Peak District: East & South is one of the titles in the Great Britain: Freedom to Roam Rambling Guides for England & Wales. The series was published in light of the ‘right to roam’ legislation, with the aim of creating a series of walking handbooks covering areas of mountains, moorland & heath newly opened up to walkers in England & Wales. An introduction is provided for the overall area, including details on natural history, cultural history & landscape. Selections of walks are provided, with on page OS mapping, for ramblers to choose their own difficulty levels. Special features & en-route points of interest are noted, as well as practical visitor related information. ...

Bradt`s Slow Travel Peak District brings a new perspective to this much-loved area. Slow down & let expert local author Helen Moat guide you to not just all the well known places, but away from the crowds to uncover the hidden corners of the Peak District. The author`s love of interesting & colourful story is linked to the natural & manmade features of the area, highlighting the quirky & unusual, places & points of interest off the beaten tourist track, from dales to abandoned mills, historical ruins, strange follies & irresistible pubs. Connect with the people who work & live in the National Park through first-hand accounts of their experiences, & discover great places to cook, eat & drink, with an emphasis on tasty, local & good quality food in atmospheric venues & locations. An emphasis on car-free travel throws up a range of options: walking, cycling, boating, buses & trains
- & some more unusual modes of transport as part of the sightseeing experience.
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Peak District: Northern & Western Moors is one of the titles in the Great Britain: Freedom to Roam Rambling Guides for England & Wales. The series was published in light of the ‘right to roam’ legislation, with the aim of creating a series of walking handbooks covering areas of mountains, moorland & heath newly opened up to walkers in England & Wales. An introduction is provided for the overall area, including details on natural history, cultural history & landscape. Selections of walks are provided, with on page OS mapping, for ramblers to choose their own difficulty levels. Special features & en-route points of interest are noted, as well as practical visitor related information. ...

Aimed at photographers of all abilities who are keen to improve their landscape photography skills, Peak Landscape & Light showcases leading photographer Karen Frenkel's stunning images of the Peak District, Britain's first & most popular national park, & explains where to go & what to do to get that special, once-in-a-lifetime shot. Karen shares the technical & practical knowledge she has built up over many years of outstanding professional work. On a glorious journey through the ever-changing seasons of the Peak, this beautiful book shows which locations are at their best depending on the time of the year & under different lighting & weather conditions. Also included is information on the geology, history & wildlife of the area & detailed technical notes on the equipment & settings used for each photograph. ...

Ground Up has joined forces in 2010 with Peak District climbing stalwart, Mark ` Zippy` Pretty to produce a rock climbing supplement: ” Recent Developments on Peak Limestone”. Activity on the Peak limestone crags continues apace, with numerous new routes being produced by a small but dedicated cohort of activists. There has also been much re-equipping work & rationalising of neglected routes in recent times. This supplement documents these changes & gives details of the new routes with a deliberate emphasis on clip-ups of F7a & above. It follows in the tradition of previous ” Recent Developments” supplements dating back to the classic Steve Bancroft supplement published in 1977. It

Includes:: full colour topos showing the new lines on the intensely developed Raven Tor. There are also a couple of graded lists
- an expression of the current consensus on relative standards of difficulty in the Peak sport climbing scene. Jon Fullwood has written a very useful bolting best practice article & a number of excellent action photographs have been supplied by top climbing photographers: Keith Sharples, Ian Parnell, Stu Littlefair & Adam Long.


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A tremendous guide that shines the definitive light on the classic limestone crags in the northern area of the Peak District. Coverage extends to Stoney Middleton, Horseshoe Quarry, Water-cum-Jolly, Raven Tor, Chee Dale, Ravensdale, Smalldale, Staden Quarry, Harpur Hill, Aldery Cliff & many many more. This definitive guidebook from the British Mountaineering Council covers trad climbing, sport climbing & bouldering. It features full colour maps & tops, the best action shots & cool historical photos & essays detailing the heritage of the crags. ...

Concise descriptions of over 200 mainly gritstone climbs near Sheffield. Covers: the Burbage Valley, Millstone Edge, Froggatt Edge, Curbar Edge & others. Throughout the book there are informative colour photographs & route diagrams (detailed drawings of the rock faces with climbing routes superimposed). ...

Peak Rock is a celebration of significant developments at the cutting edge of rock climbing in the Peak District, from the day that James W Puttrell first set foot on rock at Wharncliffe in the late nineteenth century, through to modern day ascents on the area`s gritstone & limestone crags. Meticulously researched & written by a team of local authors, this is the story of the sharp end of Peak District climbing as told through the words of many of the Peak`s
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- top climbers, including: James W Puttrell, Jack Longl&, Joe Brown, Don Whillans, Ed Drummond, Tom Proctor, John Allen, Ron Fawcett, Andy Pollitt, Jerry Moffatt, Johnny Dawes, Ben Moon, Miles Gibson, Pete Whittaker, Steve Mc Clure, Ryan Pasquill & many more. The late Giles Barker first started work on Peak Rock
- then titled Peak Performance
- in the early 1980s, before progress was halted by his premature death in 1992. It was almost twenty years before Phil Kelly picked up where Giles left off, pulling together Giles` original research & interviews, which were stored at the Mountain Heritage Trust. Phil enlisted Graham Hoey to work on the book, updating the manuscript with their own interview material & other primary source information, writing a number of missing chapters & also adding a number of chapters, including the significant developments of the 1980s, 1990s & 2000s. Phil & Graham brought in a team of experienced Peak District climbers drawing on their knowledge of specific developments
- trad climbing, sport climbing, bouldering, gritstone, limestone
- & worked with them to develop individual chapters. This resulting book on the history of Peak District climbing is the most comprehensive to be published since Eric Byne & Geoff Sutton`s High Peak in 1966.





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Laminated, waterproof walking map from Vertebrate Publishing at various scales, covering eight walks in the Peak District. The walks range from 6 to 17.5km, & are presented as individual panels on both sides of the map. Using the same cartographic style from Vertebrate’s guide books, cartography is basic, using bold colouring & showing the route itself, along with roads & some local facilities such as parking & campsites. More of a quick reference guide than a dedicated map, each route also has a brief description of the walk beside it, including altitude profile, length, difficulty, recommended Ordnance Survey map, & where to get refreshments. It also contains local area information & general tips on getting the best from a day in the hills. There are no geographical coordinates for GPS use. ...

Dr Ernest Cromwell Peake was the first medical missionary to arrive in the region of Hankow, inland China, & he had to overcome significant obstacles in the building & establishment of his hospital, as well as the intense hostility of the Chinese towards foreigners & towards Western medical practice. He succeeded in his endeavour, & during his time in China he also married & had two children, one of whom was the writer & artist Mervyn Peake, whose first 12 years were spent there. Dr Peake wrote his memories of this period many years later when he had returned with his family to Engl&, recording his arrival, his impressions of the Chinese, & the story of his establishment of a hospital. He also witnessed the historic events of the Chinese Revolution in 1911, the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty & the Boxer Rebellion. The memoirs provide a fascinating account of a Westerner in China at the turn of the last century. Of equal interest is the influence of the China years on Dr Peake`s son Mervyn, who was born in China & went on to become one of the most talented British writers & artists of the twentieth century. An introduction by the renowned biographer Hilary Spurling explores the connection between Mervyn Peake`s years in China & his Gormenghast novels. ...