The village of Church BroughtonAshley Franklin explores the welcoming village set amongst lovely winding lanes with connections to cavaliers and a great poet READ MORE » 
BolsoverAshley Franklin visits Bolsover - 'A surprising place - vibrant and forward-looking with a rich historical heritage' READ MORE » 
A Safe Haven in the Peak: the Chestnut CentreMike Smith visits the Chestnut Centre in the wooded estate of Ford Hall, Chapel-en-le-Frith - the refuge for scores of otters, owls and other wildlife. READ MORE » 
Things to do in around BuxtonAshley Franklin goes in search of things to do in and around Buxton READ MORE » 
ReptonAshley Franklin visits the village of Repton - famous for its schools, fascinating past and flourishing present READ MORE » 
CrichAshley Franklin visits Crich with its stand, tramway village and TV location making it Derbyshire's most famous village? READ MORE » 
Foolow and BrettonThe Barrel at Bretton is Derbyshire’s highest inn. It stands on a gritstone ridge that provides magnificent views over a limestone plain, where every variation in weather conditions triggers a chameleon-like change in the look of the land. When sunlight floods the plain, the dull-green fields become pastel-green and the walls lose their greyness to become brilliant white. In times of snow, the walls undergo another magical transformation. Seen from the ridge, they take on the appearance of thick black threads that weave a complex pattern on a vast white canvas.
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Derbyshire DalesImagine walking in the footsteps of lead miners, millers, quarriers and agricultural labourers of old. Think of their cutting back home after an exhausting day’s work. Consider the trysts, the escapes, the gossip and the commerce that dark and winding alleyways allowed. Many of these jitties still survive in the Derbyshire Dales despite the constant threat of massive housing projects, neglect, obstruction … READ MORE » 
| MelbourneMike Smith takes a walk around Melbourne - 'a small place that has made a big impact on the world' and adapted to change without losing its charm and community feeling. READ MORE » 
Of beer, boutiques and boatsAshley Franklin visits Burton upon Trent and Barton Marina. READ MORE » 
The town of GlossopMike Smith finds 'a host of unexpected assets and some very attractive enclaves' in this former industrial town that has undergone a remarkable makeover READ MORE » 
The villages of Breaston, Draycott and SawleyMike Smith takes a closer look at these neighbouring settlements with very different personalities: a village centre unchanged since Victorian times, Europe's largest lace mill and the most extensive marina on the inland waterways READ MORE » 
TutburyMike Smith finds a wealth of splendid architecture and interest in the historic town of Tutbury dominated by its Castle READ MORE » 
The village of LittonMike Smith takes a walk around the pretty Peak District hamlet of Litton where they are keeping traditions alive in a picture-postcard location READ MORE » 
Stanton MoorDevised by: Mike Warner, Official Walk Recorder
TERRAIN DESCRIPTION: Strenuous at first, then becoming easy.
PARKING: Cauldwells Mill Car Park, situated on the right hand side of School Lane off the A6 at Rowsley (GR258657).
OVERVIEW: A steady climb on to Stanton Moor at 958ft offering fine views of the Derwent Valley and a visit to the Nine Ladies Stone Circle. The return takes us through Darley Bridge with its famous yew tree and then back towards Rowsley with the Derwent on our left and the preserved Peak Railway on our right. ‘You’ll enjoy this walk,’ Mike assured me. READ MORE » 
The village of BreadsallIf you find yourself fuming in the regular thick of traffic around
Little Eaton roundabout, here’s a way to ease your pain: cast your gaze
eastwards. You will be greeted by the calming, reverential and
quintessentially English sight of a needle-sharp church spire. Adjacent
stand elegant, slender poplars giving the impression that the natural
world is competing in a game of Keep-up-with-the-Jones’s as the trees
‘aspire’ to grow as tall as their man-made neighbour. READ MORE » 
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