivendale Caravan Park (the £2 all-day parking charge is totally redeemable in their café – notify reception and get a receipt). Alternatively, but less secure, you can use the lay-by a few hundred metres south of Rivendale on the A515 at your own risk.