Slow Travel: The Peak District

Part of Bradt's distinctive, award-winning series of 'Slow' travel guides to UK regions, the new, thoroughly updated third edition of The Peak District (Slow Travel) offers a wider, more personal selection of places to explore than any other guidebook. Slow down and let expert local author Helen Moat not only guide you around all the well-known places in this much-loved area, but escort you off the beaten tourist track to uncover the hidden corners of the Peak District, teasing out its special qualities. The author's love of interesting and colourful stories about people and places draws her to highlight quirky and unusual places, from secret gorges, historical ruins and abandoned mills to strange follies and irresistible pubs. The result, for the reader, is a privileged understanding of what makes this stunning region tick - and why it deserves repeat visits. Contents: Going Slow in the Peak District 1 The Dark Peak 2 The Eastern Moors 3 The Northern White Peak 4 The Southern White Peak 5 The Southwest Peak, Cheshire & Staffordshire Fringes 6 The Derbyshire Peak Fringe & Lower Derwent Index