Above: The view as you exit the higher path from Cressbrook Dale. The lower path emerges from the trees along the valley floor at bottom left. This 8-mile circular walk from the pretty village of Litton passes through two of the White Peak’s most popular and...
Above: Tideswell Dale is one of the shortest but most picturesque dales in the White Peak. Starting from Miller’s Dale Station, this walk of just over seven miles heads first along the Monsal Trail towards the Bakewell end, before dropping down to cross the...
Above: An 18th century etching of Cressbrook Mill with Cressbrook Hall and Cressbrook village on the hills behind. (Image courtesy of Alan Roberts.) Cressbrook lies beside the Rive Wye about half a mile east of Litton. John Baker was first to develop the site –...
Above: George Cruikshank’s original illustration showing Oliver Twist asking for second helpings, inset against an 1828 etching of the mill in ruins held in Buxton Museum. Today, Litton Mill is a large building divided into attractive apartments set in tranquil...
Above: Lying between the ancient Derbyshire villages of Priestcliffe and Brushfield, High Dale is a wonderfully tranquil and undisturbed part of the White Peak. This fairly easy 7-mile walk starts from Miller’s Dale Station carpark and heads along a mix of...
