The Living Rug Company The Living Rug Company in the Staffordshire Peak District Hello and welcome to my first blog on Let's Go Peak District. I thought I would do an introduction to who I am, and what my little business is all about in my inaugural blog. I am from Yorkshire originally and I have moved about quite a bit. I came to live in the Peak District about thirty years ago. I now live in the Staffordshire Moorlands just on the edge of the Peak District and have lived here for just over ten years. The farm is quite remote and is about...
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Eyam via Stoney Middleton Walk (5.5 miles)
Beautiful Eyam Walk : Details Distance 5.5 miles Time 3-4 hours Terrain Country lanes and trails Accessibility Moderate, some inclines and uneven terrain, stiles and gates Start and Finish Points SK 22038 76411 - Postcode S32 5RB - ///roost.entry.whistling Map Ordnance Survey Explorer OL24 Print-friendly PDF of Route Beautiful Eyam Walk : Introduction This wonderful walk gives you two beautiful Peak District villages for the price of one - what more could you want?! The route is a Figure of 8, with historic Eyam providing the start, middle and end point. You could do both circles with a break in the middle, or choose to...
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Bollington
Bollington is a small but bustling town on the outskirts of the Peak District National Park in Cheshire. It is surrounded by beautiful countryside in the western foothills of the Pennines, just above the Cheshire Plains. Bollington boomed in the 18th and 19th Century during the Industrial Revolution, when it developed as a centre for cotton mills, quarries and coal mines. When the Macclesfield Canal opened in the 1830s this brought further prosperity to the area. Bollington is still a thriving town, renowned for its lovely independent shops, cafes and pubs. A number of the historic mills still stand, many now converted to apartments, revealing...
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Stanton in Peak
Stanton in Peak The beautiful village of Stanton in Peak is a little gem: pretty stone cottages clustered on a hillside, overlooking the most spectacular countryside. Peak District Village - Stanton In Peak The village has a great deal of history. It was granted a Royal Charter in 968 under the name Stantune, meaning Stony Farm, and is mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086 as part of the barony of Henry de Ferrers. By the 1750s the village was jointly owned by the Duke of Rutland and the Thornhill family. The descendants of the Thornhill family still live in the (private) stately home of...
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Curbar
The very pretty village of Curbar lies on a hillside, perfectly positioned overlooking the River Derwent, sheltering under the mighty gritstone edges of Curbar Edge and Baslow Edge. This is an ancient village, growing at a crossing point of the River Derwent and the packhorse route between Sheffield and Manchester. Bar Road, one of the main roads through the village, is an old Roman packhorse road. The village has an interesting history in more modern times too; the Great Plague came to Curbar in the 1630s, more than 30 years before it broke out in London and in the famous local plague village of...
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Calver
The pretty village of Calver lies on the border between the White Peak and the Dark Peak, situated on the River Derwent and surrounded by the most beautiful scenery. There is evidence that this part of the Derwent Valley has been inhabited since prehistoric times, and Calver itself is an ancient village, mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. It is made up of three distinct areas: Calver Bridge, Calver Sough (pronounced ‘Suff’) to the north, and the main village itself. The older part of the main village has a cluster of lovely stone cottages gathered around an ancient village cross. There is also a...
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Miller’s Dale
The small but perfectly formed village of Miller’s Dale lies on the banks of the beautiful River Wye, surrounded by the limestone crags of the White Peak. Miller’s Dale grew with the arrival of the Midland Railway in 1867, which linked Manchester with London. It was a busy community at that time, as a junction on the railway line and a centre for limestone quarrying. Many of the cottages in the village were originally constructed as housing for the railway and quarry workers and their families. The railway closed just over a hundred years later, and the former track has been restored as a pedestrian...
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Birchover, Rowtor Rocks and Nine Ladies Stone Circle
Birchover The pretty village of Birchover lies on the south eastern border of the Peak District National Park. It is a characterful village, surrounded by the most stunning scenery. Although only five miles out of the town of Matlock, it stands amid the most magnificent open moorland that is steeped in history. https://youtu.be/XuT-hKfbWoE Birchover Birchover is an ancient village, mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086. It has a collection of beautiful old cottages, many built of the distinctive pink gritstone from the Stanton Moor quarries located above the village. The village today is small but has a thriving sense of community, with a number...
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Hathersage via Longshaw (8 miles)
Details Distance: 8.7 miles (14 km) Time: 3-4 hours Terrain: Well-made tracks, short stretches of road, some inclines Accessibility: No stiles, kissing gates Start and Finish: SK 23145 81395 - S32 1DD - ///majoring.trend.entitles DOWNLOAD THIS ROUTE AS A PDF Introduction This lovely walk is a little challenging in places but the views are definitely well worth the effort. The route starts and ends in Hathersage, meanders along the River Derwent to Grindleford, onwards and upwards on to Froggatt Edge, through the NT Longshaw Estate, over to Surpise View, and back down into Hathersage. For the most part it follows well-made paths and lanes, although...
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Hollinsclough
Hollinsclough is a small but very pretty village situated between the River Dove and the River Manifold. It is situated in the most stunning landscape, close to the magnificent limestone summits of Parkhouse Hill and Chrome Hill, and also near to the popular beauty spot of Dovedale. The village itself is a historical place, noted in records dating back to the 1650s, when it was named Hollescloughe. In the 18th Century the village was associated with the silk weaving industry, with silk transported via packhorse routes out of the village and on to the mills in Macclesfield. Many of the ancient packhorse bridges still survive...
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